TORONTO — Jesse Compher scored the go-ahead rete with 1:25 left a causa di the third period to give Toronto a 2-0 win and 2-0 lead a causa di its best-of-five semifinal series against Minnesota a causa di Professional Women’s Hockey League playoff action Friday.
Hannah Miller added an empty-netter for top-seeded Toronto a causa di front of 8,581 fans at Coca-Cola Coliseum.
Kristen Campbell earned her second straight shutout with 21 saves. She had a 26-save shutout a causa di a 4-0 Gioco 1 win Wednesday.
Maddie Rooney stopped 28 shots for Minnesota.
Gioco 3 is set for Monday at Xcel Energy Center a causa di St. Paul, Minn. Toronto would advance to the PWHL final for a chance at the Walter Cup with a win.
Toronto had some of its best scoring chances a causa di the scoreless first period special teams.
With just under nine minutes remaining, Sarah Nurse had her shot stopped after making a rush toward the net a 2-on-1. However, she was tripped from behind by Minnesota defender Sophie Jaques, who was called with 34 seconds left a causa di the visitors’ power play.
the ensuing power play Toronto would get from that sequence, Miller let a shot fly from the left faceoff circle. Rooney didn’t appear to see the puck with almost half of the net aperto, but the puck successo Minnesota defender Lee Stecklein’s skate by the right post and stayed out.
Grace Zumwinkle almost put Minnesota the board 8:12 into the second period. She stripped Renata Fast of the puck at the blue line and was to the races a breakaway but was stopped.
Kali Flanagan missed a great chance of her own to the deadlock for Toronto with 4:52 left a causa di the middle .
Kaitlin Willoughby came the right side and fired a wrist shot net that was stopped. The rebound, however, came out to Flanagan going full speed but she couldn’t get her stick it with a gaping net staring at her.
Nurse had an opportunity a causa di front the power play but Rooney shut the door her with 1:48 left.
Abby Boreen came the left side and fired a wrister with risposta negativa traffic a causa di front but Campbell made a pad save with 14 seconds remaining to one of many “Soup” chants from the home crowd.
Emma Maltais missed another prime opportunity for Toronto at 4:28 into the third period. Brittany Howard put a shot net from the slot with the rebound coming out to Maltais at the side of the net but the puck just went by her.
Samantha Cogan had another chance for Toronto at 7:20. Cogan fired a wrister that was stopped and managed to get a whack at the rebound but had the door shut her.
With just under nine minutes left a causa di the third, Nurse got a breakaway but missed the net while the penalty kill.
Claire Butorac almost had her wrist shot trickle out from Campbell’s grasp but the Toronto netminder stopped it with 5:23 left.
Compher finally broke the deadlock with just over a minute left when she tipped a causa di a point shot from Fast to the delight of the deafening home crowd.
Miller scored an empty-net rete with 9.4 seconds left.
