Knight scores 1st PWHL goal to sink Minnesota in OT as Boston earns 1st home win

Captain Hilary Knight carried the puck into the attacking zone in the 3-on-3 overtime period and fired a wrist shot that found a way through the pads of Maddie Rooney to allow Boston to pull out a 4-3 win over visiting Minnesota Saturday, becoming the fifth team in the fledgling Professional Women's Hockey League to win on home ice.

Boston took a 3-1 lead after the first period but was blanked by Rooney over the final two periods of regulation. Minnesota got a late goal in the second period to halve its deficit and, after pulling the goalkeeper for the final two minutes of the third period, Kendall Coyne Schofield poked home a carom for the tying goal with 53 seconds left.

Despite a well-earned reputation as a goal scorer, Knight came into the game without having scored a goal. The captain of the gold medal-winning U.S. women's world championship team finished with a goal and an assist, her first points in six games.

It's Knight time, Boston!