#14 Boston University (18-8-1, 15-4-1 HE) vs. #13/12 Northeastern (18-9-1, 13-7-1 HE)
Date & Time: Tuesday, Feb. 4 – 7 p.m.
Venue: Matthews Areana
 
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BOSTON – The No. 14 Boston University women's ice hockey team (18-8-1, 15-4-1 HE) will head across town to No. 13/12 Northeastern (18-9-1, 13-7-1 HE) for a Tuesday (Feb. 4) tilt at Matthews Arena. Puck drop against the Huskies is set for 7 p.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT

• BU remains undefeated at Walter Brown Arena this season after picking up wins over No. 12/13 Boston College and Vermont.
• Junior Lilli Welcke, freshman Kaileigh Quigg and junior Riley Walsh all found the back of the net against the Eagles while senior Maggie Hanzel, graduate student Tamara Giaquinto and junior Luisa Welcke recorded assists.
• Junior Sydney Healey, graduate student Julia Shaunessy and Lu. Welcke all scored against Vermont with Healey's second goal coming on an empty net.
• Shaunessy and Lu. Welcke both scored on the power play.
• Li. Welcke, Hanzel, graduate student Lindsay Bochna, Quigg, juniors Maeve Carey, Maeve Kelly and Clara Yuhn all picked up assists against the Catamounts, with Bochna recording two.
• Sophomore Mari Pietersen made 24 saves against BC while senior Callie Shanahan made 17 saves against Vermont.
• BU is No. 14 in the USCHO poll and is receiving votes in the USA Hockey poll this week.
• The Terriers are first in the Hockey East standings headed into this week with 48 points.
• Fourteen Terriers have scored this season with six having at least six goals.
• BU leads the league in power play goals with 17.
• It also leads Hockey East in penalty killing percentage with a value of 0.915.
• BU has won the third-most faceoffs in Hockey East with 715. Its faceoff percentage of 0.548 is second in the league.
• The Terriers have the second-most goals for in Hockey East with 58.
• Shaunessy leads the Terriers in points with 16 and her assists per game value of 0.56 is second in Hockey East.
• Giaquinto leads the league and the BU squad in power play goals with six.
• Callie Shanahan has 410 saves this season with a save percentage of .923.
• Her GAA of 1.77 is fifth in Hockey East and 13th in the NCAA.
• Pietersen owns 137 saves with a save percentage of .907.

 
SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

• Northeastern is 18-9-1 overall with a 13-7-1 record in Hockey East play.
• The Huskies are 11-5-0 at home this season.
• Northeastern most recently defeated No. 15 UConn 4-3 in overtime on the road.
• In its last home game, Northeastern lost to Vermont, 1-0.
• Northeastern is 7-3-0 against ranked foes this season.
• Freshman goaltender Lisa Jönsson leads Hockey East in shutouts (7) and GAA (1.17).
• Northeastern has the second-best penalty killing percentage in Hockey East (.909).

 
SERIES HISTORY VS. NORTHEASTERN

• The Terriers are 33-36-9 all time against the Huskies with an 11-17-3 record at Northeastern.
• BU most recently fell 4-0 to Northeastern in the Beanpot Championship at TD Garden.
• The last time BU defeated the Huskies was on Oct. 12 at Agganis Arena in a 4-0 result with Callie Shanahan between the posts.
• The Terriers and Huskies have traded 4-0 shutout wins the past three meetings.
• The last time BU picked up two wins over the Huskies in the same season was in 2015-16.