Frost snap 3-game losing streak, prevent Sceptres from clinching playoff spot

Taylor Heise and Britta Curl-Salemme both scored in the first 1:43 and Heise added an insurance goal late as the Minnesota Frost beat Toronto 5-2 at the Xcel Energy Center on Sunday, snapping a three-match losing streak and preventing the Sceptres from clinching a spot in the playoffs.

Minnesota took a three-goal lead in the second period when Toronto native Sophie Jaques found the net for the fifth time. Brooke McQuigge collected an assist and has a point in six straight matches.

Liz Schepers made it 4-0 late in the period with her second goal this season. Claire Thompson notched her 14th assist.

WATCH | Heise pots a pair as Frost overcome Sceptres:

Taylor Heise scores twice to lead Frost past Sceptres

4 days ago

Duration 1:38

Minnesota defeats Toronto 5-2 and moves into fourth place in the PWHL standings. The Sceptres miss a chance to clinch a playoff spot but still have three games remaining to secure a position in the post-season.

Toronto closed within 4-2 when Kali Flanagan and Daryl Watts both scored in the first 7:35 of the final period. Flanagan's goal was her third and Watts netted her team-high 11th.

Toronto (12-2-5-8) is the best power-play team in the league with a success rate of just under 30 per cent, but Nicole Hensley and company thwarted Sceptre opportunities in all three periods. Hensley finished with 27 saves.

Campbell saved 12 shots for Toronto through the first two periods. Raygan Kirk finished.

WATCH | Sceptres' Daryl Watts is mic'd up:

PWHL Mic'd Up: Toronto Sceptres' Daryl Watts

21 days ago

Duration 4:19

Listen in to the best on-ice moments from Canadian forward Daryl Watts as the visiting Minnesota Frost defeat the Toronto Sceptres 2-1 in overtime.

Minnesota moves two points ahead of the Ottawa Charge for the fourth and final playoff spot. Toronto needed one point to clinch a postseason berth as the league takes an international break beginning Thursday for the IIHF Women's World Championship.

Play resumes on April 26 with Toronto at the third-place Boston Fleet and Minnesota hosting the last-place New York Sirens. The 30-match regular season concludes May 3. The Montreal Victoire have already clinched a playoff spot.