CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – In the first meeting between the archrivals in nearly a year, a late-second overtime goal by Boston College's Drew Helleson was the difference as the No. 15 Boston University men's ice hockey team dropped a 4-3 decision to the top-ranked Eagles on Friday evening at Conte Forum.
 
BU earned a point in the Hockey East standings but had its nation-best five-game win streak snapped to move to 5-2-0 on the season. BC improves to 11-2-1.
 
Junior Jack DeBoer and sophomore Markus Boguslavsky each had a goal and an assist for the Terriers while sophomore Alex Vlasic sent the game to overtime with his first collegiate goal.

The teams will close out their home-and-home series on Saturday at Walter Brown Arena. Game time is 7 p.m.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• BC scored the lone goal of the opening period on a Jack McBain tip from the left crease at 12:07.
• The Terriers' fourth line scored two goals less than three minutes apart early in the second to take the lead.
• DeBoer punched in a rebound at the right post following an attempt by sophomore Sam Stevens at the 3:15 mark of the second.
  Soon after, Boguslavsky gave BU possession in its own zone to start a rush with DeBoer, who then dropped the puck off for Boguslavsky for a perfectly placed snapshot from the left dot to make it a 2-1 contest in the visitors' favor.
• A power-play goal by BC's Matt Boldy from the low slot made it a 2-2 affair at 11:56 of the second.
• The Eagles regained the lead on Colby Ambrosio goal off a goalmouth scramble after the Terriers lost control of the puck with 2:24 left in the second.
• BU's power play provided the lone goal of the third as Vlasic's attempt from the center point eluded BC netminder Spencer Knight at 5:16.
• The Terriers got one last power-play opportunity late in regulation but were unable to take advantage of it and the game went to overtime.
• In the closing second of the extra session, Helleson got around a BU defender in the right circle to get in all alone against BU goaltender Ashton Abel before tucking the puck inside the right post right before the buzzer.

 
GAME NOTES

• Abel made 29 saves for the Terriers while Knight stopped 21 BU shots.
• Each team went 1-for-4 on the power play.
• Vlasic tied for the game high in blocked shots with three.
• Senior Max Kaufman was playing in his first BU-BC game and served as the acting captain with the other three captains all out.
• Freshman Nick Zabaneh now has four assists over the past four games.

 
UP NEXT

• The two teams will wrap up their home-and-home series on Saturday (Feb. 6) at Walter Brown Arena.
• Game time is set for 7 p.m.
• This will mark the first time since 2004 that the two programs will be facing off at Walter Brown Arena.