“It’s fun to see that [I led the team], but I pride myself on the little things and the team before myself,” Leblanc said.

Heading into the third, Donato put Richter back in net, and the Crimson offense kept up the aggressive pace.

Two minutes into the period, freshman defenseman Danny Biega took passes from sophomore Ryan Grimshaw and freshman Conor Morrison and fired a slapshot past St. Lawrence goalie Alex Petizian from the right side of the ice.

The game remained scoreless for the next 12 minutes, when Harvard senior defenseman Chad Morin was able to pick up a deflected shot from the left side of the net and put it past Petizian. Morrison earned his second assist on the game on the shot, and sophomore forward Daniel Moriarty got a point as well.

But the Crimson’s desperate attempts to tie up the game were unsuccessful the rest of the way, and St. Lawrence hung on to earn the win.

“We ran out of gas,” Leblanc said.

Richter finished with 32 saves on 35 shots, while Carroll saved nine out of 10.

It was the Saints’ first win in February after they went 0-4-3 in the month’s first seven games. The win locked up the fifth seed for the ECAC playoffs, and they will host Clarkson in a best-of-three first round.

Harvard, meanwhile, fell to the ninth seed and will have to travel to New Jersey next weekend to take on Princeton. For Harvard, it’s now all about consistency.

“In every game we’ve played, we’ve had a period where we’ve been the better team,” Rogers said. “We’ve had times where we’ve been great defensively and not so threatening offensively and vice versa. It’s just a matter of finding the right balance.”

“We’ve got to put the season behind us,” Leblanc added. “Hopefully we start peaking now.”