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Taylor Heise opened the scoring with her
league-leading fifth goal of the postseason 59 seconds into the
game, scoring on an assist from Michela Cava. With 2:22 left in
the first period, Minnesota made it 2-0 with Sydney Brodt's
first playoff goal. Brittyn Fleming and Kelly Pannek assisted on
that score.
Boston got on the board -- though just barely -- in the second
period. Forward Alina Muller scored with only two seconds
remaining in the frame, her first of the playoffs. Susanna
Tapani -- who leads Boston with three goals this postseason --
collected her first assist of the playoffs, as did Jamie Lee
Rattray.
That was the only goal Nicole Hensley surrendered in 19 shots
faced for Minnesota. After playing in her first game since the
playoff opener on Tuesday, Hensley has started and won
back-to-back games, stopping 38 of 39 shots faced in the two
games.
Minnesota sealed the win in the third.
With 16:31 remaining in the game, Cava and Heise flipped roles,
Heise feeding Cava for the latter's third playoff goal. Heise
and Cava lead all skaters in playoff scoring with seven and six
points, respectively.
Grace Zumwinkle added a short-handed empty-net goal with 3:50 to
play to close out the scoring. It was the forward's first point
of the playoffs.
Boston's Aerin Frankel made 21 saves on 24 shots. Boston was
0-for-2 on the power play, Minnesota was 0-for-1. Neither team
has capitalized on the player advantage so far in the series,
with each team going 0-for-6 in the three games.
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