US EditionAlina Müller, Jamie Lee Rattray Score 2 Minutes Apart and the Fleet Beat Charge 2-1 in PWHL Playoffs
Alina Müller and Jamie Lee Rattray scored in a 1:31 span as Boston erased a 1-0 deficit and took a 1-0 series lead.
- On Thursday, the Boston Fleet defeated the Ottawa Charge 2-1 at the Tsongas Center, securing a 1-0 lead in their best-of-five Professional Women's Hockey League Walter Cup semifinal series.
- Ottawa defender Jocelyne Larocque scored the opening goal on a power play, but Alina Müller and Jamie Lee Rattray answered with two goals less than two minutes apart late in the second period.
- Boston goaltender Aerin Frankel made 17 saves to secure the win, while trade-deadline acquisition Jessie Eldridge facilitated both goals on zone entries, proving critical to the Fleet's second-period surge.
- Fleet head coach Kris Sparre noted, "Physicality is not something that we haven't seen," while the game featured 10 penalties as both teams embraced the physical playoff intensity.
- The Fleet host the Charge for Game 2 on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Lowell as the best-of-five semifinal continues.
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Fleet win physical playoff opener, with two goals late in the second period enough to hold off the Charge - The Boston Globe
Ottawa’s Ronja Savolainen scored on the power play 18:06 into the contest, but Alina Müller and Jamie Lee Rattray scored 91 seconds apart to give Boston the lead.
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Alina Müller, Jamie Lee Rattray score 2 minutes apart and the Fleet beat Charge 2-1 in PWHL playoffs
Alina Müller and Jamie Lee Rattray scored less than two minutes apart late in the second period, and the Boston Fleet beat the Ottawa Charge 2-1 to begin a best-of-five semifinal.
Boston Fleet playoffs: Where to steam Game 1 vs. Ottawa for free tonight
The second-place Boston Fleet host the fourth-place Ottawa Charge at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Tsongas Center for Game 1 of a best-of-five semifinal series that opens the 2026 PWHL Walter Cup Playoffs.
Ottawa Charge get ready for Game 1 of PWHL playoffs against Boston Fleet
The Ottawa Charge practice in Lowell, Mass. a day before they take on the Boston Fleet in round one of PWHL playoff action. Emma Weller is in Massachusetts and spoke to the Charge on how they are feeling going into Game 1.
In her third year, Alina Müller plays for the Boston Fleet as a second in the playoffs.
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