Overview
- Minnesota beat Montréal 5-4 in overtime on Saturday in Laval, with Jincy Roese scoring the winner after Laura Stacey recorded the PWHL’s first playoff hat trick.
- Frost forward Britta Curl received a five-minute major and a game misconduct late in the second period, raising the prospect of a suspension that could change Minnesota’s Game 2 lineup.
- Ottawa evened its series on Saturday with a 3-1 win in Lowell, as goaltender Gwyneth Philips made 30 saves and goals from Ronja Savolainen, Fanuza Kadirova and Gabbie Hughes (empty net) held off Boston despite Megan Keller’s late-second-period strike.
- Boston had taken Game 1 on Thursday 2-1 with late second‑period goals from Alina Müller and Jamie Lee Rattray after a five‑minute major and game misconduct to Rylind MacKinnon for an illegal check to the head on Gabbie Hughes, who returned for the second period.
- The Frost lead Montréal 1-0 with Game 2 on Tuesday at Place Bell, while Boston and Ottawa are tied 1-1 heading to Canadian Tire Centre for Game 3 on Friday in best‑of‑five semifinals that began after top‑seed Montréal chose Minnesota as its opponent.