Monday, January 12, 2026

Game Day: Terriers visit Harvard; Malhotra interview; Eichel shines for Vegas

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It's a quick turnaround for the Terriers who will seek to awaken their offense and return to the winning side of the ledger as they take on Harvard at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. ET for the contest that will air on NESN. A live stream for those outside of New England is on ESPN+.

In its split of the weekend series with UMass, BU found the opponent's net just once. The series marked the debut of newly-arrived center Tynan Lawrence. Some highlights of his first two games. 

In case you missed it, defkit's Terrier Takeaway from Saturday's loss was late addition to yesterday's post. You can find it here. 

BU has won eight of the past 11 meetings (8-2-1) with Harvard, most recently in last season's Beanpot opener, a 7-1 Terrier win. 

The Crimson, currently 7-6-1, have lost their last three starts to the top ECAC teams, Quinnipiac (9-1), Princeton (3-2), and this past weekend Dartmouth (5-4). Harvard had a four-game win streak in November that included a North Country sweep of Clarkson and St. Lawrence.

Sophomore Mick Thompson is Harvard's top scorer with 17 points (5G,12A), while seniors Phil Tresca and Casey Servo are the leading goal-scorers with seven each. Senior Ryan Healey and sophomore Lucas St. Louis anchor the defense along with senior Mason Langenbrunner.

Sophomore netminder Ben Charette has start all 14 games. He has a 3.24 GAA and an .894 save percentage.  

Matt Gilroy, captain of BU's 2009 national champions and Hobey Baker Award winner that season, is in his second season as an assistant to longtime Harvard Head Coach Ted Donato.  Donato became the all-time winningest coach in Harvard history with 325 wins on Dec. 6 with a 7-3 defeat of Brown.  

CHECK BACK FOR TONIGHT'S BU LINEUP 

● GoTerriers.com preview, GameNotes, Live Stats, BU All-Access (audio), BU Men's Hockey Twitter

● Live stream ESPN+ 

● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape 

● BU Hockey Stats Back in the Swing of Things (Week 13 Previews both UMass and Harvard)

Looking ahead 

2026 recruit Caleb Malhotra scored his 20th goal in the final second of the opening period and added an assist in Brantford’s 7-3 win against Windsor.  Malhotra has 53 points in 39 games for the first-place Bulldogs and is tied for second in scoring in the OHL. The 6’2 center was named league Rookie of the Month for December with 16 points (7G,9A) in 10 games and has points in 14 of his last 17 games.  

Last week, Malhotra spoke with the NHL.Com First Shift crew about his development and what he learned from his father, 16-year NHLer Manny Malhotra.  Caleb also is the nephew of two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash.  

    

2026 recruit Egor Shilov was named the QMJHL’s Prospect of the Week for the first week of 2026. He scored a goal in each of the five games he played while assisting on three more. Currently he has 51 points (21G,30A) in 38 games, second in rookie scoring just one point behind the leader. 

Looking back

Jack Eichel scored a pair of goals--his 15th and 16th--in a 7-2 Vegas win over the Sharks that saw Macklin Celebrini's 13-game point streak halted. The former BU All-American has 48 points in 37 games. Eichel and NY Rangers President Chris Drury are the only Terriers to win both the Hobey Baker Award and the Stanley Cup.       

Charlie Coyle scored his seventh goal in the Blue Jackets' 3-2 overtime win against the Mammoth. Clayton Keller assisted on both Utah goals. 

Our friend BU Hockey Stats reports that "Drew Commesso is just the 3rd Terrier goalie to record an NHL shutout (Rick DiPietro and Jake Oettinger) and the fastest to do so, in just his 3rd start. 

Commesso, who had been an emergency call-up when both Blackhawks goalies were ill, was returned to AHL Rockford Sunday. 

 

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