MADISON, Wis. --  Riding behind three goals in the last 10 minutes of regulation, 20^th-ranked Wisconsin (16-10-1, 9-4-0-0 Big Ten) defeated Michigan (9-15-3, 2-9-2-2) by a score of 5-2 at the Kohl Center on Friday night.

Heading into the final stanza, UW held a slim 2-1 lead, but Michigan tied the game at 2-2, eight minutes into the period on Evan Allan's third goal of the season.

Wisconsin did not let the game remain a tie for very long, as they responded with Trent Frederic's second goal of the game just 1:35 later to take back the lead for good. Frederic tapped in a laser-like pass from Luke Kunin, who found the freshman through bodies and sticks. Corbin McGuire was given a secondary helper on the play.

"When they tied it 2-2 was when I thought our team stepped up," head coach Tony Granato said. "Luke Kunin made a great pass to Trent Frederic and (Aidan Cavallini's) pass to (Jarod) Zirbel. I thought those were big moments and big for our team. They still had plenty of time to get another one but we got back after it and made a couple plays that were huge."

The Cardinal and White sealed their victory with 2:17 to go in regulation as Aidan Cavallini fed a behind-the-back pass to Jarod Zirbel who roofed the puck to make it a two-goal game. JD Greenway earned an assist on the play. 

Seamus Malone then added an insurance goal 18 seconds later to make it 5-2 Badgers.

"They became a little more aggressive trying to get the puck out of their end," Granato said. "I don't think we did anything different after we got the 3-2 lead, I just thought they were a little more desperate to try to make plays. We took advantage of it and made some plays on their end. We outnumbered them at the net."

Earlier in the game, Frederic opened the scoring halfway into the first period for his 11th marker of his freshman campaign. He collected the puck off of a shot that had went wide and deposited it into the net. Jake Linhart and Peter Tischke earned assists on the goal.

The Badgers held the 1-0 lead until the opening minute of the second period, when Michigan tied the game for the first time on Cooper Marody's fifth goal of the year.

UW regained the lead on the power play after Cameron Hughes finished off a nifty give-and-go between him and Kunin. The nice passing play led to the junior's seventh goal of the year and extended his point-scoring streak to 11 games.

"I think any time a team scores, you want a good response. We were lucky enough to get a power play and get a chance to get right back into it," Hughes said. "I think we executed pretty well. We've been working on that in practice, so that payoff was the goal and the momentum."

The last time a Wisconsin player had a point-scoring streak of 11 games was Nic Kerdiles during the 2012-13 season. That streak lasted from Feb. 24-Mar. 29, 2013.

Michigan-native Jack Berry defeated the Wolverines for the second time this season, making 25 saves on 27 shots faced.

"Our team is confident around him. He's been the same pretty much every game he's played. Obviously we need him and he was rock solid," Granato said.  

The Badgers will finish up their weekend series with Michigan on Saturday night, with puck drop at 7 p.m. CT. The finale will be televised on Fox Sports Wisconsin with streaming available on BTN2Go and the radio broadcast on WIBA-AM 1310 and the Badgers Sports Network.