Around seven minutes into the second, Big Green freshman Brandon McNally was able to capitalize on a rebound on a shot initially stopped by Harvard freshman goaltender Steve Michalek, who had 29 saves on the night.

Dartmouth forward Alex Goodship then scored 18 seconds later on a fortuitous bounce in front of the right side of the Harvard goal.

Donato noted this wasn’t the first time his team had given up goals in such a short span.

"To give them up [on] back-to-back shifts, that hurts," he said. "We’ve got to find a way to have a good response to a goal against. It’s something we need to manage a lot better."

The Crimson started its comeback late in the second. Greiner redirected junior Brendan Rempel’s initial shot from the center point after senior Eric Kroshus was able to win the puck on the left boards and pass it across the blue line.

Having scored late in the last two games to pull out victories against both Yale and Brown, Harvard had a chance to make it three in a row.

"I think we felt that we were going to be able to find a way to win the game, which is a nice positive feeling," Donato said. "Guys were pushing. It looked like we were going to get some chances."

But despite ending the game knotted up at two apiece, the Crimson continued a five-game unbeaten streak and was able to earn a point in the ECAC standings, placing it in a tie for third with Colgate.

—Staff writer David Mazza can be reached at damazza@college.harvard.edu.