Depth scoring and good goalie play are a recipe for success.
Boston came out on the wrong foot with a sloppy start. An early turnover deep in their own zone set Sarah Fillier up to open the scoring barely two minutes into the first. A mere few minutes later underutilized Loren Gabel stepped up and sniped home an equalizer. New York would have much of the run of play the rest oof the period and retook the lead in the final minute of the period on a rebound shoot Jesse Eldridge put home.
The second was a quieter period where neither team was able to doo too much. New York took two penalties, one a too many skaters minor and the other a minor for cross checking. The second infraction of the period was deadly as Boston finally scored on the PP again when also lightly used Amanda Pelkey took control of a wild puck and deflected in the equalizer.
The third period and the OT saw lots of high danger opportunities but the goalies decided to show up and shut things down. The shootout continued in that vein as only one shot made hit past a goalie, when Susanna Tapani put the second shot in.
Highlights:
Game Notes
- The power play is starting to pick up. The Pelkey goal was a clutch performance that hopefully means the Fleet are getting back on track.
- This game saw both goals scored by players that have not gotten much ice time, Gabel has been a regular healthy scratch, it does beg some question as to why she hasn’t been win the lineup often.
- The Fleet continue to win whenever Jillian Dempsey his dressed.
- It was a goalie show and Frankel continues to keep this team alive in the standings.
- Boston is quietly staying afloat near the top oof the standings. Currently they sit in 3rd, two points behind Toronto, but with a game in hand. First place and Montreal seem well out of reach at this point though.
- The Fleet will travel north to play Montreal on Saturday.