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| Daniel St Louis/Moncton Wildcats |
Trailing 4-1 in the third period to the Moncton Wildcats, the Sea Dogs scored three goals in the final 5:23 – including two with their goaltender pulled – to force extra time. The Wildcats went on to score twice in the shootout while the Sea Dogs could net only one goal to earn the 5-4 win and the extra point.
Saint John opened the scoring and led 1-0 after one. But the wheels started to fall off late in the second period when Liam Kilfoil scored a shorthanded goal at 17:11 to give Moncton a 2-1 lead entering the third.
In the final frame, the Wildcats scored at 3:49 on a power play and then again at even strength at 11:27 to take a commanding 4-1 lead.
Saint John captain Olivier Groulx got the comeback started with a power play goal at 14:37. Then, with Rafaël Courchesne pulled for an extra attacker, Alexis Joseph scored at 18:42 followed by Julien Lanthier at 19:44 to even things at 4-4 and force extra time.
The Sea Dogs controlled much of overtime, outshooting the Wildcats 3-2. Shots were 50-26 in favour of Saint John through 65 minutes of play.
Kilfoil and Shayne Gould both scored in the shootout for Moncton while Joseph was the lone Sea Dog who could convert.
Joseph had a pair of goals in regulation time while Groulx and Lanthier added singles. Courchesne made 22 stops in the loss.
Kilfoil, Gould Liam Bursaw and William Manchuso all had Moncton goals. Yegor Rybkin made 46 stops in a first star performance.
The loss ended a three-game winning streak for the Sea Dogs. The single point earned does move Saint John into a tie for first-place in the Eastern Conference with the Quebec Remparts.
LINEUP
Rozzi - Joseph - Glance
Cancik - Groulx - Donovan
Jennersjo - Morin - Lemieux
Connors - Howard
Lanthier - Chartrand
Delarosbil - Damphousse
Charbonneau - Duhamel
Williams
Courchesne
Meloche
SCRATCHES: The Sea Dogs were without forwards Alexis Gauthier (injury), Jabez Seymour (injury) and Logan Roop (healthy) along with defensemen Jesse Dunlap (healthy).
NOTES: The Sea Dogs went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen – but with an added twist. Forward Logan Roop was the team's final scratch and defenseman Jayden Connors was used as a fourth line winger... Alexis Joseph has four goals and three assists in his past three games... goaltender Rafaël Courchesne picked up an assist on Joseph's first period goal... Liam Kilfoil's shorthanded goal was the second shorthanded goal allowed by the Sea Dogs this season... shots were 24-8 in favour of Saint John in the third period. The team record for shots in a single period is 28... Brandon Delarosbil had three assists... Olivier Groulx has goals in three straight games... Groulx had seven shots... Julien Lanthier has goals in back-to-back games... the Sea Dogs are now 2-2 in shootouts this season. They've now lost two shootouts to the Wildcats... the Sea Dogs and Wildcats play a home-and-home next weekend... attendance was 3,967.
HIGHLIGHTS
NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs return home and host the Rimouski Oceanic on Sunday at 3 p.m.
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