Neither squad could break the draw during the second period, though Rensselaer nearly grabbed the lead on a number of occasions. Twice, Girard was sorely out of position, giving the Engineers a large area of goal to work with. But both times, the visitors could not capitalize, and the score remained tied going into the game’s final frame.

Ten minutes into the third period, Harvard, whose third-period theatrics have lifted the team a number of times this season, came through again.  In a two-on-one, senior forward Eric Kroshus skated down the left side of the ice before finding Grenier in the slot, and the junior drilled his seventh of the year to give the home team the 2-1 edge.

The Crimson failed to execute on a power-play opportunity later in the period and widen the lead. Harvard went zero for two on the man advantage for the night.

That missed opportunity came back to bite the home team. With just over a minute remaining, Engineers forward Brock Higgs sent the game into overtime with his equalizer.

“I’m kind of pissed because I wish I could have closed that game [and] just [brought] that win home,” Girard said.

Neither team could break the tie in the five-minute overtime period.

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