CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston University men's ice hockey team erased three one-goal deficits but No. 5 Boston College got the game-winner with 5:40 left in regulation in a 4-3 contest on Saturday evening at Conte Forum.

Senior captain Patrick Curry scored two goals for the Terriers, who move to an even 8-8-5 on the year with a 5-4-4 Hockey East mark. The Eagles improve to 15-5-0 and 9-3-0 in conference play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• BC opened the scoring exactly nine minutes into the game when Logan Hutsko found a seam in the neutral zone and took a pass from Julius Mattila before getting ahead of the BU defense and converting a breakaway.
• Senior Patrick Harper knotted it up for BU at 16:10 of the first, taking a pass from freshman Domenick Fensore on the right side before curling to the slot, where he beat BC netminder Spencer Knight with a wrister.
• The Eagles were able to take a 2-1 lead into the first intermission thanks to a tally by Mike Hardman with 2:35 remaining in the opening period.
• The lone goal of the second period was scored by the Terriers as junior Cam Crotty found Logan Cockerill in front of the crease for a shot the Knight saved, but Curry quickly put back the rebound from the left circle to make it a 2-2 affair at 9:37.
• BC regained the lead yet again on Hutsko's second tally of the night at the 4:19 mark of the third.
• BU used a power play to create the third deadlock of the night with Curry ripping a one-timer from the slot off a pass by freshman Trevor Zegras with 14:24 left in regulation.
• The game-winner came on a fortunate bounce for the home team as Mattila's centering pass off a rush went off a BU defender and in for a 4-3 lead.
• With goaltender Sam Tucker pulled in favor of an extra attacker, Harper drew a cross-checking penalty to give the Terriers a 6-on-4 advantage for the final 1:48 of play, but Knight and the Eagles held down the fort to secure the win.   

GAME NOTES

• The rivals were meeting for the first time in exactly 59 weeks, the longest span in between games in the rivalry since World War II.
• BC held a 25-18 shot advantage and got a 15-save performance from Knight.
• Tucker made 21 saves in goal for the Terriers.
• This was the first of three scheduled meetings over the next six weeks as they will also face off in the late game of the opening round of the Beanpot on Feb. 3.
• Curry took over the team's scoring lead from Farrance with his two-goal night and now has 12 tallies on the year.

UP NEXT

• BU next faces No. 13 UMass Lowell in a weekend home-and-home series that starts at Agganis Arena on Friday (Jan. 24).
• Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.