BOSTON - So the season comes down to tonight for the Black Bears. Win tonight, and they'll get a third game tomorrow against Boston University, the top seed in the Hockey East tournament, at 7 p.m. at Agganis Arena, a winner-take-all game in the best-of-three quarterfinal series. Lose tonight, and the Black Bears will finish the season winless in their final 10 games.

Something obviously worked last night, as both teams will use the same lineups from last night, a 2-1 win for No. 1 BU.

Starting lineups
MAINE
Forwards
Brian Flynn-Tanner House-Gustav Nyquist
Robby Dee-Chris Hahn-Kevin Swallow
Theo Andersson-Keif Orsini-Spencer Abbott
Nick Payson-Brett Carriere-David de Kastrozza

Defense
Will O'Neill-Jeff Dimmen
Josh Van Dyk-Matt Duffy
Mike Banwell-Simon Danis-Pepin

Goalies
Scott Darling
Josh Seeley

BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Forwards
Chris Higgins-Colin Wilson-Jason Lawrence
John McCarthy-Nick Bonino-Brandon Yip
Chris Connolly-Corey Trivino-Vinny Saponari
Zach Cohen-Luke Popko-Joe Pereira

Defense
Steve Smolinsky-Matt Gilroy
Colby Cohen-Kevin Shattenkirk
David Warsofsky-Eric Gryba

Goalie
Kieran Millan
Grant Rollheiser
Adam Kraus

Scratches for Maine: Forward - Jeff Marshall, Glenn Belmore, Kyle Solomon, Lem Randall; defense - Ryan Hegarty (fractured vertebra); goalie - Dave Wilson (groin pull).

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