Minnesota Frost fall when New York turns a late goal into a PWHL shootout victory

The New York Sirens tied the score with 61 seconds left and then won a shootout, defeating the Minnesota Frost 3-2 on Wednesday in a Professional Women’s Hockey League game at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

The Sirens sent it to overtime on Sarah Fillier’s goal with 1 minute, 1 second left, after Mellissa Channell-Watkins gave the Frost a 2-1 lead midway through the third period.

Jessie Eldridge scored twice in the shootout for New York (3-3-1-3), her second goal the game-winner, and Alex Carpenter also scored. Britta Curl-Salemme and Taylor Heise scored in the shootout for Minnesota (4-3-2-2).

Maddie Rooney made 32 saves for the Frost, Corinne Schroeder 28 for the Sirens.

The Sirens and Frost have met four times this season, and New York leads the season series 8-4 in points.

“We’ve left some things to be decided, I guess, in these games,” the Frost’s Taylor Heise said. “I don’t know if it’s a rivalry more so with them or just with our own selves. We want to win every single game, but we know in this league that’s not what’s going to happen. We took a point — that’s not always what you want, but you want something when you come out of it, and I think when you look at it these games are always going to be close.”

The Frost, despite losing on the road for the first time this season, remain the PWHL leader with 20 points to Montreal’s 17. New York stands third with 16.

BOXSCORE: New York 3, Frost 2 (SO)

PWHL standings

Paetyn Levis gave the Sirens the lead 8:45 into the game with an unassisted goal, part of a period in which New York outshot Minnesota 10-7.

Kendall Coyne-Schofield evened it for the Frost 1:32 into the second period, her fourth goal of the season, aided by Mae Batherson’s assist. That began a period in which shots were equal at 12 for each team.

The Frost went 0-for-3 on the power play in the first two periods, including a stretch in the second period when two penalties, on Brooke Hobson for interference and Micah Zandee-Hart for cross-checking, led to four minutes on the power play interrupted by only seconds.