No. 2 Eagles Head Crosstown to No. 4 Huskies

#2 Boston College (16-0-0, 10-0-0 HEA)
at #4 Northeastern (11-3-1, 7-1-0 HEA)
Saturday, November 28 | 2 p.m.
Matthews Arena | Boston, Mass.

SATURDAY'S HEADLINES

BC features eight players ranked in the nation's top 50 spots in points per game, most of any team in the country
BC is ranked second nationally (5.38 gpg) and Northeastern fourth nationally (4.67 gpg) in scoring offense
Alex Carpenter (20-16-36) leads the nation in scoring, while Northeastern's Kendall Coyne (21-12-33) is second ... Haley Skarupa is sixth nationally in points per game (1.94, 13-18-31), while NU's Denisa Krizova is eighth (1.79, 7-18-25)
Kristyn Capizzano is in the midst of a nine-game point streak during which she's recorded 12 points (3g, 9a), while Dana Trivigno has at least one point in each of the last six games, recording 11 points in that span
The Eagles will play their next six games on the road, returning home on Jan. 18

BC AGAINST NORTHEASTERN

Saturday's game will be the second of three scheduled regular-season meetings between the teams ... the squads met at Kelley Rink on Nov. 20 with the Eagles winning, 4-2 ... the last meeting will be Friday, Feb. 12 at Kelley Rink
Boston College is 33-34-6 all-time against Northeastern since elevating to Division I status for the 1995-95 season
BC is 14-15-4 in meetings at Kelley Rink, and 15-17-1 in games played at Matthews Arena ... the teams have met seven times on neutral ice, with BC leading 4-2-1 in those games
Northeastern went 22-0-2 in the teams' first 24 meetings once BC became a D1 program ... the Eagles won their first-ever game against the Huskies on Feb. 4, 2003
Since the start of Hockey East in 2002-03, BC is 33-12-4 against Northeastern ... all of the Eagles' wins against NU have come in the HEA era
BC has won the last seven matches between the teams ... the Eagles are undefeated in their last nine home games (7-0-2) against NU
BC and Northeastern have met in tournaments 13 times between the Beanpot and Hockey East Tournament ... BC is 6-4-1 against the Huskies in the Beanpot, and defeated NU at home to win the 2014 tournament ... the teams have met twice in the Hockey East Tournament, with the Eagles claiming their only HEA Tournament title in 2011 with a championship-game win over Northeastern .... in 2013, NU topped BC in the semifinals
Head coach Katie Crowley has a 24-5-3 career mark against the Huskies

EAGLES VS. THE HUSKIES

Haley Skarupa and Alex Carpenter are the Eagles' active leading scorers against Northeastern with 17 points apiece ... both players have scored seven goals and added 10 assists against NU
Dana Trivigno (6-4-10) and Lexi Bender (0-10-10) are tied for 10th in career scoring against Northeastern ... Andie Anastos (2-7-9) and Kristyn Capizzano (4-4-8) are just outside the Top 10
Tori Sullivan recorded her first three-point (2-1-3) outing of the season last Friday ... Kenzie Kent (1-3-4), Meghan Grieves (2-0-2) and Kaliya Johnson (2-3-5, including Friday's game-winning goal) have also found the scoresheet against Northeastern, while Haley McLean (0-1-1) has an assist
On D, Megan Keller (2-3-5), Kali Flanagan (1-3-4) and Toni Ann Miano (0-2-2) have all gotten involved in the offense
Katie Burt is 3-0-0 with a 1.34 goals against average and a .943 save percentage against Northeastern

DOUBLE-EDGED PK
Not only are the Eagles ranked fourth nationally on the penalty kill (92.5 percent), but BC's five shorthanded goals this season are the second-highest total nationally ... Wisconsin leads the country with six shorties, while the next closest teams are Colgate and RIT with three SHGs each ... Alex Carpenter has a pair of shorthanded goals, while Haley Skarupa, Dana Trivigno and Lexi Bender have each added one.

TRIVIGNO KNOCKING ON TOP 10's DOOR
Dana Trivigno became the latest Eagle to hit the 100-point mark on her career and she's set to join the top 10 in scoring in short order ... Trivigno enters Saturday's game 11th place in the BC scoring charts with 107 points, six points back of 10th place (113 - Mary Restuccia '12). ... her first-period goal on Nov. 10 against BU was her 100th career point, becoming the 12th player in BC history to reach that 100-point plateau ... Trivigno is the third player of the Class of '16 to reach 100 points.

TIP OF THE HAT
BC players have recorded five hat tricks this season ... Alex Carpenter (3), Haley Skarupa (1) and Makenna Newkirk (1) have all potted three goals in a game this season ... the Eagles' five hat tricks this year is the team's highest total since the 2012-13 season when they had six: Alex Carpenter (3), Haley Skarupa (2) and Dana Trivigno (1).

EAGLES CROWDED AT TOP OF HOCKEY EAST SCORING
BC has five players among the top 10 spots in Hockey East (only) scoring entering the weekend ... Haley Skarupa leads the league with 21 points (11g, 10a), while Alex Carpenter is tied for second (7-11-18) ... Kristyn Capizzano is fourth (5-10-15), Dana Trivigno seventh (2-11-13) and Meghan Keller is tied for 10th (1-10-11).

EAGLES STACKED ATOP HEA CAREER SCORING
Alex Carpenter enters the weekend third in HEA career scoring with 127 points, behind Kelli Stack '11, 133 pts., and Northeastern's Kendall Coyne '16 who has 130 career points ... Haley Skarupa is sixth in career scoring with 113 points in league contests ... Carpenter is second behind Coyne for the conference's lead in career scoring among active players, while Skarupa is third.

CAPIZZANO COMING ON STRONG
Kristyn Capizzano has been a quiet force for the Eagles in league play this year ... the junior enters the weekend ranked fourth in conference (only) scoring with 15 points (5g, 10a) and 18 points overall ... Capizzano currently has the team's longest active point streak at nine games, during which time she's collected 12 points.

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Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Lexi Bender

Katie Burt

Kristyn Capizzano

Alex Carpenter

Kali Flanagan

Meghan Grieves

Kaliya Johnson

Megan Keller

Kenzie Kent

Haley McLean

Toni Ann Miano

Makenna Newkirk

Haley Skarupa

Tori Sullivan

Dana Trivigno