That would be all the offense Cornell would get from its special teams, with the Crimson shutting out the Big Red power play, 0-3 on the night. Harvard did not only kill all of Cornell’s man-advantage opportunities, it was able to knot the score at two with its own shorthanded goal.

After Malone won the battle along the boards behind the Big Red net, he sent it in front of the goal to freshman Devin Tringale, who was then able to beat Iles for his first collegiate goal.

“I tried to pressure them and skate as hard as I could and fortunately got the bounce and got it up to [Tringale] for the goal,” Malone said.

Malone was a bright spot for the Crimson in a night where four of the points came from freshmen, which Harvard has relied heavily this season. The young team hopes to correct the costly mistakes, using its experience against 10 ranked teams thus far in the coming weeks in the final month of the season.

“We expect better from ourselves and I think we’ll get there shortly,” Donato said.

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