Game Day 24: vs Eagles

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to rebound from one of their worst losses of the season tonight at TD Station.

The Sea Dogs fell 8-2 to the Charlottetown Islanders last night, allowing three goals in both the first and third periods. Saint John has given up eight goals in back-to-back games, something the team will obviously look to improve upon tonight.

We've seen Saint John bounce back from tough losses a number of times this season and they'll try to do that once again when they host the Cape Breton Eagles. Game time is 7 p.m.

The Eagles have had a week off and arrived in town yesterday. They're tied with Saint John with 21 points on the season.

This is the first of back-to-back games between the two. Both will travel to Fredericton and play the second game of this doubleheader tomorrow afternoon.

Stream/TV/Radio: FloHockey/None/Sea Dogs Audio Network

Records: The Sea Dogs are 10-12-1-0 for 21 points (ninth Eastern/16th QMJHL) while the Eagles are 8-9-1-4 for 21 points (eighth Eastern/15th QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off an ugly 8-2 loss to the Charlottetown Islanders last night at TD Station. Olivers Murnieks and Alexis Joseph scored for Saint John. Rafaël Courchesne made 28 stops in the loss. The Eagles are coming off a 4-1 win over the Sherbrooke Phoenix last Saturday. Reece Peitzsche, Lucas Romeo, Adam Klaus and Lewis Gendron scored for Cape Breton. Connor Towle made 21 stops in the win.

2025-26 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 3-1-0-0 against the Eagles this season while Cape Breton is 1-3-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Oct. 30 at Centre 200 where the Sea Dogs defeated the Eagles 6-4. Jacob Beaulieu scored a pair of goals for Saint John while Angelo Fullerton, Cameron Chartrand, Elliot Dubé and Dylan Rozzi added singles. Adam Klaus scored twice for the Eagles whole Rory Pilling and Jacob De Ladurantaye added singles. Rafaël Courchesne and Justin Robinson earned the win in net. Fleix Hamel took the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Eagles: None.

Eagle to watch: Romain Litalien has a goal and three assists in four games against Saint John this season.

Random stat: Cape Breton has the best penalty kill in the league (89.6%) but the second worst power play (13%).

Notes: Olivier Groulx leads Saint John in points with 22 and assists with 15... Dylan Rozzi and Zachary Morin each have a team high nine goals... Romain Litalien leads the Eagles in points with 19... Litalien and Lewis Gendron each have a team high 14 assists... Reece Peitzsche and Lucas Romeo lead the Eagles in goals with six each... Saint John is 5-7-0-0 at home... Cape Breton is 6-4-0-2 on the road... the Sea Dogs have the fourth best penalty kill (83.6%) in the QMJHL... the Eagles have yet to score a shorthanded goal this season... the Eagles are averaging 2.26 goals per game, the second fewest in the league but are also averaging 2.84 goals against per game, the third fewest in the league.

Out of town:

Québec at Baie-Comeau - 4:00 PM EST 

Gatineau at Blainville-Boisbriand - 4:00 PM EST 

Chicoutimi at Rouyn-Noranda - 4:00 PM EST 

Moncton at Shawinigan - 4:00 PM EST 

Victoriaville at Sherbrooke - 4:00 PM EST 

Halifax at Newfoundland - 7:00 PM NST

Next game: The Sea Dogs and Eagles meet again tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Fredericton's Aitken Centre.