Mrázová nets OT winner to lift Charge past Sceptres 2-1, clinch PWHL playoff berth

Abdulhamid Ibrahim · The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 03, 2025 3:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Kateřina Mrázová scored 2:52 into overtime to assistance the Ottawa Charge to a 2-1 regular-season finale triumph implicit the Toronto Sceptres and a playoff berth Saturday successful the Professional Women's Hockey League.

WATCH | Mrázová's overtime victor sends Charge to PWHL postseason for 1st time:

Brianne Jenner besides scored for Ottawa (12-2-4-12). Gwyneth Philips stopped 13 shots.

The Charge came successful needing a triumph of immoderate kind, oregon a Minnesota nonaccomplishment against Boston aboriginal Saturday, to unafraid their archetypal post-season quality successful the PWHL. Ottawa mislaid 5-2 to Toronto successful the regular-season finale past play needing a regularisation triumph to unafraid a playoff spot.

Ottawa mislaid 3-0 to Minnesota connected Wednesday with a accidental to determination six oregon 7 points up of the Frost — with either an overtime/shootout triumph oregon a regularisation triumph — and clinch a playoff spot.

Sarah Nurse scored for Toronto (12-3-6-9). Kristen Campbell made 22 saves, portion becoming the 4th PWHL goaltender to scope 1,000 vocation regular-season saves.

The Sceptres entered the time with a accidental to bargain archetypal spot from Montreal with a triumph and a New York regularisation triumph implicit Montreal aboriginal Saturday. The top-seeded squad entering the post-season gets its prime of hostile for the best-of-five semifinal series.

Both teams already secured playoff spots, with Toronto opening the post-season Wednesday and Montreal connected Thursday. Their opponents volition beryllium determined Sunday.

Takeaways

Sceptres: Toronto struggled to get shots connected nett against the Charge, sometimes settling for shots from the constituent alternatively of inching person into the violative portion to perchance get a amended opportunity. It's the seventh successful 9 games since the commencement of March that Toronto has been incapable to people much than 2 goals successful a game.

Charge: Ottawa had much violative measurement with shots connected net, but didn't person galore threatening chances either successful regulation. The Charge outshot Toronto 24-14, with the 2nd play number being 11-4 successful favour of Ottawa. The Charge showed much urgency successful overtime, however.

Key moment

Mrázová chopped crossed successful beforehand successful the slot and whipped it past Campbell to the delight of the Charge fans astatine Coca-Cola Coliseum.

Key stat

Since the February planetary break, the Charge are 7-1-2-4, the league's second-best grounds down the Sceptres (7-3-1-3) entering Saturday. The Ottawa offence has been starring the mode successful that span averaging 3.00 goals per game. Ottawa averaged 1.80 goals per crippled earlier Feb. 11, fewest successful the PWHL.