“When you’re in the heat of the moment, you don’t really think much,” Fallstrom said. “You just try to keep the puck out of the net, and that’s what we did today.”

Harvard had a number of scoring opportunities early in the contest, with defensemen Danny Ford and Patrick McNally clanking slapshots off the post in the first six minutes.

But the Crimson was able to convert 11:44 into the period, when Killorn took the puck towards the net, made a move to fake out Witt, and taped it past him for his team-leading 16th goal of the year.

“I just snuck into a soft zone right to the left of the goalie,” Killorn said. “Once I got [the puck] their defense kind of slid to Fallstrom.... I was able to put it around [Witt] and sneak it through.”

The Terriers would knot things up 4:07 into the second, when Robbie Vrolyk fired a shot that deflected off Michalek’s shoulder and into the net.

But the freshman would respond with back-to-back saves a moment later to keep Harvard in the lead, which it would not lose the rest of the night.

“When you have as many ties [10, tied for an NCAA record] as we do, it’s important to show that you can finish off a win,” Donato said. “Anytime you can win a one-goal game, I think it brings a lot of confidence to the locker room.”

It was the second consecutive victory in a Beanpot consolation game for the Crimson, which upset then-No. 15 BU in last year’s second round.

That win marked a major turning point in Harvard’s season, propelling a team that came in 4-18-1 to seven wins in its next eight games. The Crimson hopes it can use Monday’s win to build similar momentum for the remainder of this year’s season.

“We saw last year when we beat BU in the same game, it really turned our season around,” Fallstrom said. “Hopefully this win will do the same for us this year.”

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