Sarah Nurse scores late winner, PWHL’s Sceptres top Sirens 4-2 at Scotiabank Arena

TORONTO — Sarah Nurse checked in with a late game-winner on the power-play and Hannah Miller scored twice to carry the Toronto Sceptres to a 4-2 win towards the New York Sirens on Saturday.

Nurse positioned a shot over the glove of New York goalie Corinne Schroeder with 5:54 remaining within the third interval to snap a mini two-game slide for the Sceptres (4-0-2-6), who rank final within the six-team Skilled Ladies’s Hockey League.

Billed because the Battle on Bay Avenue, the sport attracted a crowd of 19,102 at Scotiabank Enviornment, barely smaller than the 19,285 on the identical venue when Toronto defeated Montreal 3-0 on Feb. 16, 2024.

Toronto defender Kali Flanagan scored into an empty web, whereas Ella Shelton and Abby Roque replied for New York (3-3-1-4).

The Sceptres outshot the guests 35-19 as Schroeder made 31 saves to 17 from Toronto’s Raygan Kirk.

Miller scored with 86 seconds remaining within the first interval, redirecting a high-point shot from Flanagan.

After defender Shelton’s one-timer tied the sport halfway by way of the second interval, Miller scored one other late-period marker.

However Roque tied the sport, changing a move from her Sirens linemate Jessie Eldridge on a two-on-one break 61 seconds into the third interval.

Takeaways

Sceptres: Defender Megan Carter made her PWHL debut after the 23-year-old from Milton, Ont., missed the Sceptres’ first 11 video games with a lower-body ailment. She was within the penalty field for cross-checking when New York tied the sport 1-1 within the second interval.

Sirens: Sarah Fillier was taking part in in her first PWHL recreation in Toronto. The Canadian nationwide workforce ahead from close by Georgetown, Ont., leads the league with 12 factors.

Key second

Schroeder made a glove-hand cease on Nurse’s one-timer from in near maintain the sport tied with 6:40 remaining within the third interval.

Key stat

Miller’s team-leading fifth and sixth objectives pushed her into the highest spot within the PWHL goal-scoring race.

Up subsequent

The Sceptres go to the Minnesota Frost on Tuesday.

New York continues its street journey towards the Ottawa Cost on Monday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 25, 2025.

Tim Wharnsby, The Canadian Press