Hensley, Minnesota blank Boston to climb into 3-way tie for 1st place in PWHL

Kendall Coyne Schofield and Taylor Heise each had a goal and an assist and Minnesota defeated visiting Boston 4-0 on Wednesday to climb into a first-place tie in the Professional Women's Hockey League.

Minnesota caught up to Toronto and Montreal, all with 30 points.

Looking ahead as the teams enter the final third of the season, Minnesota (7-3-3-4) hosts last-place New York (2-4-3-7) on Saturday and Toronto (8-3-0-5) visits Montreal (7-3-3-4) on Sunday.

Coyne Scofield scored the first goal of the game with 2 minutes left in the first period, taking a pass from Heise at the top of the crease and finding the back of the net for her ninth point in the past 11 games.

Minnesota's Captain Coyne Schofield snuck one right by Boston for the lead!