PWHL playoffs: Toronto's inability to score leads to Minnesota-Boston final

With 14 seconds left and Minnesota leading 4-1 on Friday night, it was starting to sink in for Blayre Turnbull that her team wasn't going to be able to come back.

Toronto went into the playoffs with a ton of momentum after an 11-game win streak propelled the team to the top of the standings.

Finishing first meant Toronto had the power to select its opponent, and they chose Minnesota, the fourth-seeded team that lost five games in a row leading into the playoffs.

Things looked good for Toronto at the start of the series, too, after starter Kristen Campbell posted back-to-back shutouts in Games 1 and 2.

But Toronto dropped three games in a row to Minnesota, including the deciding Game 5 on Friday. 

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"The loss definitely stings," Turnbull said, pausing for a few seconds before she continued. "I think the way that we battled and competed tonight, I really thought that we could pull out a win. It's tough to feel that way and come up short."

Over three games, Toronto scored only one goal. The team certainly missed regular-season scoring leader Natalie Spooner, who sustained a season-ending knee injury in the third period of Game 3. But Toronto has other offensive threats, and they couldn't solve Minnesota goaltender Maddie Rooney when it mattered most.

Both goals against Toronto on Friday came on the penalty kill, an area where Toronto excelled during the regular season to the tune of nearly 92 per cent efficiency.

"That's as nice of a power-play shot as you'll get," Toronto head coach Troy Ryan said about Minnesota forward Taylor Heise's game-winning goal.

"A lot of times it's not that a penalty kill has broken down. It's often you see an offensive team