Game day: Sea Dogs @ Islanders

Date: Thursday Nov. 27, 2014

Match: Saint John Sea Dogs @ Charlottetown Islanders

Where: Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Time: 7 p.m.

TV: Webcast

Live Tweets: IslesLive

The Saint John Sea Dogs will make their second visit of the season to the Eastlink Centre tonight, for the fifth meeting of the season between the two teams.

Charlottetown is coming off a brutal 8-2 loss at home to Rimouski on Sunday which saw their four-game winning streak come to an end. Prior to Sunday, the Islanders beat the Sea Dogs 3-2 in overtime on Saturday in Saint John.

Saint John has surprised many this season, taking reigns of first place in the Maritimes Division with a solid 15-5-1-3 record for 34 points. They have had depth scoring and solid goaltending from Sebastien Auger.

The Islanders on the other hand, who were expected to contend for top spot in the Maritimes Division, sees itself with a sub-par record of 13-12-1-1 for 28 points. Filip Chlapik and Daniel Sprong have been leading the offense and goalie Mason McDonald has given them the chance to win games.

Pre-game stats:

Last meeting this season:	Nov. 22, CHA 3 @ SNB 2 (OT)
Next game between two teams:	Jan. 4 in Charlottetown
Head-to-head record this season:	Charlottetown 2-1-0-1, Saint John 2-0-1-1
Head-to-head record for 2013-14:	Charlottetown 5-3-0-1, Saint John 4-4-0-1
Last 5 years between teams:	Saint John 21-12-1-3, Charlottetown 16-17-1-3
Last 5 years at Charlottetown:	Charlottetown 9-8-0-0, Saint John 8-8-0-1

Regular Season Stats	Saint John Sea Dogs	Charlottetown Islanders
Record	15-5-1-3	13-12-1-1
Points	34	28
Standing	1st Maritimes/2nd QMJHL	3rd Maritimes/12th QMJHL
Goals For	90	84
Goals Against	72	96
Last 10 games	6-2-1-1	5-5-0-0
Streak	1-0-1-0	0-1-0-0
Last game	Nov. 22, 3-2 OTL vs Charlottetown	Nov. 23, 8-2 L vs Rimouski
Home record	9-0-1-2	7-6-1-0
Road record	6-5-0-1	6-6-0-1
Record scoring first	10-0-0-1	10-2-0-0
Giving up first goal	5-5-1-2	3-10-1-1
Power play	17th - 22/143, 15.4 %	11th - 25/124, 20.2 %
Penalty kill	4th - 118/140, 84.3 %	8th - 95/121, 78.5 %
Points Leader	Adam Marsh (12-10-22)	Filip Chlapik (13-19-32)
Goals Leader	Adam Marsh - 12 G	Daniel Sprong - 15 G
Assists Leader	Thomas Chabot - 13 A Spencer Smallman - 13 A	Filip Chlapik - 19 A
PIM Leader	Jack Van Boekel - 47 PIM	David Henley - 57 PIM
Rookie Leader	Adam Marsh (12-10-22)	Filip Chlapik (13-19-32)
Goalie, Best GAA	Sebastien Auger - 2.55 GAA	Mason McDonald - 2.93 GAA
Goalie, Best Save %	Sebastien Auger - 0.918 Save %	Mason McDonald - 0.909 Save %

Cool facts:

-Islanders have an all-time record of 30-36-1-4 versus Saint John.

-Islanders have an all-time home record of 16-16-0-1 versus Saint John.

-Islanders have won the last eight of the last nine home games versus Saint John.

Artifacts:

Nov. 27 in history

(1-3-0-1 record)

2002: Montreal Rocket 0 @ OHL (Kitchener Auditorium) 2 - game not affecting regular season stats

2004: P.E.I. Rocket 3 @ Quebec Remparts 6

2009: P.E.I. Rocket 6 @ Lewiston MAINEiacs 4

2010: P.E.I. Rocket 0 @ Victoriaville Tigres 6

2012: P.E.I. Rocket 1 @ Drummondville Voltigeurs 5

2013: Charlottetown Islanders 2 @ Saint John Sea Dogs 3 (SO)