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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Dylan Sikura's four-point night and a 4-of-8 showing on the power play set the tone for the No. 10/11 Northeastern men's hockey team (10-5-1, 8-3-0) in its first win at No. 14 Boston College (9-7-2, 9-3-0) since 2008 with a 5-2 victory on Saturday night at Conte Forum.
 
The win gives the Huskies their 10th victory of the season and their first win at Conte Forum since Mar. 7, 2008, snapping an 0-8-2 skid. Northeastern is now two points back of the Eagles in the Hockey East standings and can move into a tie for first with a win next weekend at Merrimack.
 
The Huskies scored the game's first five goals, including three power play goals in the first period from Jeremy Davies, Sikura and Adam Gaudette (one goal, two assists) to take a commanding 3-0 lead through 20 minutes.
 
Trevor Owens scored his first of the season early in the second before SIkura potted his second of the night, also on the power play, before the Eagles chipped away with goals from Michael Kim and Christopher Brown to make it 5-2 after two. The Eagles continued to press into the third period, but freshman Cayden Primeau (26 saves) and the Northeastern defense kept BC at bay to secure the win.
 
Joseph Woll got the start in goal for the Eagles, making eight saves before being replaced by Ryan Edquist (14 saves) early in the second. BC outshot the Huskies 28-27 in the game and went 1-of-5 on the power play.
 
Goal descriptions
FIRST GOAL (1-0 Northeastern) – FIRST PERIOD – Jeremy Davies – 7:27 (PP)
Northeastern jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a power play strike from Davies less than 10 minutes into the game. With the Huskies controlling the puck in the attacking zone, Cockerill rang a shot off the post, but SIkura was there to chase down the puck and retain possession. Sikura to tossed it down to Stevens, who spotted Davies pinching in from the point. Stevens hit Davies with a pass in the slot, and Davies ripped it over the shoulder of Woll for his third of the season.
 
SECOND GOAL (2-0 Northeastern) – FIRST PERIOD – Dylan Sikura – 14:16 (PP)
The Huskies extended it to a two-goal lead with 5:44 left in the first period on Sikura's eighth of the year. Cockerill began the play by sending the puck down to Gaudette along the halfwall before Gaudette sent it over to Stevens on the doorstep. Stevens' backhand attempt from the left side was stopped by Woll, but the rebound sat in the crease where Sikura tucked it home for the second.
 
THIRD GOAL (3-0 Northeastern) – FIRST PERIOD – Adam Gaudette – 15:19 (PP)
Gaudette put the visitors up 3-0 with his 12th of the year with less than five minutes to play on yet another Husky power play goal as Cockerill hit Gaudette along the halfwall before Gaudette stepped out into the slot and sniped the top corner over the blocker of Woll.
 
FOURTH GOAL (4-0 Northeastern) – SECOND PERIOD – Trevor Owens – 3:16
Owens netted his first goal of the season just three minutes into the second period when he capitalized on a screen in front of Woll as Biagio Lerario fed the puck to Owens up top before Owens took a couple strides towards the cage and wristed a shot that beat Woll over the blocker.
 
FIFTH GOAL (5-0 Northeastern) – SECOND PERIOD – Dylan Sikura – 7:33 (PP)
Sikura buried his second of the night, and the Huskies' fourth on the power play, with 12:27 to go in the period when Gaudette's one-timer from Cockerill was stopped by Edquist, leaving the rebound out in front from Sikura, who ripped it inside the left post for the score.
 
SIXTH GOAL (5-1 Northeastern) – SECOND PERIOD – Michael Kim – 14:23
Boston College got on the board with 5:36 remaining in the period when Kim took a pass from Michael Karow along the left wall before firing a shot through a screen and past Primeau for Kim's fourth of the year.
 
SEVENTH GOAL (5-2 Northeastern) – SECOND PERIOD – Christopher Brown – 16:56 (PP)
The Eagles made it a three-goal game late in the period during a five-on-three power play of their own as Kim's shot from the point was knocked down by Primeau, but Brown was waiting on the doorstep for the rebound to backhand it home for his fifth of the year.
 
Stats of the game
• Northeastern won its first game at Boston College since Mar. 7, 2008, snapping an 0-8-2 skid. It was also Northeastern's largest margin of victory over the Eagles since Feb. 2, 2009 in the Beanpot semifinals.

• The Huskies have 10 wins in their first 16 games, its fastest to 10 victories since the 2008-09 season (15 games).
 
• NU now has eight conference victories in their first 11 games, its best start to league play since 2008-09.
 
• Northeastern's five goals are the most scored at Conte Forum since the 7-7 tie on Feb. 18, 2011
 
• Sikura moved into 34th on Northeastern's all-time scoring list with 114 career points (45 goals, 69 assists). He's also now tied for 32nd on the all-time assists list.
 
• Sikura tied a career-high with four points (two goals, two assists). It's the third time he's had a four-point night, and the first since Nov. 25, 2016 against Minnesota.
 
• Gaudette moved into a tie for 47th on Northeastern's all-time scoring list with 105 points (49 goals, 54 assists)
 
• Gaudette scored his 27th career power play goal on Saturday. He's four shy of tying the school record of 31 held by J.F. Aube and Rod Isbister. Gaudette also leads all active NCAA skaters in career power play strikes.
 
• Saturday marked the second time this season that Northeastern has scored three power play goals (vs. Boston University on Nov. 10). It was the first time since Mar. 4, 2017 against UConn that NU scored three power play goals in the same period.
 
• The last time Northeastern scored three goals in the first period came in the 2013-14 season opener against Alabama-Huntsville (Oct. 11, 2013).
 
• Northeastern defensemen tallied three points (one goal, two assists) on the night. They entered Saturday's game with a combined 50 points, tied for the fifth most in the NCAA.
 
• NU is now outscoring its opponent 21-6 in the first period. The +15 goal differential is the best in the nation.
 
The road ahead
• The Huskies will close out the first half of the season next weekend when Northeastern travels back to Merrimack for a 4 p.m. puck drop at Lawler Rink.