Darkangelo's hat trick powers Ottawa Charge into playoff position

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 02, 2025 10:15 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Shiann Darkangelo secured her archetypal PWHL chapeau instrumentality against her erstwhile squad and the visiting Ottawa Charge bushed the Boston Fleet 4-0 connected Wednesday nighttime successful the league's past crippled earlier a three-week interruption for the IIHF Women's World Championship.

Ottawa (11-1-4-11) moved past Minnesota for 4th successful the standings – the last playoff spot – aft securing 3 points for the 2nd consecutive crippled against Boston.

Darkangelo scored a power-play extremity 45 seconds into the crippled erstwhile she was near unsocial successful beforehand of the extremity to redirect Anna Meixner's walk betwixt the pads of Aerin Frankel.

Darkangelo added different midway done the 2nd for a 2-0 lead. Ronja Savolainen acceptable up the extremity by dropping the puck disconnected to Darkangelo and driving guardant to make a spread for the shot.

Darkangelo scored her eighth extremity of the play connected a one-timer that deflected disconnected the skate of Sydney Bard astatine 6:29 of the 3rd to headdress the scoring.

WATCH | Darkangelo's hat instrumentality leads Charge to important triumph implicit Fleet:

It was Ottawa's 3rd chapeau instrumentality of the season, with the different 2 from Tereza Vanišová.

Goaltender Gwyneth Philips made her 5th consecutive commencement for Ottawa and secured her 2nd shutout during her rookie season.

Emma Söderberg started the 3rd play successful extremity successful spot of Frankel.

The Fleet (8-6-4-9) returned to the Tsongas Center for the archetypal clip since Mar. 18, losing for conscionable the 2nd clip successful 9 games determination this season.

Ottawa defender Zoe Boyd got served a five-minute large and a crippled misconduct successful the third.