If boys’ soccer Coach John Tocci was a stockbroker, I’d give him all my money. Predicting his soccer team would be the best defensive team in the league and would not let in many goals, the third-year coach has been dead on so far, with his team standing at 3-0 and no goals allowed.

When Tocci made those predictions it was based on having a full roster. However, injuries continue to mount for the Dragons, as senior captain Dan Sangster was held out of Thursday afternoon’s game with Scituate until desperate times required desperate measures.

With Jimmy Landry (concussion), Zach Gino (hip) and Mike Gabrielli (broken foot) still in the injury ward, Duxbury pressed early and hard in the first half, with speedy midfielder Morgan Dwinell breaking through the middle to beat his defender, only to have his shot knocked wide by the Scituate goalie.

Senior midfielder Tommy Drummy had the next best scoring bid, as his blast was deflected off the face of a Sailor defender as it was headed for the net.

Despite the chances, the game remained scoreless at halftime as Duxbury goalie Max Cote and his defense of David Hemingway, Steve Blout, Mark Brady and Pat Charland was hardly tested.

Duxbury continued to press in the second half with a Drummy header near the Scituate goal line being its best scoring chance.

With a flair for the dramatic, Coach Tocci inserted Sangster at forward with 10 minutes left in the game. Tight-marking, double-teaming Scituate defenders cleared away Sangster’s first two touches, but a ball was cleared out of the Scituate box and landed at the feet of Duxbury fullback Hemingway.

Sangster checked outside for the ball, drawing his markers, as Hemingway played the ball on the ground to Sangster. The senior captain received the ball and split his two defenders, sprinting toward the goal and firing a low, hard right-footed shot that found the back of the net.

Scituate kicked off and Sangster left the game a minute later with just over seven minutes remaining, as the Duxbury defense remained rock solid with Cote registering his third straight shutout of the season.

After hosting Whitman-Hanson last night, the boys will entertain the Red Raiders of North Quincy High School on Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m.