Nowak kept the play alive along the boards and brought the puck up to the right circle and passed it to Moore in front of the net, who one-timed it past Stathos to make it 1-1.

Harvard took away Princeton's transition game in the second period, as the Crimson concentrated on moving the puck through the shortened neutral zone more quickly than usual. This negated the Tigers' home-ice advantage of Hobey Baker, which is smaller than a regulation college rink.

Turco closed the book on the Tigers slightly more than half-way through the second period, notching his eighth goal of the season in his 100th career game with the Crimson. Setting up in the right circle, Steve Moore slid a pass across to Turco who was lurking by the net. Turco's one-timer at the left crease at 13:03 put Harvard ahead by one.

The Crimson posted 11 shots on Stathos in the second period alone, allowing Princeton to muster only one quality shot on net the entire period.

Less than two minutes in to the final period, Princeton winger Chris Corrinet took an upward pass and beat Capouch one-on-one to the net, but Prestifilippo made the quick save.

Center Ethan Doyle followed up Corrinet's shot on the rebound. Prestifilippo sprawled to make the second save in the sequence, which doubled the Tiger's total shots on goal in the second period.

It was all over for Princeton when Yopyk went down at 2:07 of the third period, causing an unknown injury to his knee that sidelined him for the rest of the game.