Meanwhile, Harvard's struggling power play finally awoke, scoring three goals with the man advatage.
"We've had a tendency over the last couple of games to hold the puck and allow our opponents to set their defense," Mazzoleni said. "Tonight we moved it around more."
Yale opened the scoring in the second courtesy of an uncharacteristically shaky play by Jonas. But Jonas would redeem himself with a great save just twenty seconds later.
The save was as important as it was impressive, as it prevented Yale from gaining the lead in the period. Harvard regained the lead thirty seconds later on a power-play goal by Schwefel, and Yale was forced to play catch-up for the remainder of the contest.
"With their depth, Harvard's a hard team to play from behind," Taylor said. "We might have gotten a little tired towards the end of the game shortening our bench to come from behind."