Boston College plays host to UConn on Friday night at Kelley Rink on NESNplus at 7 p.m. as the schools complete their three-game regular season series. Radio coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. on WEEI 850 AM.

SETTING THE SCENE
• The schools have split the first two meetings of their regular season series and the winner tonight will own the tiebreaker heading into the postseason
• The Eagles are one point ahead of UNH for eighth in the league and 10 points behind the No. 5 seed, which is the final first round bye for the Hockey East Tournament
• UConn is tied for third in the standings with 32 points through 17 league games

SERIES HISTORY
• Friday will mark the 21st all-time meeting in the series, which BC leads 14-4-2
• BC was undefeated all-time in Chestnut Hill (7-0-2) prior to a 5-4 UConn victory on Jan. 8
• Boston College edged UConn 2-1 at the XL Center on Nov. 12 as Jack McBain wristed a shot high glove side to beat Darion Hanson with 1:22 left in the third period
• The teams met four times last season with Boston College going 2-1-1 overall
• The Eagles earned a 4-3 overtime win and a 3-3 tie in the two games at Conte Forum
• Prior to UConn's 3-1 victory in Storrs on Dec. 12 of last season, BC had won six straight meetings by the combined score of 27-9 over the Huskies

THE LAST MEETING
• Kevin O'Neil fired a shot into the top left corner with 32.2 seconds left in regulation on Jan. 8 to hand UConn a 5-4 Hockey East victory in a back-and-forth affair at Kelley Rink
• The loss snapped the Eagles unbeaten streak at six as the Huskies posted their first-ever win at Conte Forum and evened the regular season series between the schools at 1-1-0
• Prior to O'Neil's winner, Patrick Giles had tied the game at 4-4 on a partial breakaway with 54.5 seconds remaining in the third period
• Giles added an assist for a multi-point performance, while fellow seniors Casey Carreau and Marc McLaughlin lit the lamp along with sophomore Colby Ambrosio

BEANPOT RECAP
• TJ Semptimphelter stopped 41 of the 42 BC shots he faced and the Eagles' third period surge fell short in a 3-1 loss to No. 15 Northeastern on Monday in the 69th Beanpot at TD Garden
• Patrick Giles scored the lone BC goal in the third period, his third career Beanpot goal
• Down 2-0 entering the third, Giles took a beautiful feed from Nikita Nesterenko in the right circle and beat Semptimphelter high glove side to pull the Eagles within one
• Boston College pulled Eric Dop (26 saves) in the final minutes for an extra skater, but the Huskies sealed the win with 14 seconds left on a power play rebound from Justin Hryckowian
• BC finished with a 42-29 advantage in shots on goal, including an 18-9 edge in the third period

MILESTONE WATCH
• The next start for Eric Dop will be the 100th of his NCAA career
• Dop made his 100th career appearance on Jan. 28 at Maine
• Patrick Giles is set to skate in his 100th career game on Friday night vs. UConn
• Gentry Shamburger scored his first NCAA goal last Friday in his 30th career game
• Liam Izyk skated in his 50th career game on Monday in the Beanpot
• Trevor Kuntar is one game away from 50 in his career
• Brandon Kruse posted his 160th career point with a goal last Tuesday

UP NEXT
• BC faces Harvard on Monday afternoon in the Beanpot consolation game at 4:30 p.m.