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| Michael Hawkins/Saint John Sea Dogs |
The Sea Dogs blew a 3-0 lead in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Eagles on Saturday at TD Station. It looked as the Sea Dogs, who had a strong start, faded as the game went along. We'll see how they fare tonight with fresh legs.
This will be Saint John's third road game of the season. They split a pair of games in Newfoundland during opening weekend.
Both the Sea Dogs and Eagles remain in the CHL Top-10, making this one of the league's biggest matchups of the week. Hopefully it can live up to the hype.
Game time tonight is 7 p.m. at Centre 200.
2026-27 regular season records: The Sea Dogs are 1-1-1-1 for four points (seventh Eastern/13th QMJHL) while the Eagles are 1-1-0-2 for four points (eighth Eastern/14th QMJHL).
Last games: The Sea Dogs and Eagles met last Saturday at TD Station where Cape Breton posted a 5-4 overtime win. Reece Peitzsche, Liam Lefebvre, Eliot Litalien, Elias Schneider and Jacob Hartlin scored for Cape Breton. Alexander Donovan, Oliver Ozogany, Thomas Charbonneau and Olivier Groulx scored for Saint John. Lucas Beckman made 21 stops in the victory. Rafaël Courchesne made 22 saves in the loss.
2026-27 head-to-head: The Sea Dogs are 0-0-1-0 against the Eagles this season while Cape Breton is 1-0-0-0 against Saint John.
Last meeting: See above.
Ex-Sea Dogs on the Eagles: None.
Eagle to watch: After a long look at Washington Capitals training camp, German forward Maxim Schäfer is expected to make his Eagles debut tonight. The 19-year-old had 21 goals and 49 points in 53 games wth the Chicoutimi Sagueneens last season.
Random stat: All five of Saint John's power play goals this season have been scored by two players: Dylan Rozzi (three) and Alexander Donovan (two).
Notes: Dylan Rozzi leads Saint John in points with six and goals with four... Matyas Cancik leads the team in assists with four... Cole Chandler leads Cape Breton in points with six and assists with five... Reece Peitzsche has a team high three goals... Saint John 1-1-0-0 on the road... Cape Breton is 0-0-0-2 at home... Cancik sits in a tie for second in QMJHL rookie assists. He's also second in rookie penalty minutes... Cape Breton is averaging the third most penalty minutes per game (15.75) while Saint John is fourth (15.50)... the Sea Dogs have the league's third best power play (35.7%) and penalty kill (86.7%)... the Eagles have the sixth best power play (26.3%) and fifth best penalty kill (85.7%)... the Eagles are averaging the fourth most shots per game (34.17) while the Sea Dogs are fifth (33.64).
Out of town:
Halifax at Moncton - 7:00 PM ADT
Charlottetown at Baie-Comeau - 7:00 PM EDT
Québec at Blainville-Boisbriand - 7:00 PM EDT
Rimouski at Sherbrooke - 7:00 PM EDT
Next game: The Sea Dogs return home and host the Halifax Mooseheads on Sunday at 3 p.m. at TD Station.
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