Recap: Sea Dogs lose 4-1

FINAL: Saint John 1, Shawinigan 4

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SHAWINIGAN, QC - The Saint John Sea Dogs had their best performance of this road trip but it still wasn't enough on Sunday.

Dylan Rozzi netted Saint John's only goal in a 4-1 loss to the Shawinigan Cataractes at Centre Gervais Auto. The loss was Saint John's 11th straight, tying the second longest losing skid in club history.

The Sea Dogs once again allowed the game's first goal but Rozzi's power play marker tied it up at 16:44 of the middle frame.

The Cataractes scored late in the first to retake the lead – a lead they would hold onto.

Saint John was able to hang around in this game at least with Shawinigan's fourth goal being an empty netter at 18:24 of the third. The Sea Dogs outshot the Cataractes 13-9 in the final frame and had a few decent chances.

Jiri Klima scored twice for Shawinigan while Felix Lacerte and Kody Dupuis added singles. Mathys Fernandez made 24 stops in the win.

Eric Young made 32 saves in the loss.

Saint John fell 14-0 in Baie-Comeau on Thursday and then 6-1 on Friday in Chicoutimi. The Sea Dogs head home with three losses that saw them get outscored 24-2.

LINEUP

Rozzi - Groulx - Yared

Morin - Dubé - Beveridge

Peddle - M. Krayer - Cross

Calder - Beaulieu - Wagner

Tivey - Duhamel

Amyot - Mann

MacLean - Bilodeau

Young

Courchesne

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were goaltender Justin Robinson (injury); defensemen John Lumsden (injury) and Julien Bonnet (healthy); and forwards Darien Reynolds (injury) and Dylan Krayer (injury).

NOTES: 16-year-old goaltender Rafael Courchesne once again backed up Eric Young. Justin Robinson was injured during the first period of Thursday's game... this was Saint John's final regular season game in Quebec this season... Olivier Groulx had four shots... Saint John went 1/6 on the power play while Shawinigan went 0/4... faceoffs were 32-24 in favour of Shawinigan... former Sea Dogs forward Vince Elie was held pointless and did not record a shot... for anyone wondering, the franchise record for consecutive losses is 17, set during the 2018-19 season... attendance was 2,591.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs return home and host the Halifax Mooseheads on Thursday at 7 p.m.