Gophers men’s hockey again can’t generate offense in loss to Boston College

Will Moore scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and the Boston College men’s hockey team outlasted the Gophers 3-1 on Thursday at 3M Arena at Mariucci.

Visiting the Gophers for the first time since October 2013, the 11th-ranked Eagles (1-1) outshot the home team 34-19. Drew Fortescue’s empty-netter with 24 seconds remaining sealed the victory.

“We just can’t connect dots right now on a consistent basis,” Gophers coach Bob Motzko told reporters after the game. “The last thing we can do is be frustrated. That would just be wasted energy right now because there is too much to look forward to when we get to better hockey.”

Generating offense again was a problem for the Gophers on Thursday. They got their only goal from Brody Lamb with 61 seconds left in the first period. That tied the score at 1-1, after BC had scored first with 5:51 left in the period on a goal by Will Vote.

The Eagles, who opened the season with a 4-3 loss to No. 13 Quinnipiac on Oct. 3, took a 1-0 lead with 5:51 left in the first period on a goal by Will Vote.

Moore put BC up for good with 3:19 left in the second period when he redirected a shot from defenseman Lukas Gustafsson past Gophers goalie Nathan Airey.

The Gophers began the third period on the power play after Gustafsson was whistled for a penalty with four seconds left in the second period — the first and only penalty of the game — but were unable to get the tying goal. The Gophers were 0-for-4 on the power play in the series with Michigan Tech last weekend.