East Lansing, Mich. — No. 4/3 Michigan State earned its seventh consecutive victory on Saturday, posting a 4-3 victory over Notre Dame improve to 9-1 overall and 4-0 in Big Ten play.
Trey Augustine made 13 third period saves and a game total of 28 . Shane Vansaghi had a goal and an assist for a second straight two-point game, while Maxim Štrbák, , Mikey DeAngelo, and Nicklas Andrews each had two helpers.
MSU scored first and held leads at 3-1 and 4-2. The Irish rallied to get it to a 4-3 game with 90 seconds remaining in regulation on an extra attacker goal, but could not solve Augustine for an equalizer.
In addition to Vansaghi, the Spartans got goals from Matt Basgall, Gavin O’Connell, and the game-winner from Daniel Russell, who was celebrating his 23rd birthday. Russell now has a national-best five game-winning goals.
Ian Murphy, Blake Bondi and Axel Kumlin scored for the Irish (5-7, 1-5 B1G), and freshman Nick Kempf made 26 saves.
MSU has an exhibition contest this Thursday against the US National Team Development Program in Plymouth, followed by a two-game set against Lindenwood during Thanksgiving weekend before returning to Big Ten play in December.
First Period: MSU scored the first goal of the game at 11:45. Mikey DeAngelo sent the puck ahead for his winger Shane Vansaghi, who went across the center of the blue line, drove into the left circle, walked around a defender, and from the bottom of the left circle went high glove-side on goalie Nick Kempf. With both teams taking penalties in the final three minutes, the squads each had chances on the…
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