Box Score

BOSTON - Senior captain Marie-Philip Poulin tallied two goals to help lead the sixth-ranked Boston University women's ice hockey team to a 4-3 win at Northeastern on Sunday afternoon at Matthews Arena.

BU (14-5-2, 10-3-0 WHEA) trailed Northeastern (6-12-4, 5-7-1 WHEA), 1-0, before the Terriers rattled off four consecutive goals and never looked back. Three of the tallies came in a busy second period and BU was able to hold off the Huskies despite a hat trick from Kendall Coyne.

Poulin extended her point streak to eight games (8g, 6a) and became the team's goal scoring leader with 15 markers on the season. Two other Terriers had multi-point afternoons as junior Kayla Tutino (1g, 1a) and senior Shannon Doyle (2a) had two points apiece. Freshman Rebecca Leslie potted a shorthanded goal while junior Lillian Ribeirinha-Braga and senior Shannon Stoneburgh each added an assist.

Freshman Erin O'Neil played well for the Terriers, stopping 10 shots in each period for a 30-save victory. She improved to 6-2-1 on the season and won both of her starts against Northeastern this season.Many of her saves came in the grade-A area, with eight overall coming off of Coyne shots.

After Coyne opened the scoring at the 16:49 mark, the Terriers' tied the game with just 35 seconds to play in the opening period. The Huskies had just killed a Terrier power play, but BU maintained possession in the offensive end and converted in the vulnerable minute. Doyle got the puck at the top of the right circle and passed it back to Stoneburgh at the left point. Her shot was blocked, but the puck trickled through to Tutino, who swatted it home for her third goal in as many games.

The Terriers took a 2-1 lead 3:04 into the second stanza. Doyle hammered the puck around the BU cage, and it appeared an NU defenseman was going to intercept the puck at the left point. It hopped past her stick, however, and Tutino pushed it forward and streaked up the left wing. It then became an Olympic race up the middle between Poulin and Coyne, with the two-time gold medalist winning the battle and hammering home Tutino's pass.

Poulin then displayed why she is one of the best players in the world with her unassisted goal at the 8:33 mark of the period. She won an offensive zone faceoff and then dangled around at least three defenders before creating space in the slot and firing the puck past Chloe Desjardins (45 saves). Poulin has a goal in each of her last five games.

Each team tallied a shorthanded goal in the middle frame, beginning with Leslie's strike at the 12:13 juncture. Northeastern controlled the puck in the offensive end, but an errant pass went off a Husky skate and into the neutral zone. Leslie, who was pressuring that defender, got to the puck first and Ribeirinha-Braga trailed the play to create a 2-on-1 rush. Leslie skated below the dots before feeding Ribeirinha-Braga. The defender lifted the junior's stick, but the puck bounced back to Leslie who finished the play for her seventh marker of the season.

Coyne earned a shorthanded goal of her own to the cut the BU lead to 4-2 entering the third period and followed with another unassisted marker with 3:01 remaining in regulation. BU battened down the hatches, however, and despite Desjardins coming off for an extra attacker, the Terriers held off a late Husky charge.

Walter Brown Arena will be home to a crucial non-conference clash on Wednesday night when the Terriers host fourth-ranked Quinnipiac. Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m.