COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State scored five unanswered goals to come back from a 2-0 deficit and beat Lake Superior State 5-2 Saturday at Value City Arena.

The Lakers are 10-13-9 overall, 8-10-9-5 Central Collegiate Hockey Association and have 37 points for eighth place in the CCHA, while OSU 15-15-3 overall, 10-13-3-2 CCHA has 35 points with one week to go in the regular season. LSSU plays host to Miami during its final regular-season series.

The Lakers took a 2-0 lead less than  two minutes into the first period. Freshman forward Colin Campbell (3-1—4) netted the Lakers' first goal, a power-play goal, at the 31-second mark of the first period. Campbell's goal was assisted by junior forward Fred Cassiani (3-3—6) and freshman forward Kyle Jean (1-11—12).

At 1:07 of the first period, the Laker Rick Schofield (13-16--29) made it 2-0 with a goal assisted by senior forward Will Acton (8-13—21) and sophomore forward Domenic Monardo (12-14—26).

Corey Toy brought Ohio State within one goal, 2-1, at 8:27 of the first period.

Ohio State blanked the Lakers in the second and third periods, scoring four unanswered goals. Sergio Somma scored a power-play goal, and Danny Dries netted an even-strength goal for the Buckeyes in the second period.

OSU's Chris Crane notched a power-play goal at 10:17 of the third period. Peter Boyd scored an empty-net goal at 14:57.

LSSU freshman goaltender Kevin Kapalka stopped 43 shots, while Cal Heeter stopped 25 shots in 56:30 of play. Buckeye Dustin Carlson played the first 3:30 of the game and allowed two goals on three shots.

The Lakers were 1-for-4 on the power-play, while Ohio State was 2-for-3.

LSSU 2, OSU 5