Columbus, Ohio – new student Dane Dwiak Pittsburgh, Pa. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) scored two goals on the power play in the second period to lead Penn State past Ohio State in a Big Ten Conference game Saturday night inside Value City Arena. He led the team to a series victory over the Reds, winning 2-1.
With this win, the Nittany Lions improved their record to 15-16-3 on the year and 7-14-3, 1-2 in conference play, but the Buckeyes improved to 12-18-4 overall and 4-4 overall. The record fell to 18 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. -0-2 loss.
The sweep was a first ever for Penn State Columbus, and the third time in program history that the Nittany Lions won all four games in a season series against one opponent, and the first time against the Buckeyes. That's true.
This is the first time Penn State has swept the season series since winning all four games over Michigan State in 2016-17, and the other time was against Wisconsin State in 2014-15. .
how did it happen
- The Buckeyes took the lead when Sam Decutto ran down the near wall and fired a shot inside the near post over the glove of the Nittany Lion's senior netminder. Liam Soulier (Brampton, Ontario) 1-0 at 7:06 of the first period.
- Penn State capitalized on a power-play opportunity midway through the second period with Dwiak scoring on a yawn after the junior for the tying goal. Simon Mack's (Brockville, Ontario) The first shot went wide at the 7:27 mark.
- The Nittany Lions took a 2-1 lead after Mack's shot was saved at the 15:54 mark, before Dowiak again slipped the puck into the yawning net in the same sequence for a second man advantage mid-frame. They took the lead in points. .
goaltending
- After making his first shot, Soulier improved to 12-12-1 after stopping all 25 shots.
- Souliere became the third Nittany Lion goaltender in program history to reach the 2,000 save mark in his first stop of a game.
- Buckeye netminder Christopher Eberle fell to 3-7-1 on the year after making 33 saves in the loss.
Note
- Penn State held a 35-26 lead in shots on goal, while going 2-of-6 on the power play and a perfect 2-for-2 on the penalty kill. In four games against Ohio State this season, the Nittany Lions have had the man advantage in eight of 18 games.
- Dwiak scored twice in the second period for the first multi-point, multi-goal game of his career, while Mack collected two key assists for his third multi-point game of the season and fourth of his career.
- The Nittany Lions moved to 5-10-3 in years when their opponents scored first and improved to a perfect 12-0-1 when they led after two periods.
to the next
Penn State will travel to Minneapolis next weekend to take on No. 8 Minnesota in a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal series.
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