Toronto goaltender Kristen Campbell battles for position with Minnesota's Abby Boreen as Toronto Kali Flanagan jumps in during second period PWHL playoff hockey action in Toronto on Friday, May 10, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank GunnJesse Compher scored the go-ahead goal with 1:25 left in the third period to give Toronto a 2-0 win and 2-0 lead in its best-of-five semifinal series against Minnesota in Professional Women's Hockey League playoff action on Friday.
On the ensuing power play Toronto would got from that sequence, Miller let a shot fly from the left faceoff circle. Rooney didn't appear to see the puck with almost half of the net open, but the puck hit Minnesota defender Lee Stecklein's skate by the right post and stayed out. Kaitlin Willoughby came down the right side and fired a wrist shot on net that was stopped. The rebound, however, came out to Flanagan going full speed but she couldn't get her stick on it with a gaping net staring at her.Abby Boreen came down the left side and fired a wrister with no traffic in front but Campbell made a pad save with 14 seconds remaining to one of many "Soup" chants from the home crowd.
With just under nine minutes left in the third, Nurse got a breakaway but missed the net while on the penalty kill.
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