Game Day 59: at Moncton

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

MONCTON - The Saint John Sea Dogs and Moncton Wildcats meet one final time in regular season play today.

The Sea Dogs have won three of their past four games, which includes a big 5-3 upset win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Wednesday. 

The Wildcats, meanwhile, are 7-2-0-1 in their last 10 games as they continue to try and keep pace with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens for first-place in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League standings. The Wildcats enter play today one-point back of the Sags. Both teams have six games remaining.

The Sea Dogs, who clinched a playoff spot on Saturday night, are likely to play whichever teams finishes first overall. Today's game could be a playoff preview.

Game time at Avenir Centre is 3 p.m.

Stream/TV/Radio: FloHockey/None/None

Records: The Sea Dogs are 22-31-5-0 for 49 points (eighth Eastern/15th QMJHL) while the Wildcats are 44-10-2-2 for 92 points (second Eastern/second QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 5-3 home win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Wednesday. Dylan Rozzi scored twice for Saint John while singles came from Olivier Groulx, Everett Baldwin and Angelo Fullerton. Arseni Rakov made 41 stops in the win. The Wildcats are coming off a 4-1 home win over the Armada on Friday. Niko Tournas, Alex Mercier, Kuzma Voronin and Preston Lounsbury all scored for Moncton. Rudy Guimond made 23 saves in the win.

2025-26 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 1-6-0-0 against the Wildcats this season while Moncton is 6-1-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Feb. 6 in Saint John where the Wildcats defeated the Sea Dogs 5-2. Gabe Smith had a pair of goals for Moncton while Evan Depatie, Teddy Mutryn and Kuzma Voronin added singles. Alexander Donovan and Bo Damphousse scored for Saint John. Jacoby Weiner made 31 stops in the win. Rafaël Courchesne made 31 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Wildcats: Defenseman Max Vilen.

Wildcat to watch: Tommy Bleyl, who is a rookie defenseman, leads all QMJHL skaters in assists with 62. He also leads all defensemen in scoring with 73 points.

Random stat: Four of the QMJHL's top eight rookie scorers could play in this game: Tommy Bleyl, Teddy Mutryn, Alexis Joseph and Alexander Donovan.

Notes: Olivier Groulx leads Saint John in points with 63 and assists with 43... Alexander Donovan has a team high 23 goals... Tommy Bleyl leads Moncton in points with 73 and assists with 62... Niko Tournas has a team high 39 goals... Moncton is 21-7-1-0 at home... Saint John is 11-14-3-0 on the road... Everett Baldwin sits second in goals by defensemen with 14... the Wildcats are averaging 12.28 penalty minutes per game, the fourth most in the QMJHL... the Wildcats are 32-7-2-1 against Eastern Conference teams... the Wildcats have the league's second best power play (31.5%) while the Sea Dogs have the second best penalty kill (81.7%)... Moncton is averaging 4.72 goals per game, the second most in the QMJHL... the Wildcats are averaging 2.59 goals against per game, the second fewest in the QMJHL... Alex Mercier has goals in five straight games... Groulx has points in eight straight games... Donovan has goals in three straight road games... the Wildcats have won three straight... the Sea Dogs have won back-to-back road games.

Out of town:

Halifax at Cape Breton - 3:00 PM AST 

Val-d'Or at Gatineau - 3:00 PM EST 

Charlottetown at Québec - 3:00 PM EST 

Victoriaville at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EST 

Newfoundland at Rouyn-Noranda - 4:00 PM EST

Next game: The Sea Dogs are back home on Friday to host the Halifax Mooseheads at 7 p.m.