Katerina Mrazova scored the shootout winner Wednesday night time to guide Ottawa to a 3-2 win over Boston in Skilled Girls’s Hockey League motion.
Each groups are vying for the fourth and closing playoff spot. Ottawa, now with 32 factors, gained a three-point lead over Boston along with having a recreation in hand.
This marked the primary time this 12 months that Ottawa (8-1-6-6) received a one-goal recreation.
Hilary Knight and Jamie Lee Rattray scored for Boston (6-4-3-9). Aerin Frankel made 22 saves.
Each groups had a pair good probabilities in extra time, however the recreation remained tied.
WATCH | Ottawa earns shootout win over Boston as PWHL playoffs loom:
Katerina Mrazova’s shootout winner lifts Ottawa to an necessary 3-2 win over Boston as each groups are contending for the fourth and closing playoff spot.
Trailing 2-1 to begin the third, Ottawa appeared for the equalizer and eventually obtained it at 11:14. Emily Clark outmuscled Emily Brown on her solution to the online and dished a cross by the crease to Hughes who jammed it in from in shut.
Jenner had an excellent probability to seal the win within the closing minute of play however Frankel made an enormous save.
The rating remained 2-1 Boston after 40 minutes. Ottawa dominated play for a lot of the interval however had simply 4 pictures.
Boston had the most effective probability of the interval when Megan Keller broke in short-handed however was stopped by Maschmeyer.
The house staff tied the sport at 7:43 of the primary interval after Natalie Snodgrass made a cross by the crease and Jenner backhanded it previous Frankel.
The Ottawa captain now has 9 factors (six objectives, three assists) in her final 4 video games.
A turnover at Ottawa’s blue line gave Rattray, an Ottawa native, a transparent break alone and he or she made no mistake beating Maschmeyer for her third of the season at 19:01 of the primary.
