BU opened the scoring the first frame with goals from freshman forwards Wesley Myron and Danny O’Regan on rebound opportunities.

Later, Wade Megan showed persistence with a goal near the right crease on his second attempt on a rebound just 50 seconds into the second period.

“They won a lot of battles at the front of our net,” Donato said. “Anytime you get three or four whacks before you score - those are goals we need to eliminate”

But Harvard finally responded at 2:29 in the second period. O’Regan received the puck from junior defenseman John Caldwell and sent a wrist shot from center through the legs of O’Connor.

The Crimson cut the lead to one with the power play goal by Hart, but the Terriers' Matt Nieto scored a goal about a minute later that Donato called a “bit of a heartbreaker,” killing some Harvard momentum.

O’Regan of BU added another goal to make it 5-2 before the Crimson scored four unanswered goals on the way its highest total since the six it scored against Cornell in the semifinals of the ECAC playoffs last year.

“It’s a nice win for us and will hopefully springboard a lot of positive energy for the team,” Donato said.

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