Ottawa heads into final weekend of PWHL season looking to clinch playoff spot

The goal is simple for Ottawa's Professional Women's Hockey League team when they close out their regular-season Sunday night in Toronto.

Win and they're in.

Ottawa (8-1-6-8) and Boston (7-4-3-9) enter the weekend tied at 32 points, but Ottawa holds fourth place in the standings and the final playoff spot with more regulation wins.

The outcome of Boston's game Saturday afternoon against visiting Montreal will have huge implications for Ottawa. A Boston regulation loss means Ottawa is in. But any result with Boston getting a point means Ottawa will have to at least match that outcome on Sunday.

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"You don't sit here and ever wish anything," said coach Carla MacLeod. "The reality is you want to be able to control your own fate. We have that opportunity and that's a good thing."

Ottawa will be practising when the Boston game starts, but there are some players who say they will definitely be tuning in afterwards.

Ottawa had the opportunity to punch its ticket to the post-season Tuesday night against New York but failed to take advantage. Ottawa jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead and then gave up four goals in the second period to