| Prd | Time | Team | Score | Type | Scored By | Assists |
| 1st | 5:20 | BU | 1-0 | EV GW | Kristina Schuler (3) | Connor Galway/2, Abbey Stanley/17 |
| 3rd | 19:30 | BU | 2-0 | EV EN | Victoria Bach (36) | Rebecca Leslie/30, Reagan Rust/13 |
| Scoring | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston University | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Shots on Goal | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | SOG |
| New Hampshire | 9 | 8 | 15 | 32 |
| Boston University | 13 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| Team Stats and Records | PP | PIM | SHGF |
| New Hampshire (14-13-7) | 0/2 | 2/4 | 0 |
| Boston University (13-15-6) | 0/1 | 3/6 | 0 |
| New Hampshire Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Ava Boutilier (L, 12-11-7) | 59:35 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 |
| Empty Net | 0:25 | 1 |
| Boston University Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Erin O'Neil (W, 1-8-2) | 60:00 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 32 |
BOSTON - Senior Erin O'Neil stopped all 32 shots she faced to send the Boston University women's ice hockey team to a 2-0 victory over New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon at Walter Brown Arena.
THANK YOU SENIORS
- O'Neil and six of her classmates - Victoria Bach, Rebecca Leslie, Savannah Newton, Nina Rodgers and student manager David Souza - were honored before the game as part of Senior Day.
- The Class of 2018 helped BU earn its fifth Hockey East championship and won over 75 games in four seasons.
WE'RE ON TO MAINE
- Thanks to Sunday's win, BU clinched the sixth seed for the Hockey East playoffs and will travel to Maine for a best-of-three series.
- All three contests are scheduled for 2 p.m., with the series starting on Friday, Feb. 23.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- BU (13-15-6, 8-11-5 WHEA) opened the scoring just 5:20 into the proceedings when freshman Kristina Schuler deftly redirected junior Connor Galway's well-placed shot into the back of the net. Redshirt sophomore Abbey Stanley also assisted on Schuler's third goal of the season.
- UNH enjoyed two power-play chances in the middle stanza, but O'Neil and a tenacious penalty kill held strong. They limited the Wildcats to just two shots across those power plays.
- O'Neil's finest period was the last one, as she made 15 of her 32 saves in the final frame.
- One of those stops came early in the stanza when she kicked aside a Wildcat shot and then dove across her crease to influence a rebound attempt away from the cage.
- Sophomore Breanna Scarpaci came up with a huge play late in the third when she broke up a breakaway chance thanks to an excellent backcheck.
- Rodgers then had some heroics along the crease, as she prevented a wrap-around chance from finding its way into an open cage after O'Neil made the initial save.
- Senior Victoria Bach capped the contest with an empty-net goal thanks to assists from Leslie and junior Regan Rust.
ERIN EXCELLENT ON SUNDAY
- O'Neil set up the Terriers for success with excellent goaltending all game.
- She made nine saves in the first period and eight more in the second stanza before stopping all 15 shots she faced in the final 20 minutes.
- This was O'Neil's third career shutout and first of the 2017-18 season.
- Her last shutout came on Feb. 26, 2016, when she blanked Vermont in a 3-0 playoff win.
- Sunday also marked the second straight year in which a BU senior earned a shutout on Senior Day.
- Victoria Hanson made 35 saves in a 5-0 win over Maine last year.
SCHULER SPOTS THE TERRIERS A LEAD
- Schuler's third goal of the season proved to be the game-winner.
- It was her first goal since Oct. 29, when she scored in a 2-2 tie at UNH.
- Schuler enters the playoffs with 11 points thanks to her three goals and eight assists.
LESLIE ONE AWAY FROM 100
- Leslie recorded her 30th assist of the season on Sunday for the second 30-assist campaign of her collegiate career.
- She is now one assist away from matching Marie-Philip Poulin's program record of 100 career assists.
BACH IN THE GOALS
- Bach extended her point streak to four games with her 36th goal of the season.
- She remains second in the nation in goals and first in the NCAA with 1.20 goals per game.