No. 13/12 Buckeyes Fall at No. 4/3t Michigan State, 4-2

Friday, November 8

East Lansing, Mich.

7 pm

Ohio State

7-1-1, 2-1-0

Michigan State

6-1-0, 1-0-0

Michigan State

Ohio State

Photo by: Michael Caples

No. 13/12 Buckeyes Fall at No. 4/3t Michigan State, 4-2

11/8/2024 9:35:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Ohio State winning streak ends at seven

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A comeback fell short for the No. 13/12 Ohio State men's hockey team at No. 4/3t Michigan State Friday, with the Spartans posting a 4-2 win in Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, Mich. The loss was the first of the year for the Buckeyes, who are now 7-1-1 (2-1-0 1-0-0 B1G), and ended a seven-game winning streak. The Spartans improve to 6-1-0 (1-0-0 0-0-0 B1G).

Michigan State led 2-0 after the first period and 3-0 early in the second. Buckeye co-captain Davis Burnside put Ohio State on the board with less than five minutes remaining in the second and co-captain Patrick Guzzo made it a one-goal game at 11:44 of the third. The Spartans put the game out of reach with an empty net goal. Buckeye goalie Logan Terness had 23 saves in the game and Ohio State blocked 15 shots.

The teams will close the weekend series at 6 p.m. Saturday in East Lansing, with the game streamed through B1G+ and on Ohio State Radio.

Quoting head coach Steve Rohlik
"That was a tough start on the road against one of the top teams in the nation. We got behind and they had all the momentum. Give credit to the guys, we battled back, but we put ourselves in too much of a hole. We need to be better tomorrow night."

How it Happened

Ohio State was unable to convert an early power play chance and the Spartans opened the scoring 4:20 into the game on a Nicklas Andrews goal that got through from the point.
Red Savage doubled Michigan State's lead on a goal at 15:03 as he knocked in a loose puck in the crease after a save.
Just 31 seconds into the second Daniel Russell converted a shorthanded 2-on-1 chance for a 3-0 Spartan lead.
Davis Burnside put the Buckeyes on the board at 15:45, scoring from the faceoff circle off a pass from Gunnarwolfe Fontaine.
The Buckeyes were outshot 19-10 through the first two periods – 8-4 in the first and 11-6 in the second.
Ohio State carried momentum through most of the third period and Patrick Guzzo made it a one-goal game at 11:44. Joe Dunlap picked off an errant clearing attempt by the Spartans and found Guzzo by the side of the net.
Ohio State pulled its goalie with 2:22 left for the extra attacker but the Spartans' David Gucciardi hit the empty net from the MSU zone for a 4-2 lead at 18:06.
The Buckeyes had the shot advantage in the third, 14-8.
Logan Terness played 57:53 for the Buckeyes in net and had 23 saves, allowing three goals. MSU's Trey Augustine had 22 saves on 24 shots in all 60 minutes.
Five Buckeyes – Brent Johnson, Nathan McBrayer, Thomas Weis, William Smith and Nathan Lewis – had two shot blocks each in the game and the team combined for 15.
Neither team scored on the power play – MSU was 0-for-1, with Ohio State 0-for-2.

Buckeye This and That

Burnside is on a four-game goal-scoring streak and five-game point streak (5g, 3a, 8p). He is second on the team with five goals this season and tied for second with nine points.
Fontaine has a point in each of his last five games, with one goal, six assists and seven points in the stretch. On the year, he has a 1-7-8 line.
Dunlap has seven assists and eight points this season. Guzzo's goal was his second of the season and came in his first came after missing four with injury.
The game was the first time this season Ohio State allowed more than three goals. The squad is allowing 1.89 per outing.
The Buckeyes' seven-game winning streak was the longest since winning seven in a row Jan. 12-Feb. 8, 2019.

?? Davis Burnside puts the Buckeyes on the board with his fifth goal of the year, extending his goal streak to four games.#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/lo7K2xqxa4
— Ohio State Men's Hockey (@OhioStateMHKY) November 9, 2024

Guzzo's second tally of the year, Joe Dunlap with the assist. https://t.co/PtugMgWTwu pic.twitter.com/aQ4OtUzcg5
— Ohio State Men's Hockey (@OhioStateMHKY) November 9, 2024