Recap: Sea Dogs lose 4-3 (OT)

FINAL: Newfoundland 4, Saint John 3 (OT)

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs let a 2-0 lead slip away in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Newfoundland Regiment on Sunday at TD Station.

The Sea Dogs led 2-0 in the second period but the Regiment went on to score three straight goals and lead 3-2 midway through the third period. Angelo Fullerton tied things up at 14:09 of the third to ultimately send the match into extra time.

40 seconds into the extra frame, Marek Danicek scored the game-winner – and complete his hat trick – to give the Regiment the extra point.

Newfoundland is now 5-0-0-0 against Saint John this season, which includes three one-goal wins at TD Station since New Year's Eve.

Dominic Pilote also scored for Newfoundland. Louis-Antoine Denault made 36 stops in the win.

Fullerton, Everett Baldwin and William Yared had Saint John goals. Arseni Radkov, making his first start as a Sea Dog at TD Station, made 26 stops in the loss.

The Sea Dogs are no doubt thinking they let this one slip away. Not only did they blow a 2-0 lead, but they were outshooting the Regiment 29-15 through the first two periods. But it was Newfoundland, despite playing a third game in three days, who were able to grind their way back into it and pull out a win.

LINEUP

Fullerton - Groulx - Donovan

Rozzi - Murnieks - Yared

Cöté - Jospeh - Morin

Krayer - Seymour

Wasmer - Duhamel

Magnusson - Baldwin

Croteau - Damphousse

Chartrand

Radkov

Courchesne

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Nolann Héroux (healthy) and Alexis Gauthier (healthy) along with defenseman Oskar Drabczynski (healthy).

NOTES: Forward Alexis Gauthier was Saint John's final scratch. The Sea Dogs went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen... defenseman Cameron Chartrand returned to the Saint John lineup for the first time since late November due to injury... former Sea Dogs defenseman Patryk Zubek was a healthy scratch for Newfoundland again... Everett Baldwin scored yet again, giving him five goals in seven games since the Christmas break... Zachary Morin and Olivier Groulx each had five shots... one of the keys to Newfoundland's win: they were able to stay disciplined, taking just two penalties... faceoffs were 37-26 in favour of Saint John... goaltender Louis-Antoine Denault is now 4-0 against Saint John this season.. it was Fleaburn's birthday with a number of local mascots in attendance. Like past years, Wild Willie was also in town for it... attendance was 3,719.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs travel to Rouyn-Noranda this week to face the Huskies on Wednesday at 8 p.m.