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DURHAM, N.H. – Trailing 2-0 entering the third period, No. 18 Northeastern (6-5-0, 1-4-0) scored an early third period goal before New Hampshire (6-5-1, 4-2-0) added two insurance markers to skate to a 4-1 win against the Huskies on Saturday night at the Whittemore Center.

The Wildcats were 3-of-4 on the man advantage, and received 31 saves from Casey DeSmith. Kevin Roy scored the lone goal of the night for Northeastern, while Derick Roy had 28 saves in goal. Shots were even at 32 apiece while NU went 1-of-6 on the power play.

Northeastern set the tone of the game early on with big hits throughout the frame, including physical play from Dax Lauwers, Tanner Pond and Torin Snydeman. The Huskies outshot UNH 12-6 during the opening 20 minutes, and began to create significant scoring chances late in the period.

NU had a few near misses during the first 10 minutes of the period, including a bid from Kevin Roy off an interception by John Stevens on a botched UNH clear, but Roy's wrist shot went just wide. Later, Mike McMurtry spotted Dalen Hedges cutting to the left, and fired a pass over from the left dot, but Hedges' shot was wide to the left.

At the other end, Roy held his ground, steering aside all six shots he saw. New Hampshire's best chance of the frame came with less than nine minutes to play when Kevin Goumas fired a spin-around shot from the top of the left face-off dot that rang off the cross bar.

NU went on the power play in the final two minutes of the stanza, and nearly cashed in when Braden Pimm centered the puck from behind the goal, creating a scrum for the puck in front of the net where Stevens nearly pounded home the loose puck, but DeSmith got a pad on it to make the save.

Shots were even at 12 apiece during the second period, but two goals from New Hampshire in a 40 second span sent the Wildcats into the dressing room with a 2-0 lead. UNH nearly took a 1-0 lead near the midway mark of the stanza when Casey Thrush received a long pass and went in alone on Roy. Thrush faked left and tried to slide the puck inside the right post, but Roy came across with his left pad to make the save.

The Wildcats drew first blood with 7:01 remaining in the second when Nick Sorkin hammered home his seventh goal of the season with UNH on the power play. Goumas began the play by feeding a pass up to Trevor van Riemsdyk at the point. van Riemsdyk then fired a shot that went off the backboards and right to Sorkin, who knocked it home.

New Hampshire took a two-goal advantage just 40 seconds later as Thrush sent home a loose puck in the crease for his first goal of the year. After Roy knocked down an initial shot from Jeff Silengo, the puck sat in the blue paint before Thrush and Justin Agosta crashed the net to put it home.

The Huskies were awarded an early power play to start the third period, and cut the deficit in half when Roy notched his team-leading ninth goal of the season. After Colton Saucerman controlled the puck at the point, he sent a hard pass down to Szmatula. The puck ricocheted off the pad of Szmatula and right onto the stick of Roy, who buried it for a 2-1 game.

With NU back on the power play minutes later, Roy made several game saving stops to keep the score the same, helping Northeastern build momentum the other way. The Huskies thought they had tied the score at two when a shot from the point was redirected on its way towards goal and lay flat in the crease, but the official blew the play dead before Nathan Ferriero could tuck the rebound home.

A too many men on the ice penalty negated Northeastern's third power play of the period, and once UNH was back to full strength, the Wildcats went back up by two when Matt Willows ripped a wrist shot from the top of the right face-off dot over the glove of Roy for his third of the season. New Hampshire would add a third power play goal late in the third off the stick of Grayson Dowling, who put home a rebound with 2:07 to play in regulation.

The Huskies will be back in action next weekend when Northeastern battles Merrimack in a home-and-home set, beginning on Friday night at Lawler Arena (7 p.m.).