Tristan Broz did it again for Denver.

Broz scored off a rush on a shot that beat Boston University goalie Mathieu Caron low to the stick side at 11:09 of overtime to send the Pioneers to the national championship game. Denver beat BU 2-1 Thursday at Xcel Energy Center.

“I think that’s what every kid dreams of, to do something like that for your team,” said Broz, a 21-year-old forward from Bloomington.

The Pioneers (31-9-3) will play the winner between Boston College (33-5-1) and Michigan (23-14-3) for the national title at 5 p.m. Saturday (ESPN2) at Xcel. Boston University finishes its season 28-10-2 and loses for the second straight year in the national semifinals. Denver will be trying to win an NCAA record 10th title.

The game-winning play started in the Denver defensive zone. Junior defenseman Sean Behrens got to a loose puck at the faceoff dot to the left of goalie Matt Davis. Behrens hit Broz, a Pittsburgh Penguins draft pick and transfer from Minnesota, with a pass in the neutral zone. He skated into the offensive zone and shot it in from the slot for the game-winner.

“I just remember back-checking and I kind of got turned over to Behrens at the left faceoff dot,” Broz said. “He made a nice pass to me in the middle. I knew it was a kind of 2-on-1. (Massimo Rizzo) had a little bit of a step on the guy. We ran that drill yesterday doing 2-on-1s and few times I scored. Just kind of no-look, trying to shoot 5-hole. And just kind of blacked out in that moment and happened to go in.”

Broz also scored the game-winner in a 2-1 double overtime win over Massachusetts in the Springfield Regional semifinals.

Denver had a good opportunity to end the game in regulation. BU’s Dylan Peterson was called for boarding at 18:47 of the third period to give Denver its fourth power play of the game.

But the Terriers did not allow a goal to send the game into overtime. Denver was 0-for-4 on the power play in the game.

“I thought it was excellent from the goalie on out,” Terriers head coach Jay Pandolfo said of his team’s penalty kill. “They were sacrificing. We were pretty confident that they were going to get the job done. And then the one save that Caron made was incredible.”

The Pioneers tied the game at 1-1 when they took advantage of a turnover below the Terriers goal line. Boston University All-American defenseman Lane Hutson threw a behind the back pass that was intercepted by Denver freshman right wing Miko Matikka. Matikka, an Arizona Coyotes draft pick, quickly got it to Tristan Lemyre, who shot it past Caron on the Pioneers’ ninth shot of the game at 15:21 of the second period.

It was the second goal of the season for Lemyre, a sophomore wing listed as the 13th forward on Denver’s roster in the game.

“He comes in tonight as our 13th forward,” Denver coach David Carle said of Lemyre, who scored his second goal of the season. “He’s been a big part of why we went 12-1-1 without Rizzo in the lineup. He’s been really good for us. He’s been fighting through an injury of his own, putting his body on the line for the guys and for the team.

“And really happy for him that he was able to get rewarded, scoring that goal. He’s done everything right. This year, he hasn’t always had the most opportunity, but a total team-first guy. And, again, couldn’t be happier for him.”

Denver nearly took the lead with 23.4 seconds left in the second period. Aidan Thompson came across the low slot, made a move that put Caron on the ice. Thompson got the puck to his backhand, but Caron was able to sprawl to make a glove save to keep it 1-1.

Boston University took a 1-0 lead with a short-handed goal. Denver’s Jack Devine could not handle a puck off the wall in the offensive zone and BU’s Luke Tuch picked up the puck in the neutral zone and went in and scored on a breakaway at 7:45 of the first period. It was the 10th goal of the season for Tuch, a senior from Baldwinsville, N.Y., and a Montreal Canadiens draft pick.

But goalie Matt Davis did not allow a goal the rest of the game. Davis, the MVP of Denver’s regional championship, stopped 33 of the 34 shots he faced to win his third straight 2-1 NCAA tournament game.

“We were 100% battle tested,” said Davis, a junior from Calgary. “(The Terriers) had a tough regional as well, but we were just confident in all aspects of our game coming in.

“We had to win in different ways throughout the regional. And today we were able to showcase a little bit more skill than we were in Springfield. So we’re just extremely confident and feel battle tested.”

Caron, a junior from Abbotsford, British Columbia, and a transfer from Brown, made 27 saves and took the loss.

“I thought both goaltenders were the teams’ two best players tonight,” Carle said. “Our guy happened to make one more save than theirs. That’s these games this time of year sometimes.”