Overview
- Ottawa beat Boston 2-1 in overtime on Wednesday in Lowell, reaching 41 points and needing only a single point Saturday against Toronto to secure the fourth Walter Cup playoff berth.
- Saturday’s Battle of Ontario will decide the spot, as Ottawa advances with any result that yields a point while Toronto must win in regulation to jump past the Charge.
- Toronto lost its grip on a quicker path Tuesday in a 1-0 overtime defeat to New York, a game where the Sceptres managed 21 shots and Raygan Kirk stopped 32 to keep them in it.
- New York’s overtime win also confirmed its elimination because the Sirens needed a regulation victory to stay alive, moving them into the league’s Gold Plan race for draft order with Seattle and Vancouver.
- The PWHL’s Gold Plan awards draft-order points to eliminated teams for results after elimination, and with Seattle already on the board and more games left than New York, Saturday’s Boston–New York finale doubles as a draft-position play.