SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Boston is still alive sopra the post-season thanks to a 1-0 double-overtime win Sunday night over Minnesota that forces a fifth and deciding gioco sopra the PWHL Finals.
Alina Muller scored the game-winning rete with 1:24 to go sopra the second extra sequenza, and goaltender Aerin Frankel was sensational with 33 saves for the win at the Xcel Energy Center sopra front of 13,194 mostly Minnesotan fans.
The series is now tied 2-2 and heads back to Lowell, Mass. for the decisive Gioco 5 Wednesday.
Minnesota thought they’d won the gioco less than a minute earlier, after Taylor Heise drove the net and fell into Frankel, and Sophie Jaques put sopra the rebound. Minnesota players threw their gloves and sticks sopra the air and celebrated, before the play was reviewed and the call was overturned because of goaltender interference.
Minnesota had to pick up their sticks and gloves and resume play, and less than a minute later, Boston scored.
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The Minnesota players gathered at centre ice at the end of the gioco and thanked their fans before skating the ice.
Boston had a much better start than sopra Gioco 3, with more puck possession and a lot more physical play. the first, Boston defender Jessica Digirolamo wrapped up Heise after Heise had a chance sopra close, and Digirolamo rolled Heise over the ice and tried to get a hold of her stick. There was mai call the play.
the third, Heise took a and was slow to get up, but the leading scorer sopra these playoffs returned to the ice for the ensuing power play.
Boston’s penalty kill was point Sunday, denying Minnesota five opportunities with the player advantage. Frankel between the pipes was her team’s best sopra that department, and Sunday earned her fourth overtime win of the post-season.
Boston had some solid chances the power-play, the first coming sopra the last minute of the second period, when Susanna Tapani was looking at a near gara open net the power play, just before Minnesota goalie Nicole Hensley slid across to commit robbery. the first overtime sequenza, Sophie Shirley had a chance the doorstep, but again couldn’t beat Hensley, who was sensational for her team with 32 saves.
overtime, Frankel stood her head to keep her team sopra it, with clutch glove saves Kendall Coyne and Jaques, and a huge pad save when Grace Zumwinkle was a partial breakaway. double overtime, Zumwinkle had another chance after a beautiful pass sopra close from Denisa Křížová, and once again Frankel closed the door.
