The pair of power play goals exacerbated another problem: Harvard's struggling specialty teams. Clarkson converted half of its chances, while the Crimson went scoreless on three power play attempts.

"I thought our power play was very ineffective tonight," Mazzoleni said. "Special teams is not clicking right now, which is why we've switched things up. Their two power play goals were off rushes, which shouldn't happen."

Kolarik temporarily regained the lead for the Crimson five minutes later, netting a backhand shot through Walsh's five hole at 10:11 to make it 3-2. Rookie winger Rob McFeeters equalized the game for the second time with another late-period goal, a slapshot from the left point that took a strange bounce off of Jonas' blocker and hit the top right corner of the net.

Dom Moore's tally at 1:02 in the final frame once again gave Harvard the advantage 4-3, as Moore tucked a backhand shot behind Walsh off a rebound from Pettit. But the Crimson just couldn't hang on to the lead, as Clarkson posted two unanswered goals to decide the game.