Joshua Ravensbergen made 25 saves for his first shutout of the season, and No. 3 Michigan State beat No. 13 Boston University 5-0 on Saturday night at Munn Ice Arena to split the weekend series. Five Spartans scored, and Michigan State outshot the Terriers 37-25 a night after a 6-2 loss. The Spartans are 6-2-0, and BU is 7-3-0.
How it happened
Michigan State scored 32 seconds into the game. Gavin O’Connell finished a play from captain Patrick Geary and Cayden Lindstrom for his second goal of the season.
The Spartans pulled away in the second period. Ethan Belchetz scored at 4:02, set up by Anthony Romani and Cullen Potter, and Eric Nilson made it 3-0 at 8:32 from Geary and Thomas Bleyl.
Vansaghi scored his first goal of the season, unassisted, at 1:53 of the third period with the teams playing 4-on-4. Lindstrom closed the scoring at 15:02, his fourth of the season, with assists from Chase Reid and Ryker Lee.
In goal and on special teams
Ravensbergen, who was pulled Friday after allowing four goals, stopped all 25 shots he faced. Mikhail Yegorov made 32 saves on 37 shots for BU. Neither team had a power play. The penalties came as offsetting minors and 10-minute misconducts, including misconducts to Romani in the first period and Geary late in the third.
What’s next
Michigan State opens Big Ten play at Notre Dame on Thursday, Nov. 12, and Friday, Nov. 13, both at 7 p.m. The Spartans then meet No. 1 Michigan in a home-and-home series, at Yost Ice Arena on Nov. 20 and at Munn on Nov. 21.
Friday’s game: Michigan State Game Recap: vs. Boston University (Nov. 6).
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