After falling 5-3 on home ice on Friday night, the Sea Dogs rebounded in the rematch with the Halifax Mooseheads, posting a 3-1 victory in a solid road performance.
Matthew Krayer, Matteo Mann and Zachary Morin all scored for Saint John. Eric Young, who made a couple key stops in the third period, made 25 saves in the win.
Liam Kilfoil scored Halifax's lone goal. Jacob Steinman made 31 saves in the loss.
The win was big for Saint John's playoff hopes. The team remains in 17th-place but is now just one point back of the Gatineau Olympiques, who own the 16th and final playoff spot. The Olympiques earned a point in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on Saturday, giving them 43 points.
The Sea Dogs opened the scoring at 15:58 of the first period when Krayer pulled the puck out of a scrum and flipped it past Steinman. But just 15 seconds later, Kilfoil scored to quickly make it 1-1.
Saint John went to the power play at 10:03 of the middle frame and produced a couple of quality chances but could not beat Steinman. The Sea Dogs outshot the Mooseheads 11-7 in the second, which included successfully killing off three Halifax power plays.
Mann put the Sea Dogs back in front at 9:38 of the third. The Sea Dogs were buzzing in the offensive zone and the stretch was finished off when Mann fired a shot from the high circle past the blocker of Steinman, making it 2-1 Saint John.
Morin secured the win with an empty net goal with 15.1 seconds remaining, making it a 3-1 final.
The victory ended an eight-game road losing streak for Saint John. Their last road win was Jan. 26 – also in Halifax.
LINEUP
Morin - Dubé - Cross
Rozzi - Groulx - Yared
Calder - M. Krayer - Peddle
MacLean - Beaulieu
Tivey - Mann
Bilodeau - Duhamel
Lumsden - Amyot
Bonnet
Young
Flinn
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without goaltender Justin Robinson (injury) along with forwards Egan Beveridge (injury or sickness), Dylan Krayer (injury), Darien Reynolds (injury) and Mitchell Wagner (injury or sickness).
FIRST GOAL: Rookie forward Matthew Krayer registered his first QMJHL goal (and point) in the first period.
MK nets his first.
— Saint John Sea Dogs (@SJSeaDogs) March 8, 2025
🚨: Matthew Krayer (1)
🍎: Matthew MacLean#GoDogsGo pic.twitter.com/o84AAZp31Q
NOTES: 19-year-old goaltender Sean Flinn of the NSJHL's Cole Harbour Colts was Eric Young's backup for this game... head coach Travis Crickard missed another game due to a scouting trip. Jeff Hansen ran the bench... for a second straight game, the Sea Dogs dressed eight defensemen and slid Matthew MacLean up to the fourth line. After scoring on Friday, he recorded an assist in this game... Nate Tivey had two assists... Tyler Peddle, Matthew Krayer and William Yared each had five shots... after going 2/2 on the power play in Friday's game, the Mooseheads went 0/4 in this game... Quispamsis native Liam Kilfoil netted his fourth goal of the season against Saint John... this was the eighth and final meeting of the season between the Sea Dogs and Mooseheads. They split the eight-game season series... attendance was 9,751. A lot of Sea Dogs fans in the crowd.
HIGHLIGHTS
Coming soon.
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs visit the Moncton Wildcats on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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