The Boston University women's ice hockey team will head to North Andover, Massachusetts, on Thursday night to face Merrimack. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.

LAST TIME AGAINST MERRIMACK

• In the first Hockey East game of the 2017-18 season, Merrimack earned a 2-1 win at Walter Brown Arena on Sept. 23.
• Junior Reagan Rust opened the scoring for BU with a power-play goal at 11:30 of the first period.
• Senior Victoria Bach and sophomore Abby Cook each assisted on Rust's goal.
• Both Merrimack goals came on the power play, as the Warriors tied the game at 9:09 of the second period and then grabbed a lead with just 51 seconds left in that period.
• Senior Erin O'Neil made 30 saves for the Terriers while the Warriors' Samantha Ridgewell stopped 31 shots.

HISTORY WITH THE WARRIORS

• After winning their first five fixtures against Merrimack, BU has lost each of the last two meetings with the Warriors.
• BU is 2-1-0 when facing the Warriors at Lawler Rink, including a 4-1 loss last year.
• The Terriers are 3-2-0 all-time at Lawler Rink, as they won a Hockey East semifinal contest there in 2016 before losing in the title game.

BEST OF BU AGAINST MERRIMACK

• Victoria Bach has been terrific against Merrimack, scoring at least one point in all seven games against the Warriors.
• In total, she leads BU with six goals, six assists and 12 points against Merrimack.
• Rebecca Leslie is next with three goals and two assists for five points.
• Savannah Newton and Abby Cook also have two assists apiece against Merrimack.
• Breanna Scarpaci has notched a goal and an assist against Merrimack, while Deziray De Sousa and Reagan Rust have both lit the lamp against the Warriors.
• Erin O'Neil is 2-1 in her career against Merrimack, allowing just two goals in each of those starts.
• Both wins came during the 2015-16 campaign, with the one loss coming back in September at Walter Brown.

THE MACK ATTACK IS BACK

• Merrimack enters Thursday after splitting a weekend series at Maine.
• The Warriors took the final game of the weekend with a 4-2 win on Saturday.
• Junior Katelyn Rae notched four goals on Saturday which extended her goal streak to six games and her point streak to nine games.
• She has tallied 11 goals during that six-game stretch and has notched 15 points (13g, 2a) during her nine-game point streak.
• Rae has 23 points (18g, 5a) to lead Merrimack, with sophomore Mikyla Grant-Mentis (9g, 6a) the only other Warrior with at least 10 points.
• Junior Samantha Ridgewell has started 16 of the 18 games in which she has appeared, posting a 6-9-1 record with a .928 save percentage and a 2.20 goals-against average.

WORKING OVERTIME

• BU played its eighth overtime game of the season on Sunday.
• This is the second straight season that the Terriers have required overtime on eight different occasions.
• BU is 0-2-6 when forced to play overtime this season.
• The Terriers played in an NCAA-record 15 overtime contests during the 2009-10 campaign, with their 12 ties that year also an NCAA record.

WHEN PK IS ON, BU IS ON

• The Terriers are 7-for-7 on the penalty kill over the last two games.
• In each of their last three games in which they secured at least a point, the BU penalty kill is a perfect 13-of-13.
• Over the last four games, the Terriers' one loss in that stretch was when Providence went 2-for-4 on the power play.

NEXT UP

• BU will conclude its home-and-home series with Merrimack on Saturday afternoon at Walter Brown Arena.
• Game time is set for 3 p.m.