Terriers begin their final home-and-home of the season, hosting #10/11 BC on Senior Night at Agganis Arena. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. ET for the contest that will air on NESN and be live-streamed on ESPN+.
Owen McLaughlin, who transferred to BU from North Dakota, is the Terriers sole senior and will be recognized pre-game.
The Terriers dropped the two earlier games with BC, 4-1 at Agganis and 6-2 in the Beanpot championship game. The Eagles are on a three-game winning streak following a sweep of UConn.
BU is coming off the bye week and last played two weeks ago on Feb. 14, a 5-3 win against New Hampshire.
Coach Jay Pandolfo, in his weekly media call, reported that the team has held 10 practices since the UNH game and explained that “we’ve had a lot
of time to work on things.” Those on-ice sessions have been complemented by film
study.
“We’re trying to show the stuff that works,” he said. “What our
structure looks like when we do it right. There’s still some teaching moments
that are going to be shown, but we’re trying to show the stuff that
works.”
Olympic Men’s Hockey became part of the teaching moments as well.
“We definitely showed clips from the Olympics,” Pandolfo added. “Just
some of the ways teams have success and what they do and how they play. We
didn’t get together at 8am (for the Gold Medal Game), at least I didn’t, but
our guys definitely were paying close attention.”
Pandolfo explained that during the first week without games, there was added emphasis on the power play which has struggled throughout most of the season.
Addressing the two losses to BC, he pointed out “Both first
periods, in both those games, were really good for us. It’s just the
consistency in our game. Making sure you know who you’re on the ice against;
their top players have hurt us.”
CHECK BACK FOR TONIGHT’S BU LINEUP
● GoTerriers.com preview, Game Notes, Live Stats, BUAll-Access (audio), BU Men’s Hockey Twitter
● BU Hockey Stats Preview: Senior Night Battle
● College Hockey News Tale of the Tape
The Boston Hockey Blog turns the spotlight on freshman Jonathan Morello. The Bruins 2024 draft pick, who originally was committed to Clarkson, has become one of the most productive and reliable first-year skaters for Coach Pandolfo.
● Boston Hockey Blog How Janathan Morello has always defied the odds
Looking ahead
2027 recruit Freddy Meyer assisted on all three Remparts
goals in Quebec’s 4-3 loss
to Cape Breton.
2026 recruit Caleb Malhotra‘s highlight-reel assist helped Brantford to a 5-4 win over Brampton. He leads the Bulldogs with 73 points (26G,47A) in 57 games.
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The Dogs have doubled down🐶
Caleb Malhotra makes a FILTHY pass to Adam Jiricek who extends the @BulldogsOHL lead with his 14th of the season!#stlblues | #NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/9P1LjdHCL4
— Ontario Hockey League (@OHLHockey) February 26, 2026
Looking back
Evan Rodrigues scored his 11th goal and added an assist to earn first-star honors in Florida’s 5-1 win against Toronto.
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ABSOLUTE FILTH BY EVAN RODRIGUES!!! 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/xbgKC1umKo
— NHL (@NHL) February 27, 2026
Brady Tkachuk scored his 15th goal in the Senators’ 2-1 overtime loss to Detroit.
First goal in the first game back goes to our Tkaptain 👊#GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/p79y2ARA2Q
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) February 27, 2026
Trevor Zegras notched his 21st goal in the Flyers’ 3-2 overtime win against the Rangers.
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Some home cooking for TZ46. 👨🍳#PHIvsNYR | #LetsGoFlyers pic.twitter.com/9Tr9VHk9KI
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) February 27, 2026
Post-Olympic news
● NHL.com McAvoy says wife, son, whole family played big part in him winning gold medal with U.S.
For McAvoy, who donned a Mike Eruzione jersey during the Team USA’s
celebrations at a club in Miami after winning goal, the hope is that the
gold medal win — the first since the “Miracle on Ice” Eruzione and his
teammates authored in 1980 — pushes the USA Hockey program ever
higher, especially with the U.S. winning both hockey golds in Milan, on
both the men’s and women’s sides.
● ESPN.com Brady Tkachuk miffed over White House AI-doctored video
“Well, it’s clearly fake, because it’s not my voice, not my lips
moving,” Tkachuk said Thursday in his first media availability in Ottawa
since the U.S. defeated Canada for the gold medal in men’s Olympic ice
hockey in Milan. “I’m not in control of any of those accounts. I know
that those words would never come out of my mouth. So, I can’t do
anything about it.”
Women’s Team
Sydney Healy‘s short-handed goal in the opening minute of the second period proved the game-winner as the Terriers blanked Providence, 3-0, in the opening round of the Hockey East playoffs.
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Nothing quite like a shorthanded goal!
Watch: https://t.co/4xrR0JjvEq@espn | @hockey_east#GoBU pic.twitter.com/l5EKBujaIy
— BU Women’s Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) February 25, 2026
Healy and Lilli Welcke added empty-net goals, while Mari Pietersen turned aside all 20 Friars’ shots.
BU will now face top-seed Northeastern in the quarterfinals on Saturday at Walter Brown Arena in what will be a Huskies home game.
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Tara Watchorn and Sydney Healey postgame after BU’s 3-0 victory over Providence.#BUvsPC pic.twitter.com/eVzDSbddLq
— Boston Hockey Blog (@BOShockeyblog) February 26, 2026
● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
● Boston Hockey Blog BU survives Hockey East first round with 3-0 win over Providence
● Boston Hockey Blog The vibes at Walter Brown Arena are good. With Northeastern coming around, can it stay that way?