ST PAUL, Minn. — Editor's Note: This video was published Feb. 15, 2024.
Kendall Coyne Schofield and Taylor Heise each notched a goal and an assist and Minnesota defeated Boston 4-0 on Wednesday to climb into a first-place tie in the Professional Women's Hockey League.
Minnesota caught up to Toronto and Montreal, with all three teams sitting at 30 points.
Coyne Scofield is on a heater. She scored the first goal Wednesday night with two minutes left in the first period, taking a pass from Heise at the top of the crease and finding the back of the net for her ninth point in the past 11 games.
Minnesota scored again nearly seven minutes into the second period when Michela Cava picked up the loose puck after a deflection and slipped it past the post, where Boston goalie Aerin Frankel was trying to close the opening.
Grace Zumwinkle added an unassisted goal with about five minutes left in the third and Heise scored an empty-netter with two minutes remaining.
Nicole Hensley got the shutout, stopping 20 shots for Minnesota.
Frankel had 20 saves for Boston.
Boston (4-3-2-7) remains in a fourth-place tie with Ottawa (5-0-5-6).
Looking ahead as the teams enter the final third of the season, Minnesota (7-3-3-4) hosts last-place New York (2-4-3-7) on Saturday and Toronto (8-3-0-5) visits Montreal (7-3-3-4) on Sunday.
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