Friday, November 21
Ann Arbor, Mich.
7 p.m.
Ohio State
at
Michigan
Photo by: Ohio State Athletics
Buckeyes Head North for B1G Games at No. 2 Michigan
11/19/2025 3:44:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
Teams will meet Friday and Saturday in Ann Arbor
The Basics
- The Ohio State men's hockey team heads north for two games at No. 2 Michigan this weekend.
- The Buckeyes and Wolverines will meet at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich.
- Both games will be streamed through B1G+.
- Ohio State Radio will carry the series (WBNS-FM-HD2, streamed on espncolumbus.com and OhioStateBuckeyes.com and on the Ohio State Buckeyes app).
- Live stats will be linked from the schedule page on OhioStateBuckeyes.com.
- Ohio State is 5-5 on the year and 1-3 in the Big Ten after a split at No. 7 Wisconsin last week with a 5-1 win and 6-5 overtime loss. The Wolverines are 11-3 overall this season and have a 4-2 B1G ledger. Last weekend, Michigan split a series at No. 5 Penn State (W 7-1, L 2-4).
- The Buckeyes are 16th nationally in scoring defense, allowing 2.40 goals per game. The squad has allowed three or fewer goals in eight of 10 outings.
- The Buckeyes' losses this season have all been by one goal, including two in overtime.
- Ohio State is in a stretch of six straight road games, with two road Big Ten series (at Wisconsin, at Michigan) before heading to Arizona State Thanksgiving weekend. The series vs. Penn State Oct. 30-31 marked the Buckeyes' last home games until hosting Minnesota Dec. 4-5.
- Twenty Buckeyes have posted at least one point this year, with 14 scoring a goal and 19 notching at least one assist.
- Ohio State is averaging 3.30 goals a game, with three or more goals in seven games, including five in each contest last weekend.
- Ohio State ranks 18th in the NCAA with a .519 faceoff winning percentage (329-305). Max Montes leads the squad with 81 wins, while Jake Karabela has 74, Riley Thompson has 73 and Ryan Gordon has 66 victories. Among players with more than 20 faceoffs, Karabela is first with a .532 winning percentage.
- Ohio State is 35-for-42 (.833) on the penalty kill this season. The squad was 6-for-7 against Wisconsin's top-ranked power play, with a 5-for-5 night in game one. The Badgers were 1-for-2 in game two, with the power play goal a 4x3 overtime score.
- The Buckeyes are 7-for-36 (.194) with the man advantage through 10 games. Ryan Gordon notched his first career power play goal last week. Felix Caron and Riley Thompson both have two power play goals, with Nathan Lewis and Davis Burnside also tallying with the man advantage.
- This season, the Buckeyes are averaging 32.4 shots on goal a night, allowing 27.5 a contest.
- The Buckeyes' 6-5 overtime defeat last Saturday was the first time Ohio State reached five goals in a game and lost since a 6-5 loss to Minnesota Feb. 11, 2017. The squad had a 6-6 tie at Penn State last season (Jan. 24), tied Michigan State 7-7 Jan. 4, 2019 and skated to a 5-5 tie against Penn State Dec. 1, 2018 in the only other non-winning situations with at least five goals since the Minnesota game.
- Adam Eisele was named the Big Ten Second Star of the Week after posting a Big Ten-best four points, with three goals and an assist, in the series at Wisconsin last week.
- Ohio State and Michigan faced off for the first time in 1964 and after games in 1969-70, 1974-75 and 1978-79, have met at least once each season since 1981-82 when Michigan joined Ohio State in the CCHA.
- The Wolverines lead the all-time series, 98-53-16, including 50-20-9 in Ann Arbor.
- Each team won twice last season, with two games decided in overtime. The squads split a series in January, with Ohio State winning 4-3 outside at Wrigley Field in Chicago Jan. 3 and the Wolverines posting a 3-2 win in Ann Arbor Jan. 5. In Columbus Feb. 27-28, the Buckeyes won 2-1 in overtime on a William Smith goal in game one before Michigan took game two, 4-3.
- Davis Burnside leads the current Buckeyes with 13 games played against Michigan, ranking first with four assists and five points vs. the Wolverines. Max Montes has scored four goals vs. UM while playing in eight games. Nathan McBrayer, who has three assists vs. UM, and Thomas Weis have also played eight games against Michigan. Riley Thompson had a 2-2-4 line in four games vs. the Wolverines last season.
- Michigan is 11-3 on the year, with a 6-1 home mark. The squad is 4-2 in B1G play, posting a road sweep at Notre Dame (W 5-3, W OT 2-1), splitting a home series against Wisconsin (W 7-4, L 1-6) and going 1-1 at Penn State last weekend (W 7-1, L 2-4).
- The Wolverines are first in the nation in scoring offense (5.0 goals per game), ranking second in scoring margin (+2.79) and third on the power play (.317). The team is 12th nationally in scoring defense (2.21 goals allowed per game).
- Ohio State will travel for a series at Arizona State Thanksgiving weekend. The teams will meet at 5 p.m. ET Nov. 28 and 7 p.m. ET Nov. 29 in Tempe, Ariz. The games will be streamed through NCHC.tv.
- The first half ends with a home series against Minnesota Dec. 4-5. Faceoff is set for 6:30 p.m. for game one and 6 p.m. for game two and BTN will televise both contests. Ticket Information
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