Game Day 62: at Charlottetown

Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs

CHARLOTTETOWN - While the Saint John Sea Dogs have been entertaining to watch of late, wins have remained hard to come by.

The Sea Dogs carry a three-game losing streak into this afternoon's contest with the Charlottetown Islanders. Game time is 2 p.m. at Eastlink Centre.

This will be the third game in three days for Saint John and the second in less than 24 hours. The Sea Dogs allowed three third period goals in a 4-2 home loss to the Halifax Mooseheads yesterday at TD Station.

The Sea Dogs, who have just three regular season games remaining, will try and turn things around today. This will be the final meeting of the regular season between the Dogs and Isles. Saint John is 3-2-2-0 in the season series.

PEI native Jase MacPherson is expected to make his QMJHL debut in net for Saint John with Arseni Radkov suspended and Rafaël Courchesne having appeared in back-to-back games.

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Records: The Sea Dogs are 22-34-5-0 for 49 points (eighth Eastern/15th QMJHL) while the Islanders are 32-21-2-6 for 72 points (fourth Eastern/seventh QMJHL).

Last games: The Sea Dogs are coming off a 4-2 home loss to the Halifax Mooseheads yesterday at TD Station. Nolann Héroux and Alexis Joseph had Saint John goals. Rafaël Courchesne made 25 saves in the loss. The Islanders are coming off a 2-1 overtime win over the Cape Breton Eagles on Friday. Nathan Leek and Ross Campbell had Charlottetown goals. Donald Hickey made 39 saves in the win.

2025-26 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 3-2-2-0 against the Islanders this season while Charlottetown is 4-3-0-0 against Saint John.

Last meeting: Feb. 28 in Saint John where the Islanders defeated the Sea Dogs 5-4. Anthony Flanagan, Ryan Staples, Matthew Butler, Nathan Leek and Tyler Peddle scored for Charlottetown. Saint John had a pair of goals from Angelo Fullerton and singles from Everett Baldwin and Jabez Seymour. Donald Hickey made 17 saves in the win. Rafaël Courchesne made 42 saves in the loss.

Ex-Sea Dogs on the Islanders: Forward Tyler Peddle.

Islander to watch: Nathan Leek has six goals and four assists in seven games against Saint John this season.

Random stat: Charlottetown goaltender Donald Hickey leads league in minutes played and is fourth in wins (28).

Notes: Olivier Groulx leads Saint John in points with 65 and assists with 45... Alexis Joseph and Angelo Fullerton each have a team high 24 goals... Nathan Leek leads Charlottetown in points with 80 and goals with 47... Ross Campbell and Marcus Kearsey each have a team high 39 assists... Saint John is 11-15-3-0 on the road... Charlottetown is 17-9-1-3 at home... Leek is third in the QMJHL in goals... Everett Baldwin and Kearsey are tied for the QMJHL lead in goals by defensemen with 15 each... Saint John's penalty kill has struggled a bit over the past two games, dropping to fifth in the QMJHL (79.9%). Charlottetown's penalty kill is 15th (73.8%)... Campbell and Leek have goals in five straight games... Kearsey has assists in five straight games... Leek has points in 11 straight games... Ivan Ryabkin has assists in five straight home games... Groulx has assists in five straight road games... the Islanders have won five straight home games... Sea Dogs goaltender Arseni Radkov will serve the second game of a five-game suspension for fighting.

Out of town:

Moncton at Newfoundland - 4:00 PM NDT 

Drummondville at Blainville-Boisbriand - 3:00 PM EDT 

Sherbrooke at Québec - 3:00 PM EDT 

Rimouski at Chicoutimi - 4:00 PM EDT 

Baie-Comeau at Victoriaville - 4:00 PM EDT

Next game: The Sea Dogs play the first of back-to-back games in Cape Breton on Friday night at 7 p.m.