CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 6/6 Harvard (19-6-0, 14-4-0 ECAC Hockey) earned the victory in its final Ivy League contest of the regular season, blanking Princeton (9-12-4, 7-9-2 ECACH) for the second time this year with a 2-0 win on Friday afternoon at Bright-Landry Hockey Center. 
 
Harvard, who defeated the Tigers earlier this season in New Jersey, 1-0, has now played 120 minutes against Princeton this season without conceding a goal. 
 
Lindsay Reed posted her first shutout of the year in net, improving her record to 4-3-0, while Becca Gilmore and Brooke Jovanovich were the game's two goal scorers. 
 
The first 20 minutes came and went relatively quietly with neither team getting on the scoreboard. Harvard outshot the visitors, 9-5, in the period, but Princeton netminder Cassie Reale, who was making just her second start this season, held the Crimson scoreless. 
 
Senior Becca Gilmore put Harvard ahead at 15:53 in the second, scoring her 16th goal of the season on the breakaway off a perfect stretch pass from Anne Bloomer. Gilmore received the pass in stride as she crossed the blue line ahead of the Tigers' defense and slid the puck between Reale's pads for the score. 
 
As it turned out, Gilmore's tally was all that was needed for Harvard, but Brooke Jovanovich made it 2-0 with her fourth goal of the season just 1:50 into the third period. After Gilmore skated the puck the length of the ice along the right boards, the winger was able to find a trailing Jovanovich in the middle who proceeded to wrist the puck into the open net. 
 
Princeton managed just five shots in the final 20 minutes, all of which were turned aside by Reed, preserving the shutout and the 2-0 victory. 

Harvard Highlights 

• Lindsay Reed picked up her first shutout this season, making 20 saves in goal. It was the fifth shutout of the junior's career. 
• Becca Gilmore had a goal and an assist in what was her sixth-straight multi-point performance. 
• Brooke Jovanovich scored her fourth goal of the season. Two of the senior's four goals have come against Princeton. 
• Gilmore, Mia Biotti and Jenna MacDonald all finished the day +2. 
• Dominique Petrie led the team with six shots on goal. 
• Anne Bloomer picked up an assist on Harvard's first goal. Bloomer now has 30 points this season, joining linemates Gilmore and Kristin Della Rovere at the 30-point threshold. It is the first time three Harvard skaters have managed 30 points since the 2014-15 season. 
• Maryna Macdonald blocked a game-high four shots.

Game Notes 

• Harvard now has recorded a total of five shutouts this season. Three different goaltenders (Reed, Dutton, Pellicci) have posted a shutout.  
• The game marks the 16th time this season in which Harvard has allowed two or fewer goals. The Crimson are 16-0-0 in these contests. 
• Harvard shutout Princeton in both meetings this year. It is the first time the Crimson has blanked the Tigers twice in a season since 2006-07. 
• Harvard outperformed Princeton at the face-off dot, 28-21. Entering today's game, the two programs were tied for the best team faceoff win percentage in Division I at .592. 
• Shots on goal favored Harvard 34-20 in the contest. The Crimson is 15-0-0 when outshooting its opponent this season.  
• Harvard finishes the Ivy League portion of its schedule with a 9-1-0 record. 
• Harvard moves to 50-35-6 against Princeton all-time. Princeton becomes the fifth school the program has posted 50 wins against (Brown, Dartmouth, Yale, Cornell). 

Up Next 

The Crimson hosts No. 9/9 Quinnipiac tomorrow (Feb. 12) for the team's senior day. Game time will be at 3 p.m. from Bright-Landry Hockey Center. The live broadcast will be available on ESPN+ and Stretch Internet internationally.