Emma Maltais’ short-handed aim within the third interval spoiled New York’s first dwelling sport within the Skilled Ladies’s Hockey League as Toronto secured its first win with a 3-2 victory on Friday night time in Bridgeport, Conn.
New York posted a 4-0 win on New 12 months’s Day in Toronto and was trying to develop into the primary PWHL staff to win at dwelling by way of 4 video games.
Maltais, who set the profession scoring report at Ohio State with 206 factors in 169 video games whereas additionally enjoying for the Canadian nationwide staff, had a team-high 5 photographs on aim for Toronto, which fired 37 photographs at Congers, N.Y., native Abigail Levy.
WATCH l Maltais places Toronto on prime with short-handed aim:
Toronto edges New York 3-2 with a short-handed tally from Emma Maltais and information their first-ever victory within the PWHL standings.
New York obtained off to a robust begin, getting a first-period aim from Abby Roque whereas Levy stored Toronto scoreless for a fourth-straight interval. However that ended shortly within the second. Natalie Spooner tied the sport 38-seconds into the interval — for the primary aim in Toronto historical past — and Alexa Vasko scored a go-ahead aim simply earlier than the five-minute mark.
Tempers flared on the 5:45 mark of the third. A pair of Toronto gamers have been despatched off for minor penalties and New York had one, giving the house staff an influence play. However Toronto shortly obtained a short-handed rush that was saved by Levy and it adopted that with a second rush, with Maltais punching in a rebound after a pad save.
Each groups play once more on Wednesday. New York will play host to Montreal in its second dwelling sport, this time in Elmont, N.Y. Toronto performs at Minnesota.
Minnesota will host Montreal on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET. You possibly can watch the sport on CBC Gem, cbcsports.ca, the CBC Sports activities app for iOS and Android gadgets, and CBC TV.
The complete schedule of PWHL video games airing on CBC Sports activities this season is accessible right here.
WATCH l Spooner scores 1st-ever aim for PWHL Toronto:
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Ahead Natalie Spooner finds the again of the web whereas on a power-play to report the primary aim in PWHL Toronto historical past.
