Toronto visits Boston, Ottawa heads to Minnesota in PWHL action on TSN
PWHL Toronto heads to Boston looking for their third win in a row, while PWHL Ottawa visits Minnesota, LIVE Wednesday on TSN.
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The red-hot Natalie Spooner leads PWHL Toronto into Tsongas Center as they take on PWHL Boston looking for their third consecutive victory.
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Spooner was the catalyst in both wins leading up to their trip to Boston.
She scored twice in Toronto’s 4-1 victory over PWHL Minnesota on Feb. 3 and before that had both markers as they shut out New York 2-0 on Jan. 26.
The 33-year-old now leads the league with seven goals entering play on Wednesday.
Spooner’s scoring touch also carried over to the recently completed Rivalry Series. She scored once in Game 6 and twice in Game 7 as Canada stormed back to win the competition after dropping the first three games.
Renata Fast and Blayre Turnbull also scored for Toronto in the victory over Minnesota, as each player found the net for the first time this season.
Goaltender Kristen Campbell turned away 24 of 25 shots to pick up the win against Minnesota and stopped all 19 shots to earn the shutout victory over New York.
She is 4-4-0 on the season with a 2.58 goals-against average.
Boston has split the first two games of their current six-game home stand, playing an extra frame in both games.
Sophie Shirley scored their only marker, her first of the campaign, as they fell 2-1 to PWHL Montreal in OT in their last outing.
Prior to that, captain Hilary Knight scored her first of the season in overtime as Boston earned a 4-3 victory over PWHL Minnesota.
Kaleigh Fratkin, Taylor Girard and Alina Müller also scored for Boston in that win.
This is the second meeting