/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70395937/3F20922A_6B62_4DF0_B9B5_E964971B524E.0.jpeg)
Following Friday night’s 3-2 overtime win, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish fell to the Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus on Saturday as the series came to a close. The loss snapped Notre Dame’s four-game win streak.
First Period
The period began with a blow to the elite Irish penalty kill. Following a holding penalty on Notre Dame’s Solag Bakich, Ohio State’s Quinn Preston snatched the only power play goal of the game about three minutes into play.
With the Irish shorthanded as Jack Adams sat in the penalty box for slashing, Irish forward Cam Burke responded with his team’s first goal of the game to tie it up. This marked Notre Dame’s fifth shorthanded goal of the season and Burke’s eighth goal of the season.
Cam Burke with the shortie!
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) January 16, 2022
That's our B1G-leading fifth short-handed goal this season to tie this one up.
@BigTenNetwork #GoIrish☘️ pic.twitter.com/h61h5CZk3N
By the end of the period, the Irish had nearly doubled the Buckeyes’ 6 shots with 11 of their own.
Second Period
Some back and forth as well as two Ohio State penalties and a call on Notre Dame for too many men provided opportunities for either team to shift the direction of the game, but both squads failed to capitalize. Notre Dame had once again outshot Ohio State, 15-6, this time around, but it was the Buckeyes who finished the period with the last word.
WHAT. A. SAVE.
— Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) January 16, 2022
Ryan Bischel stands strong against a Buckeye breakaway #GoIrish // @BigTenNetwork pic.twitter.com/mujhidDHI3
It wasn’t until there was less than a minute left in the period that Preston found the back of the net for the second time that night for the Buckeyes and the teams headed into the third period 2-1, Ohio State.
Third Period
The Buckeyes’ momentum remained as the teams headed into the final period of the game. About four minutes into the third, Ohio State’s Georgii Merkulov scored a third goal for his team. The Irish killed off another penalty on Bakich and it was all Ohio State as the clock ran down. With less than four minutes left to play, Preston scored one more goal for the hatty and locked it in for the Buckeyes to end the night 4-1, Ohio State.
Game Summary
Scoring
Ohio State: Quinn Preston at 03:18 in the 1st with assists from Cole McWard and Travis Treloar
Notre Dame: Cam Burke at 06:44 in the 1st, unassisted
Ohio State: Quinn Preston at 19.19.1 in the 2nd
Ohio State: Georgii Merkulov at 04:11 in the 3rd with assists from Quinn Preston and Cam Thiesing
Ohio State: Quinn Preston at 16:21 in the 3rd with an assist from Cole McWard
Penalties
Notre Dame: Solag Bakich at 02:00 in the 1st for holding
Notre Dame: Jack Adams at 05:03 in the 1st for slashing
Ohio State: Kamil Sadlocha at 11:27 in the 1st for slashing
Ohio State: TEAM at 14:58 in the 1st for too many men on the ice
Notre Dame: Jake Boltmann for tripping at 19:24.7 in the 1st
Ohio State: Quinn Preston for tripping at 07:36 in the 2nd
Ohio State: Mark Cheremeta for hooking at 07:36 in the 2nd
Notre Dame: TEAM at 11:20 in the 2nd for too many men on the ice
Notre Dame: Solag Bakich for slashing at 04:11 in the 3rd
Goalies
Ohio State: Jakub Dobeš, 38 saves
Notre Dame: Ryan Bischel, 18 saves
Moving Forward
The Irish will take on the Boston College Golden Eagles in South Bend on Wednesday, January 19 at 7:00. Stream the game on Peacock.
Follow me on Twitter.