CHESTNUT HILL — Two Boston Bruins first round draft picks enjoyed multiple-point games in No. 18 Boston College’s 7-3 victory over No. 12 UMass on Friday night at Conte Forum.

Sophomore right wing James Hagens (2025) and sophomore center Dean Letourneau (2024) each scored a goal and an assist as the Eagles improved to 5-4-1 overall and 3-2-0 in Hockey East. The Minutemen fell to 7-5-0 and 1-3-0 and the two teams will battle again on Saturday night (7 p.m.) at the Mullins Center.

“We spend a lot of time practicing here and putting in those reps and being as comfortable as you can be out on the ice,” said Letourneau. “Getting comfortable with how everyone plays and knowing where guys are going to be on the ice.”

Both teams rolled into the opener of the home and home on the upswing. BC put the brakes on a three-game losing last weekend with a series sweep at Vermont, where the Eagles outscored the Catamounts, 7-1. UMass was coming off its signature win of the season, a 4-0 victory over No. 6 Maine at the Mullins Center on Nov. 7.

“It’s nice to get a win at home,” said BC coach Greg Brown. “I thought our guys were excited to play again coming off that strong weekend in Vermont and the feeling around the team was good and positive.”

BC finished with a 39-16 advantage in shots on goal and the Eagles put the game away in the opening 93 seconds of the third period. Hagens collected a loose puck along the end boards and made his way into the left circle. Hagens fed left wing Ryan Conmy in the high slot where he scored on a wrist shot to make it 4-2 at 44 seconds. The tally was the New Hampshire transfer’s third power play goal of the season.

Junior left wing Will Vote made it 5-2 at 1:33 when he flicked home a Letourneau rebound over UMass goalie Jackson Irving for his third of the campaign. BC scored twice in the final two minutes.

“Not a great outing tonight,” said UMass coach Greg Carvel. “We played into their hands and I didn’t think we competed well enough and rebound goals are indicative of that.

“We let BC get flying around tonight and we were a little out of sorts.”

Everything went BC’s way in the second period generated by a 14-6 advantage in shots on goal.

The Eagles tied the game 2-2 on a wrist shot from the left point by junior defenseman Drew Fortescue at 2:16. James Hagens gave BC its first lead, 3-2, at 12:45 of the second. Teddy Stiga of Sudbury collected a loose puck along the half wall and fed Hagens in the right circle. Hagens surveyed the situation and flicked a wrist shot for his fourth of the season. Stiga would draw a five-minute unsportsmanlike penalty and a game misconduct at 9:42 of the third and will be unavailable for the rematch.

“I thought our O-zone tempo was very good and we were moving pucks,” said Brown. “We had speed and we got low to high a lot and stretched them out in the offensive zone and that was working well.

“On the rush, maybe not as dangerous as in the offensive zone, but we had some good looks. Our D made some great breakout passes and when you can exit the zone with speed you have a chance to create offense. A lot of credit goes to our D on the breakouts.”

While BC was enjoying quality zone time, UMass went up 1-0 on a lucky bounce at 10:35 of the first. Freshman center Jack Galanek led a push up ice and connected with Jack Musa in the neutral zone.

Musa made a back pass off the boards to Galanek, who relayed a saucer pass through the low slot that deflected off Hagens’ skate and inside the near post for his second of the season.

BC tied the game on a nifty cycle at 11:32. Jake Sondreal won a puck battle on the boards and fed Luka Radivojevic on the left point. The freshman from Slovakia unloaded a slap shot through a screen that Letourneau tipped home for his fourth of the season. UMass regained the lead when Musa scored on a sweet give and go with freshman left wing Vaclav Nestrasil at 16:30.

“The first goal goes off a defenseman and the second goal was a high-end goal by our best players,” said Carvel. “But I don’t think there were a lot of momentum changes in the game. I thought BC had it most of the game.”

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