“Our power play in general looks a lot more dangerous,” Donato said. “[It] has really come on lately.”

“The key to a good power play is puck movement, and I really think we’re moving the puck well and really finding our spots,” Fallstrom added.

But the Crimson’s goal scoring wasn’t finished quite yet. After the visitors pulled their goalie, junior forward Alex Killorn took advantage of the opportunity. After grabbing a loose puck, Killorn skated unchallenged into the Knights zone before easily pushing the puck into the open net.

The goal put the game out of reach for the visitors. With just 40 seconds remaining, getting one goal by the Crimson back line would have been tough, let alone two.

“Our D played great,” Del Mauro said. “We were getting the puck out of our zone and playing in theirs more…which is really ideal.”

Senior goaltender Ryan Carroll led Harvard’s back line, saving 23 of the 24 shots that came his way.

“Carroll was very solid in the net and was very calming for us,” Donato said. “He was very sound and positionally right on.”

Of course, the offense played pretty well too. With its three goals tonight, Harvard has found the back of the net 19 times in its last six games.

“Now the puck’s going into the net a little bit for us,” Donato said. “The next challenge, the next level, is to do it consistently.”

As ECAC playoffs loom near, the Crimson is hitting its stride at exactly the right time.

“You want to be playing your best hockey going into playoffs, and at this point I’m pretty confident saying we’re playing our best hockey,” Del Mauro said. “And we still have more to give.”

—Staff writer Robert S. Samuels can be reached at robertsamuels@college.harvard.edu.