Everson scored early in a power play in the second period with a shot from the left circle after Harvard had solid control of the puck around the point.

“When we’ve had success with our power play, it’s really been [through] sharing the puck,” Donato said. “I think we had it moving around a little bit there.”

The Bulldogs opened the scoring 5:17 into the first period, as Colin Dueck netted his first goal of the season on a shot from the point that went through the five-hole. Chad Ziegler put Yale up by two at 16:36 in the first with a one-time wrist shot after a pass up from the left boards by Andrew Miller.

Overall, the Crimson outshot the Bulldogs, 53-51, and shut the visitors out on the power play, handing them an 0-for-11 night. Harvard’s power play was successful in three of nine attempts.

Girard had 48 saves and Maricic had 49 in the Crimson’s fourth longest playoff game in team history.

With the third straight game less than 24 hours away, there was little time to celebrate Saturday night’s victory against the defending ECAC champions.

“Obviously we’re really excited to play tomorrow,” Ford said. “[We’re] exhausted. It was a good moment for about 10 minutes, but now we’re trying to focus on tomorrow’s game.”

—Staff writer David Mazza can be reached at damazza@college.harvard.edu.