The following is courtesy of UND.com:
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State goaltender Jakub Dobes made 38 saves to stifle 13th-ranked Notre Dame as the 15th-ranked Buckeyes posted a 4-1 win on Saturday night at Value City Arena despite the Irish outshooting Ohio State 39-22.
Cam Burke scored for Notre Dame (16-7-0, 9-5-0-4-1-0), while Quinn Preston’s hat trick lifted Ohio State (16-7-1, 8-5-1-0-1-1) to the victory.
In net, Ryan Bischel totaled 18 saves for the Irish.
On special teams, Notre Dame went 0-for-4 on the power play, while Ohio State was 1-for-5 on the man advantage.
How It Happened
Special teams accounted for the scoring early in the first period when Ohio State was handed back-to-back power play chances. The Buckeyes got on the board first when Quinn Preston had a put-back power-play goal down low at 3:18 of the first.
Facing another Ohio State power play, Cam Burke picked off a Jakub Dobes clearing attempt while killing a penalty and picked the corner on the freshman netminder to tie it 1-1 at the 6:44 mark of the first. The unassisted tally marked Burke’s second shorthanded tally of the season and Notre Dame’s fifth of the season.
With 11:27 left in the first the Irish got their first power-play chance, but Max Ellis hit the post on the ensuing faceoff and the Buckeyes killed off the rest of the opportunity. On Notre Dame’s next power-play chance, Graham Slaggert had the best look down low but Dobes smothered the chance.
Tied 1-1 after the first period, the Irish faced 1:25 of an Ohio State power play to open the second and successfully killed it off without allowing a shot on goal.
Ryan Bischel made one of his best saves of the night on Tate Singleton, stopping the junior’s breakaway attempt at 6:28 of the second period to keep it a 1-1 game.
At 7:36 of the second the Buckeyes were called for a pair of minors, but Dobes stood on his head during the ensuing 5-on-3, as Leivermann, Graham Slaggert, Max Ellis and Trevor Janicke each had great looks. But the freshman netminder totaled eight saves to kill off that Irish power play.
Moments after Dobes denied Trevor Janicke at one one, Preston scored his second of the night with just 40 seconds remaining in the second to make it a 2-1 game through two periods of play.
Georgii Merkulov made it a two goal lead at 4:11 of the third when he combined with Preston to take advantage of a Notre Dame turnover in the neutral zone for his 12th goal of the season.
Notre Dame tried to push forward as the period wore on, with Ellis’ chance with 4:25 left testing Dobes again but it was saved.
Then Preston sealed the win with his third goal of the night at 16:21 of the third to make it a 4-1 game.
Notes
- Cam Burke notched his second shorthanded goal of the season and Notre Dame’s fifth shorthanded tally this year.
- It was the senior’s eighth goal of the season (had seven career goals entering the 2021-22 season).
- Notre Dame is now 7-3-0 on the road this season.
Next Up
- Notre Dame will close out non-conference play by hosting Boston College in a midweek makeup game set for 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at the Compton Family Ice Arena (tickets) and on Peacock.