Game Day 26: at Moncton

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

MONCTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs will look to put a bad weekend behind them tonight.

The Sea Dogs are coming off a three-in-three that saw them fall in each contest and get outscored 20-7. Saint John has dropped four straight games and allowed at least five goals in each of them.

Unfortunately for the Sea Dogs, their schedule doesn't get any easier.

Saint John will travel to Moncton tonight to take on the Wildcats at 7 p.m. Moncton is one of the hottest teams in the league right now, going 8-1-0-1 over their past 10 games.

A positive for the Sea Dogs: the Wildcats have been very average on home ice this season, going 5-4-1-0 – and one of those losses was against Saint John.

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Records: The Sea Dogs are 10-14-1-0 for 21 points (ninth Eastern/17th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 16-6-2-1 for 35 points (second Eastern/third QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-2 loss to the Cape Breton Eagles in Fredericton on Sunday. Alexis Joseph and Angelo Fullerton scored for Saint John. Rafaël Courchese was pulled after allowing four goals on 12 shots. Justin Robinson stopped all 26 shots he faced in relief. The Wildcats are coming off a 3-2 shootout win in Drummondville on Sunday. Alex Mercier and Teddy Mutryn scored for Moncton. Rudy Guimond made 32 saves in the win.

2025-26 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-2-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 2-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Nov. 21 at TD Station where the Wildcats defeated the Sea Dogs 8-4. Kuzma Voronin and Niko Tournas each scored twice for Moncton while Grayden Robertson-Palmer, Teddy Mutryn, Tommy Bleyl and Gabe Smith added singles. Alexander Donovan, Egan Beveridge, Zachary Morin and Matthew Krayer all scored for Saint John. Juston Robinson allowed four goals on 16 shots while Rafaël Courchesne allowed four on 37. Rudy Guimond made 40 stops in the win.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: None.

Wildcat to watch: Captain Caleb Desnoyers has points in six straight games, collecting two goals and seven assists over that span.

Random stat: Nearly a third of Niko Tournas' 30 points have come against Saint John. Tournas has four goals and four assists in three meetings with the Sea Dogs.

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... Niko Tournas and Alex Mercier each have a Moncton high 30 points... Tournas has a Moncton high 16 goals... Tommy Bleyl leads the team in assists with 15... Saint John is 5-5-1-0 on the road... Moncton is 5-4-1-0 at home... Bleyl is fifth in the league in assists... Bleyl is fourth (26 points) in QMJHL rookie scoring while Teddy Mutryn is fifth (24 points)... the Wildcats have the fifth best power play in the league (25.6%)... the Sea Dogs have the fourth best penalty kill (83.3%)... the Wildcats are averaging 4.05 goals per game, the fourth most in the QMJHL... the Sea Dogs are averaging 3.96 goals against per game, the second most in the QMJHL... Bleyl has points in seven straight games... Alexis Joseph has assists in four straight road games.

Out of town:

Rouyn-Noranda at Charlottetown - 7:00 PM AST 

Shawinigan at Drummondville - 7:00 PM EST 

Rimouski at Gatineau - 7:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs and Wildcats meet again on Sunday at 3 p.m. at TD Station.