Attacking Karpowich will be a Harvard offense that has averaged 3.29 goals per game in its last seven contests. Junior forward Alex Killorn led the squad with 13 scores during the regular season. Sophomore defenseman Danny Biega–named to the All-Ivy League First Team yesterday–paced the team with 25 points on 15 assists and ten goals. Senior brother Michael Biega finished with eight scores and 13 assists.

The Crimson offense has been extremely balanced of late, with eight different players scoring the team’s nine goals last weekend. The squad’s 23 scores over its past seven contests equaled its total number of goals from its first 17 games.

“We have really come together as a team,” Fallstrom said. “We’ve been facing a lot of adversity, and it’s really made us stronger. And we really found a game plan now, and we have our power-play going, and our penalty kill is really strong, so we’re really starting to put the pieces together.”

In addition to a birth in the ECAC Quarterfinals, a major milestone is at stake for the Crimson as well this weekend. With a series victory, Harvard will reach 1,300 hundred wins in program history.

The Crimson has won three of its last four ECAC first-round series, including a sweep at Princeton last year. The Golden Knights hold a 50-46-11 all-time record against Harvard in a rivalry that dates back to 1935, and the teams are tied in the playoffs at 9-9-1.

But for now, the Crimson isn’t paying any attention to history.

“All we’re thinking about is playing [tonight], and we’ll take it from there,” McCollem said. “We’re going to come in prepared and do what it takes to win.”

—Staff writer Scott A. Sherman can be reached at ssherman13@college.harvard.edu.