As the Lancers worked the puck around the Knights’ zone, Casey Fitzgerald slid the puck to Brendan White, who fired a shot from the left point that was redirected by Mike Iovanna with 1:43 left to play, allowing the Lancers to escape with a tie.

“They’re good, there’s just no getting around it,’’ said CM coach Bill Hanson. “We needed to steal a point and we did. It could be big.’’

The Lancers jumped out of the gate early and picked up the first goal at the 2:57 mark of the first period when Brendan Collier picked off the puck in the neutral zone, flew up the left side and backhanded it to Ryan Fitzgerald, who buried his fourth goal in two games.

The Lancers outshot the Knights, 31-7, over the first two periods, but the score remained 1-0 heading into the third thanks to goalie Shane Starrett (41 saves), who came up with big save after big save to keep CM alive.

The Knights came out with more purpose in the third and Liam Coughlin’s goal at 5:47 gave CM new life.

By the time Thomas Stanton banged home the go-ahead goal with just 2:56 left in the game, it seemed as if the Knights might just walk away with two points, especially with the Lancers unable to solve Starrett.

The Lancers (11-1-3) finished 6-0-2 in the Catholic Conference to go undefeated in the league for the second straight season.

St. Mary’s 3, Arlington Catholic 1 - Tim Aylward led the Spartans with two goals as they clinched the Catholic Central League Large Division for the second consecutive year.

Winthrop 3, Saugus 0 - Sophomore Dan Eruzione had two goals and senior captain Chris LaBlanc had two assists for the Vikings (9-5-2).

Austin Prep 11, Matignon 3 - Eighth-grader George Sennott netted a hat trick for the Cougars (7-6-3).

Pembroke 6, Quincy 1 - Tom Cahill (two goals, three assists), Cullan Fitzgerald (two goals), and Shane Bowen (two goals) fueled the Titans’ offense.

Natick 5, Dedham 2 - Mike Terry led the Red and Blue (6-6-4) with two goals and an assist and Matt Custra contributed a goal and two assists.

Boys’ basketball

Brighton 76, New Mission 53 - Malik James had a team-high 18 points and 12 assists for the eighth-ranked Bengals (15-1).

West Roxbury 56, O’Bryant 31 - Forward Muller Mirville had a game-high 16 points and 14 rebounds and guard Shaquille Mair contributed 13 points and eight assists for the Raiders (7-10).

Matignon 62, Lowell Catholic 47 - Senior forward Bob Crane had 25 points for the Warriors, putting him over 1,000 for his career.

Girls’ basketball

Andover 80, Lowell 64 - Senior Nicole Boudreau had 30 points and 12 rebounds and senior Ally Fazio had 16 points and seven assists to lift the No. 1-ranked Golden Warriors to 17-0.

Boston English 49, Burke 36 - Junior guard Trayana Mair scored 10 points and pulled down six rebounds for the Blue and Blue (6-6).

Girls’ hockey

Sandwich 10, Marshfield 3 - The No. 20 Blue Knights had three players score hat tricks, senior Kristen Levesque, sophomore Maggie Layo, and sophomore Anna Cole.

St. Mary’s 4, Arlington Catholic 2 - Kaleigh Finigan’s two goals and two assists and Alison Butler’s goal and two assists helped fifth-ranked St. Mary’s (13-3) take out the No. 3 Cougars.

Duxbury 3, Barnstable 0 - Lily Connolly had two goals and Colleen Leddie added a goal and an assist to help the Green Dragons (14-0) clinch the Southeastern Massachusetts League.