PWHL playoff spot on the line in Sceptres-Charge matchup on Saturday

For both the Toronto Sceptres and Ottawa Charge, a Saturday afternoon game inside Toronto's Coca-Cola Coliseum could make or break a season.

A three-point regulation win would give the Sceptres a cushion on the fourth and final playoff spot in the league. A regulation or overtime win from Ottawa would allow it to leapfrog Toronto into the coveted final spot.

Meanwhile, sixth-place New York looms just three points behind Toronto and two behind Ottawa.

The stakes are high in the latest edition of the Battle of Ontario, which begins at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday. You can watch it on CBC TV and CBC Gem.

"You’re going to see two teams really go at it," Ottawa Charge interim head coach Haley Irwin said after her team's loss to Seattle earlier this week. "I think if you look at the last two games that we’ve played, we’ve done some really great things. And so it’s just helping our group just consistently find that throughout 60 minutes."

The Sceptres won the last matchup against Ottawa in a 2-1 victory on the road in Calgary on April 1. They'll also play on the final day of the season on April 25.

Toronto Sceptres defender Renata Fast is expecting a close, physical game.

"They play a hard game," Fast said in an interview with CBC Sports. "They’ve played a similar style game for three seasons now where they don't make it easy on you. They'll finish every hit. Every opportunity they have to give you a bump on the ice, they do."

On the other side, the Sceptres have been a different team since the Olympic break.

That change in momentum started while several of the Sceptres' key players were away at the Games.

The team went into the Olympic break feeling down. The Sceptres had lost seven of eight games, including three straight before