PWHL Gameday: The Sceptres are back

Toronto Sceptres @ Boston Fleet
2 PM at Tsongas Center, Lowell

Watch on CBC and NESN

Watch Outside of Canada: PWHL YouTube Channel and thepwhl.com

With the Worlds break over, all the PWHL teams get back on the ice this weekend. Each team has played 27 games and has three left.

Team	GP	GR	PTS	W	OTW	OTL	L	PCT	GF	GA
x - Montréal Victoire	27	3	48	11	6	3	7	0.593	69	60
Toronto Sceptres	27	3	45	12	2	5	8	0.556	70	67
Boston Fleet	27	3	40	8	6	4	9	0.494	69	65
Ottawa Charge	27	3	39	11	1	4	11	0.481	66	74
Minnesota Frost	27	3	38	8	5	4	10	0.469	74	73
New York Sirens	27	3	33	7	4	4	12	0.407	66	75

As of now, the Sceptres have not clinched a playoff spot because they could fall to fifth in the standings if a lot of unlikely things happen. They are three points behind Montréal for first place, and overtaking them is possible, but not very likely in three games.

The Fleet have made some player moves, some fairly significant:

Re-joining the active roster is forward Hannah Bilka who has been activated from long-term injured reserve (LTIR), and forward Kelly Babstock and defender Hadley Hartmetz from the team’s Reserve Player list. The Fleet have also placed forwards Alina Müller and Amanda Pelkey on LTIR and forward Jillian Dempsey on the Reserve Player list.

Müller was injured at Worlds and is a big loss for them. This article never mentions Aerin Frankel.

Toronto seems to have escaped from Worlds unscathed this time. Other than the embarrassing loss for the coach and GM that is.

The complex clinching scenarios:

Toronto can clinch a berth in the PWHL Playoffs with a single point in today’s game, or if Montréal beats Ottawa, or if Ottawa beats Montréal in a shootout. Toronto can also secure a top-two seed and home ice advantage in the playoff semi-final series with a regulation win combined with any result of two or fewer points by Ottawa, or with an overtime/shootout win combined with an Ottawa loss.