Box Score

ITHACA, N.Y. – No. 5 Boston University came into Friday night's game with the nation's best penalty killing unit. That didn't stop the No. 3 Cornell Big Red from scoring three power play goals in a huge 3-1 win against the team that knocked it out of last year's NCAA Semifinals.

In a whistle-heavy game that saw 17 penalties called, 811 fans saw Cornell as the only team to capitalize. The Big Red went on the power play 10 different times and came away with three goals combined from Emily Fulton and Rebecca Johnston, dropping the Terriers to fifth in the country on the kill.

Johnston, a senior captain, scored the game-clinching goal just 22 seconds into the third period, but the play was developed mostly by teammates Laura Fortino and Brianne Jenner.

In the waning seconds of a five-on-three opportunity, Fortino took the puck up the ice and cross the blue line in the middle. She dished the puck to Jenner on the left side, and Jenner immediately found Johnston open on the right side of the crease for the tap-in.

The Big Red's five-on-three chance came right after it had killed off a similar advantage by the Terriers. Boston University went on the power play seven times, but came up empty-handed thanks to a staunch penalty kill by the Big Red and the triumphant return of netminder Amanda Mazzotta.

The senior had missed the team's last two games, but she was stellar against the nation's fifth-ranked team, saving 20 of the 21 pucks fired at her.

Cornell got on the board 13:28 into the game on a tough goal in front of the net by freshman Emily Fulton, the reigning ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week. Fulton's fifth goal of the year came on a scrum in front of the net after a shot by Fortino. Fulton was in the right place at the right time, and she buried the rebound to make it a 1-0 advantage for Cornell.

The Big Red made it a 2-0 game 4:34 into the second period when Johnston got her first goal of the night and sixth on the year. Taking a pass from Lauriane Rougeau, Johnston skated down toward the net on the right side, cut in and fired through the legs of Boston goalie Kerrin Sperry.

The Terriers scored six minutes later on even strength when Jill Cardella stole the puck right in front of Mazzotta, turned and beat Mazzotta to the far side. But Johnston's goal early in the third period added the insurance Cornell needed to hang on.

Cornell has now scored goals in 26 of its 27 periods played this year, and it has a school-record streak of nine three-goal games to open the season. The Big Red remains unbeaten (2-0) against ranked opponents this season and is a perfect 2-0 in out-of-conference contests. Against non-Ivy League teams, the Big Red is 3-0.

Cornell doesn't have much time to rest, though, as Boston University is staying in Ithaca for a 4 p.m. game on Saturday afternoon.