Hero Hutsons Hammer Huskies (Week 21 Recap)
Terrier men stage a comeback to force overtime and come out with the extra conference point after winning the shootout
The Terriers mid-week matchup with the UConn Huskies ended with a shootout win for BU, giving them a vital 2 points.
Connecticut (2-2 T (SOW))
UConn opened the scoring with a power play goal 2:48 in the first. 10 minutes later, Sascha Boumedienne scored his second of the season, exactly 10 days after his first. The Huskies took the lead back 4 minutes into the third. However, midway through the 3rd, Cole Hutson tied things up with a highlight reel goal, scoring his 10th goal of the season and 5th in the month of February.
After a scoreless final ten of the 3rd, and scoreless overtime period, the teams headed to a shootout to determine the extra point in the league standings. Quinn Hutson scored to open the shootout in round 1. Mikhail Yegorov made the save on UConn’s first attempt. Cole Eiserman’s shot in round 2 trickled between the goalies lead to extend the lead, before Yegorov saved the Huskies second attempt to seal the extra point.
Other Notes
In the Jay Pandolfo era, Quinn Hutson scored the shootout winning goal in 2 of BU's 3 shootout wins
Yegorov has allowed 2 or fewer goals in 8 of 10 games in goal
The game was the first time since October 29th, 2022 that all BU goals (outside the shootout) were scored by defensemen, when Lane Hutson scored both goals in a 2-1 OT win over UMass Lowell
Advanced Stats
In a tight game, the Terriers held the slight xG advantage (+.4), shots on goal (+5), and scoring chances (+3). The Terriers were awful at the dot, losing in two of three zone by a significant margin: OZone (26%-78%), NZone (59%-41%), DZone (22%-74%).
Per Period xG: 1st (0.98-0.50, BU), 2nd (0.88-0.86, BU), 3rd (0.67-0.58, BU), OT (0.29-0.42, UConn)
Quinn Hutson extends his team lead in Game Score Top Performances, with his 7th. However, it was his 10th best Game Score of the season. Sascha Boumedienne recorded an xG Conversion of 11, and has recorded two of the top eight xG Conversion rates in a game this season for the Terriers.
The Terriers recorded 4 high danger shots (.899 xG) compared to the Huskies 2’s 2 (.45 xG). However, all 4 of BU’s were saved while UConn’s first, resulted in their opening goal.
Despite continually trailing in the scoreline, the Terriers held the xG advantage for the final 64 minutes of the game.
Every Terrier had an xG% over 40% and 5 had an xG% over 50%.
