Buckeyes Down No. 1 Wolverines, 5-2

Saturday, October 31

Columbus, Ohio

5 p.m.

Ohio State

3-4-0, 1-0-0

Michigan

7-1-0, 0-1-0

Team	1	2	3	F
Michigan	0	1	1	2
Ohio State	0	2	3	5

10/31/2026 8:46:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

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Five Buckeyes score a goal in the game, Milota makes 26 saves

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men's hockey team defeated No. 1-ranked and previously undefeated Michigan, 5-2, Saturday in the Schottenstein Center. After a scoreless first, the Buckeyes led 2-1 after the second. Michigan drew to within one with less than four minutes left, but two Ohio State empty net goals sealed the win. The game opened Big Ten play for the Buckeyes (3-4, 1-0 B1G) and Wolverines (7-1, 0-1 B1G).

The Short Story
Neither team scored in the first period. In the second, a Jake Karabela power play goal opened the scoring and Evan Jardine doubled the Buckeye lead just over three minutes later. Michigan made it a 2-1 game and the Buckeyes carried the lead into the second break. Midway through the third Sasha Boumedienne gave the Buckeyes a 3-1 lead. The Wolverines made it a 3-2 game at 16:49 with an extra attacker goal. Sam Deckhut and James Hong tallied with the Wolverine net empty in the final 1:31 to close out the victory.

Ohio State led in shots, 32-28. Buckeye freshman goalie Jakub Milota had 26 saves and the Buckeyes blocked 13 Michigan shot attempts. Ohio State was 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 1-for-3 on the power play.

Game Two Sunday
The Buckeyes and Wolverines will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Schottenstein Center. Sunday is a Scarlet Out, with a scarlet THE towel giveaway for the first 2,000 fans. Ticket Information

Ohio State 5, Michigan 2

The Buckeyes appeared to open the scoring with a power play goal at 6:09, but Michigan challenged and the call was overturned after review.
Shots were 9-6 in favor of the Buckeyes in the first.
In the second, Jake Karabela put in a loose puck in front of the net on the power play at 7:40. Benjamin Wilmott and Felix Caron assisted on the goal, Karabela's second of the year.
Just 3:02 later Max Montes was able to get to an errant Michigan clearing attempt. He found Evan Jardine on the wing and his shot went five-hole for a 2-0 Ohio State lead.
Michigan got on the scoreboard at 13:58 and the teams went to intermission with Ohio State ahead 2-1.
Each team put 14 shots on net in the second period. The Buckeyes stopped two Wolverine power play chances in the stanza, allowing just three shots on goal in the two opportunities combined.
A blocked shot by Felix Caron in the Buckeye zone led to a 3-1 Ohio State lead. Caron passed to Nathan McBrayer, who led Sascha Boumedienne up the left wing, creating a 2-on-1. He scored on the fly at 9:45.
At 16:49 Michigan tallied an extra attacker goal for a 3-2 game.
With the Wolverine net again empty, Karabela blocked a shot and was able to get out of the Ohio State zone, setting up a Sam Deckhut tally at 18:29 for a 4-2 lead.
James Hong closed out the win, deflecting a Wolverine passing attempt near the point and tallying from inside the Buckeye blue line.
The teams combined for 17 shots in the third, with Ohio State ahead, 9-8.
Ohio State had the shot advantage in the game, 32-28. Freshman goalie Jakub Milota made 26 saves in all 60 minutes. Michigan's Jack Ivankovic had 27 stops in 57:03.
Nathan McBrayer led Ohio State with three shot blocks and the Buckeyes had 13 blocks as a team.
Ohio State had one power play change in each period and was 1-for-3. The penalty kill was 2-for-2, with both in the second.

Buckeye This and That

Jardine leads the Buckeyes with four goals and eight points. He has a point in four of the last five games.
Karabela has a team-best five assists and is second with seven points. It was his third two-point outing in the last four games.
The win was the Buckeyes' first over a No. 1-ranked team since defeating Michigan State on the road Feb. 27.
Caron notched his sixth career two-assist game and first since Feb. 6 at Minnesota.
Wilmott led Ohio State with seven shots on goal.
Boumedienne's goal was his first as a Buckeye. He is on a three-game point streak.
Hong tallied his first goal of the year.
Milota has a 1.87 goals-against average and .911 save percentage in five games played this year.
Ohio State has led in shots in all eight games this season and is averaging 31.43 a game, allowing 21.14 per outing.