The Crimson netted its second goal at even strength at 14:40 of the second. Senior Anna McDonald, who led the team with seven shots on the night, won the puck on the boards and passed it back to Ryabkina, who was crashing the net.

Ryabkina lit the lamp to make the score 2-0.

Harvard came back from the second intermission to play its best hockey of the game, generating 18 shots in the final frame and creating opportunity after opportunity.

Midway through the period, the Crimson notched its first shorthanded goal of the season. Though junior Katharine Chute was in the box for tripping, her linemates were entirely unfazed.

Having pushed Union back into its defensive zone, junior Kate Buesser intercepted a pass and found Dempsey in the slot for the easy goal and the 3-0 lead.

The Dutchwomen came close again as their power play expired, firing a shot that just grazed the crossbar, but Harvard added a fourth goal three minutes later.

Fresh off the bench, Ryabkina picked up a loose puck and fired an unassisted top-shelf shot that Union goaltender Alana Marcinko barely saw coming.

“It was me and Anna McDonald, and I called for the puck,” Ryabkina explained. “I knew where the net was, so I just shot it through the screen and it went in high glove.”

Bellamy made three saves in the final frame to preserve her shutout and earn her first win in three starts.

But on an evening of total Crimson dominance, Ryabkina was quick to point out that the victory belonged to the entire squad.

“All of it was the team plays,” she said. “That’s how we win games, and that’s how we want to continue winning games.”

—Staff writer Kate Leist can be reached at kleist@fas.harvard.edu.