Harvard, Boston College play in Beanpot third-place game: live updates, score

Boston College started hot, scoring three goals in a span of eight minutes. It was all Eagles early, with BC recording nine shots in the first 20 minutes.

Harvard coach Laura Bellamy called a timeout after the third BC goal to try to slow the game down. Harvard had six shots in the period, with most coming after the timeout.

The Eagles’ offense is humming early as Katie Pyne makes a nifty move to beat Ainsley Tuffy. All three BC goals so far have come from New England natives.

Don’t let the Eagles get hot!!! pic.twitter.com/KJJZNfDc6G

— Boston College Women’s Hockey (@BC_WHockey) January 21, 2025

The puck has dropped for the third-place game of the 2025 Beanpot. The Harvard Crimson and Boston College Eagles will battle it out at TD Garden.

 Harvard vs Boston College (3rd Place)

• 🗓️ Date: Tuesday, Jan. 21
• ⏰ Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
• 📺 TV: ESPN+  
• 📍Location: TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
• 📊 Follow: Live stats

Northeastern vs BU (Title Game)

• 🗓️ Date: Tuesday, Jan. 21
• ⏰ Time: 7 p.m. ET
• 📺 TV: ESPN+ 
• 📍Location: TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
• 📊 Follow: Live stats

Today, one team takes home the coveted Dunkin’ Women’s Beanpot 🏆

4:30p 🕰️ Harvard vs. Boston College for 3rd 🥉
7:00p 🕰️ Northeastern vs. BU for the Championship 🏆

🤝 @dunkindonuts pic.twitter.com/7dIZ2kU1wI

— NESN (@NESN) January 21, 2025

Matthews Arena was packed for the Women’s Beanpot semifinal between No. 15 Northeastern and No. 12 Boston College. In what could be the arena’s last Beanpot game, 3,298 fans filled the historic arena.

The game set a record for the largest crowd at a campus site in Beanpot history and the largest crowd at a NU women’s hockey game ever. The record-setting night could be a farewell to the historic arena — which opened in 1910 — with talks about the university replacing Matthews with a new facility soon.

But for now, this game serves both as a reminder of the Beanpot’s long history and as proof of the growth of women’s hockey at the collegiate level and beyond.

Had to be at Matthews 🤯 @GoNUathletics @GoNUwhockey pic.twitter.com/kSafzOCYta

— Northeastern U. (@Northeastern) January 15, 2025

Despite a late third period push from the Eagles, No. 15 Northeastern held on to beat No. 12 Boston College 4-2 and advance to the Women’s Beanpot final.

Northeastern came out HOT. Three quick goals in the first period gave the Huskies an early lead, and they never looked back.

Boston College netted one late in the first period, but they just couldn’t solve Lisa Jönsson for the rest of the game. Lily Shannon added a shorthaned tally late in the second period to make it 4-1 Huskies.

A late Gaby Roy tally with the extra attacker made it 4-2, but it was too little, too late for the Eagles.

Northeastern moves on to face Boston University in the 2025 Women’s Beanpot final Jan. 21 at TD Garden.

THE TITLE GAME IS SET 🫘@GoNUWHockey advances to face Boston University in the 2025 Dunkin’ Women’s Beanpot Championship!

🤝 @DunkinDonuts pic.twitter.com/74l9hpyw8D

— NESN (@NESN) January 15, 2025

The scoring cooled off a bit in the second period, but a shorthanded tally from Lily Shannon extended the Huskies’ lead to three.

BC came out much faster in the second, putting up 12 shots, but Lisa Jönsson made some impressive saves to keep the Huskies in front.

She really is just a freshman.

📺 @NESN+ | 💻 https://t.co/ZqLUhwI6NY pic.twitter.com/kPcKVMXogi

— Northeastern Women’s Hockey (@GoNUwhockey) January 15, 2025

It was all Northeastern for most of the first period as the Huskies netted three goals on 12 shots. But the Eagles showed some life at the end of the frame with a goal on their seventh shot of the game. 

Matthews is rockin’ pic.twitter.com/sMf6re3XDH

— Northeastern Women’s Hockey (@GoNUwhockey) January 15, 2025

Sammy Taber cuts into the NU lead with a late first period goal to get BC on the board.

Sammy Taber lights the lamp🚨 pic.twitter.com/k2fDMMGMbT

— Boston College Women’s Hockey (@BC_WHockey) January 15, 2025