Overview
- Boston, which wrapped its regular season Saturday, beat New York 4-0 on four third‑period goals that began with Jessie Eldridge at 2:53.
- Goaltender Aerin Frankel stopped 30 shots for her league-best eighth shutout after turning away 16 in a first period when Boston managed one shot.
- The result locks home ice for at least the first round, with Game 1 of a best-of-five semifinal set for Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Tsongas Center in Lowell.
- Final seeding hinges on Montreal’s game at Seattle later Saturday, and the first-place team has 24 hours to choose a semifinal foe from the third and fourth seeds.
- A sellout crowd of 6,120 watched Eldridge, Ella Huber, Haley Winn, and Jill Saulnier score, as New York closed a season already ended without a playoff berth.