Terriers conclude the regular season tonight with a road game at Lowell’s Tsongas Arena. Puck drop is set for 6 p.m. for the contest that will be broadcast on NESN+ and live-streamed on ESPN+.
BU has clinched sixth place in Hockey East but still has a chance to finish fifth and avoid the opening round of playoffs. Terriers trail Maine by a point and must earn two more points tonight than the Black Bears who are visiting Vermont. Finishing sixth means an opening round home game against the Catamounts. Finishing fifth would send BU into the quarterfinals for a road game against the #4 seed, which could be UConn, BC or UMass, depending on the outcomes of their games tonight.
The Terriers' top two goal-scorers, Cole Eiserman with 15 and Jack Harvey with 12, both have scored in each of the last three games. Mikhail Yegorov, who earned Hockey East co-Goalie of the Week honors, has yielded just two even-strength goals in his last three starts.
In January, BU and Lowell split a series with each team winning on the road. The River Hawks snared a 4-3 overtime decision at Agganis, while Yegorov pitched a 3-0 shutout at Tsongas.
BU goes into the game with all hands available with the possible exception of freshman Conrad Fondrk. He missed the second BC game with an injury and, according to Coach Jay Pandolfo, will be a game-time decision.
Lowell has dropped its last three games--and five of the last eight—including a 5-3 loss to Merrimack two days ago. Senior Dillan Bentley leads the offense with a 13-9-22 line, followed by junior Jak Vaarwerk and freshman Dalyn Wakely with 19 points each. Grad student Jay Ahearn, a grad transfer from Niagara has 18 points including 12 goals.
Veteran TJ Schweighardt, along with freshmen Luke Shipley, Nate Misskey and Josh Mori, anchors the defense. Freshman Austin Elliott (2.75 gaa/0.885 sv %) has been the starter in goal recently while senior Samuel Richard (3.45/.904) was in goal for Lowell’s January win over the Terriers.
TONIGHT’S BU LINEUP
● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, BU All-Access (audio), BU Men's Hockey Twitter
● Live stream ESPN+,
● BU Hockey Stats River Fest (Week 21 Preview)
● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape
● Boston Hockey Blog Here’s what BU has to play for in regular-season finale at Lowell
►NESN's This Week in Hockey East features a conversation with freshman center and Bruins draft pick Jonathan Morello.
In the latest entry to his NHL Draft Diary, Tynan Lawrence discusses the Winter Olympics, the weekend sweep vs. Boston College and his growth under the BU coaching staff.
Personally, I think I'm just getting more comfortable with the guys on my team, my linemates. We're building chemistry and you kind of see it progress every game. I feel it showed in the weekend series against Boston College. I feel like I've just got to keep building chemistry and have fun with it.
Looking ahead
On Thursday, 2026 recruit Haoxi Wang scored his fourth goal--shorthanded--in Niagara's 5-4 overtime loss to Saginaw. The 6'5" left-shot defenseman has a 4-19-23 scoring line in 51 games.
WHAT A GOAL🥶
— Ontario Hockey League (@OHLHockey) March 6, 2026
Haoxi Wang goes coast-to-coast shorthanded to net his 4th of the year!@OHLIceDogs | #TheFutureIsTeal pic.twitter.com/ET20xWUFYF
2026 recruit Caleb Malhotra scored his 27th goal in Brantford's 5-1 win against Saginaw. With 77 points in 60 games, he is second among rookie scorers in the OHL.
2026 recruit Viktor Norringer scored his 22nd goal--and fifth in the last three games--in Muskegon's 5-2 loss to Lincoln. He has 43 points in 42 games.
Nörringer with the power play goal!#ChopChop #GetJACKD #USHL pic.twitter.com/AyLi9DqluA
— Muskegon Lumberjacks (@MuskegonJacks) March 7, 2026
2027 recruit Braidy Wassilyn assisted on three goals as London routed Erie, 10-2. Wassilyn has a 17-25-42 scoring line in 56 games.
2027 recruit Carter Meyer score his 24th goal and added an assist as the NTDP U18s thumped Green Bay, 8-1. Fellow recruit Jamie Glance also recorded an assist for the U18s. Between the U18s and U17s, Meyer has 52 points in 52 games, and in 13 games since moving up to the 18s, he has a 7-5-12 line.
Looking back
Lane Hutson scored his 11th goal and added his 51st assist in the Canadiens' 6-5 shootout loss to Anaheim.
61e point à son 61e match de la saison
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) March 7, 2026
When life gives you Lane, make Lane-menade 🍋 #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/hkOlBwId8p
Macklin Celebrini scored his 31st goal in the Sharks' 3-2 overtime loss to the Blues.
MACKLIN MAGIC!!! 🪄 pic.twitter.com/2DU8gD84vU
— NHL (@NHL) March 7, 2026
