Aerin Frankel made 24 saves, and Susanna Tapani scored her second consecutive game-winner to lead the Boston Fleet to a 3-1 road victory over the Toronto Sceptres in front of a sold-out crowd of 8,277 fans at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto on Saturday afternoon.
Boston was outshot 25-12 but picked up the win to remain the only undefeated team in the PWHL.
“We got a little bit better as the game went on. I think we were caught off guard a bit by their pressure in the first period. They got on top of us early, but we defended well enough to give ourselves a chance to win the game and obviously our goaltending was outstanding,” Boston head coach Kris Sparre said.
Toronto struck first when captain Blayre Turnbull scored shorthanded at 6:26 of the opening period to give the Sceptres a 1-0 lead in their 2025-26 home debut. Rookie Abby Newhook notched her first career goal at 14:10 of the second period to even the score heading into the final frame, despite Toronto outshooting Boston 16-8 through 40 minutes.
“It was awesome to score my first goal, but it was a team effort out there. We just got pucks in behind them and went to work. That’s our game style. It was a great look there, I gave it to Jill (Saulnier), crossed the net hard and got lucky there. It was a cool moment,” Newhook said.
Tapani’s goal at 10:19 of the third proved to be the game-winner, and Alina Müller added her first goal of the season on an empty net with 22 seconds remaining. Sceptres goaltender Raygan Kirk made her second consecutive start to open the season and made nine saves in the loss.
