Aerin Frankel leads Boston Fleet to fourth straight win
PWHL
Frankel posted 37 saves in regulation and time beyond regulation to assist lead Boston to victory on Sunday.
The Boston Fleet are hitting their stride. And it ought to come as little shock that Aerin Frankel is main the way in which in web.
The Fleet’s star goalie as soon as once more led the way in which for Boston on Sunday, stopping 37 pictures — in addition to one other 5 throughout a shootout spherical — en path to a 3-2 win over the New York Sirens.
The Fleet have now received 4 video games in a row, with Sunday’s victory coming in entrance of 8,512 followers at Buffalo’s KeyBank Heart as a part of the PWHL Takeover Tour video games. On account of the win, the Fleet (6-5-2-6, 30 factors) now sit third general within the PWHL standings with 30 factors on the yr.
Each the Fleet and Sirens traded tallies within the first interval, with New York’s Sarah Fillier opening the scoring simply 2:09 into the competition with a pointy shot that beat Frankel. Boston’s Loren Galbel secured the equalizer at 6:27, wristing a puck previous New York’s Kayle Osborne to knot the sport up at 1-1.
New York entered the primary intermission with a 2-1 benefit, as Jessie Eldridge pounced on a unfastened puck and lofted it over Frankel to offer the Sirens the benefit as soon as once more.
A late power-play bid for Boston on the finish of the second interval gave the Fleet the chance they wanted to reply again — with Amanda Pelkey knocking a rebound bid dwelling for her first level of the season at 19:23 within the second.
That rating remained knotted at 2-2 by way of the third interval and time beyond regulation, with each Frankel and Osborne turning apart a number of Grade-A seems to be over that prolonged stretch of play.
Whereas Frankel turned apart all 5 makes an attempt that got here her method within the shootout, the Fleet did gentle the lamp on one in every of their alternatives. Susanna Tapani — who scored the OT winner for Boston in Thursday’s win over Ottawa — scored the lone aim within the shootout for the Fleet to safe the win.
Frankel has continued to stake her declare as among the best goalies within the PWHL, incomes her league-leading tenth win of the season on Sunday to go together with a 1.89 goals-against common.
The Fleet will resume play on Saturday, March 1, after they head as much as Montreal to tackle the Victoire. Puck drop is ready for two p.m.
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