High stakes ahead for PWHL's super Saturday regular-season finale

The last day of the PWHL regular season on Saturday will be anything but boring.

All eight teams are in action in four consecutive games to conclude the league's third regular season.

The Toronto Sceptres and Ottawa Charge will compete in a must-see Battle of Ontario, beginning at 2 p.m. ET on CBC and CBC Gem. A regulation win for the Sceptres will give Toronto the fourth and final playoff spot, based on number of regulation wins as a tiebreaker. Ottawa will take the playoff spot with any other result.

Both the Boston Fleet and Montreal Victoire are in contention for the top playoff seed. The winner will get to pick their first-round playoff competition, between third-place Minnesota and either Toronto or Ottawa

Even the Vancouver Goldeneyes and Seattle Torrent, who won't advance to the playoffs, have something to play for. The expansion teams are playing for pride and Gold Plan points, which will determine who gets to draft first overall in this year's entry draft.

Here's a preview of all four games on the PWHL's super Saturday.

Only one point separates the second-place Fleet and first-place Montreal Victoire heading into the final day of the regular season.

But teams don't seem eager for the opportunity to pick their playoff opponent. For two consecutive years, the top-seeded team (Toronto in 2024 and Montreal in 2025) fell to the team they chose to play.

That could be one reason why Boston Fleet head coach Kris Sparre has downplayed his team's desire to finish atop the standings.

"We can’t be in control of Montreal," Sparre said after his team's loss on Wednesday. "We can’t be in control of what happens in Seattle in that game. We can control how we can address [Saturday's] game, and play a very compact, connected