Recap: Sea Dogs win 4-3 (OT)

FINAL: Saint John 4, Rouyn-Noranda 3 (OT)

Jean Lapointe/Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

ROUYN-NORANDA, QC - It was far from the prettiest win of the season, but the Saint John Sea Dogs got it done at Glencore Arena on Wednesday night.

Olivers Murnieks scored on a power play 1:22 into overtime to give the Sea Dogs a 4-3 upset win over the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. The Huskies entered the game with the fourth best record in the QMJHL.

It felt like separate games within one. The Sea Dogs – a bit unexpectedly – dominated the first period, leading 2-0 and outshooting the Huskies 11-3. But the script flipped halfway through the night with the Huskies scoring twice in the first 10 minutes of the second and carrying a lot of the play from there.

Credit to Saint John, though. The Sea Dogs never trailed in the game as Murnieks put Saint John up 3-2 late in the second. But, as has been a trend in recent weeks, the Sea Dogs quickly allowed the tying goal and couldn't maintain momentum.

Saint John was outshot 12-4 in the third period but managed to get the game into overtime.

Murnieks had a pair of goals for Saint John while Oliver Groulx and Zachary Morin added singles. Arseni Radkov made 28 saves in the win.

The Sea Dogs went 2/2 on the man advantage. The Huskies were 0/3.

Nathan Langlois, Samuel Beauchemin and Eliot Ogonowski scored for the Huskies, who have now lost three straight. Samuel Meloche made 20 saves in the loss.

This was Saint John's first win in Rouyn-Noranda since Oct. 14, 2016.

LINEUP

Fullerton - Groulx - Donovan

Murnieks - Joseph - Rozzi

Morin - Côté - Yared

Héroux - Krayer - Seymour

Wasmer - Duhamel

Magnusson - Baldwin 

Croteau - Damphousse

Radkov

Courchesne

SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forward Alexis Gauthier (healthy) along with defensemen Oskar Drabczynski (healthy) and Cameron Chartrand (injury).

NOTES: The Sea Dogs went with 12 forward and six defensemen. Defenseman Oskar Drabczynski was the final scratch... after playing in his first game since November on Sunday, defenseman Cameron Chartrand was out of the lineup, listed as injured... the Sea Dogs juggled their second and third lines a bit, which included splitting up William Yared and Dylan Rozzi... Sea Dogs goaltender Arseni Radkov entered the game with a 2-1 record to go along with a 1.69 GAA and .929 SV% against Rouyn-Noranda this season... the Huskies didn't record a shot on goal until nine minutes into the first period... Zachary Morin scored his first goal since Dec. 18... Olivers Murnieks scored his first goal since Nov. 28... this was Murnieks' first multi-goal game in the QMJHL... Alexis Joseph and Everett Baldwin each had two assists... Baldwin now has five goals and six assists in eight games since the Christmas break... Olivier Duhamel had four shots... faceoffs were 38-27 in favour of Rouyn-Noranda... the Sea Dogs are now, oddly, 8-7-3-0 on the road this season... attendance was 1,476.

HIGHLIGHTS

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs travel to Val-d'Or to take on the Foreurs tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Atlantic.