Boston fights for its playoff life on Saturday afternoon while Minnesota looks to clinch a playoff berth with any sort of points on Saturday in PWHL action.
Minnesota (12-6-3, 35 points) hits the ice at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Saturday for its home finale, needing just a single point to clinch a playoff berth. Boston (10-9-3, 29 points), meanwhile, is fighting for its playoff life as it trails fourth-place Ottawa by three points with just two games to play and Ottawa holding a game in hand. Minnesota comes in with two straight losses since returning from the world championship break while Boston is 2-0-1 with seven points since PWHL play resumed. Toronto and Montreal already locked up playoff spots, each with 38 points in the standings.
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Game Date: April 27, 2024
Game Time: 1 p.m. ET
TV: Bally Sports Las Vegas
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Boston led 2-1 after one period at Ottawa on Wednesday night before the hosts came back for a 3-2 shootout victory. Captain Hilary Knight opened the scoring just 1:30 into the game and Jamie Lee Rattray added an unassisted tally with 59 seconds left in the first period.
Minnesota absorbed a 4-0 shutout loss at Ottawa on April 20 despite outshooting the hosts 35-22. Nicole Hensley took the loss in net in one of her poorest performances of the season.
Grace Zumwinkle of Minnesota leads the club with 10 goals, only one of two double-digit goal scorers in the PWHL, and her 17 points stands fifth in the league. Boston’s Aerin Frankel’s .930 save percentage ranks third in the league, just ahead of Hensley’s .925 mark.
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