NEWARK, NJ – Hilary Knight and Alina Müller mixed for 5 factors to guide the Boston Fleet to a 4-1 win over the New York Sirens in a Presidents’ Day matinee at Prudential Middle. The Fleet earned their second regulation win in six days towards the Sirens and have now received all 4 video games of the season sequence up to now.
Müller tallied the opening objective midway via the primary interval on the facility play, with Knight incomes the first helper. Boston held their 1-0 lead till early within the second interval when the Sirens capitalized on a five-minute energy play. Goaltender Kayle Osborne made a stretch go to Jessie Eldridge who transformed on the breakaway to tie issues up 1-1. Simply over 10 minutes later, it was Knight who scored on a breakaway, arrange by Müller, to launch a sequence of three unanswered targets for the Fleet. I
n the third body, Jamie Lee Rattray tallied an unassisted objective at 7:36, adopted by Knight’s second of the sport at 17:45 to cap her first profession multi-goal and three-point efficiency. Aerin Frankel made 35 saves on 36 photographs in her eighth win of the season. Osborne recorded 19 saves on 22 photographs. The win strikes the Fleet right into a three-way tie for second place within the league with 26 factors alongside Toronto and Minnesota. The sixth-place Sirens prolonged their dropping streak to 5.
QUOTES
Boston Head Coach Courtney Kessel: “A bit of little bit of a gritty win on our facet. We’ve been on the road- trains, planes and buses and so I believe coming in right here, we knew we had been going to should grind it out slightly bit. I believe that’s what our crew did, and it reveals the character to each single participant we now have in it.”
Fleet ahead Jamie Lee Rattray on her objective: “I didn’t actually know till I seemed again and the puck was within the web. I used to be simply attempting to forecheck so I might truly get a change after which the puck ended up popping proper in entrance of the web. I used to be simply attempting to place it again within the combination and caught bounce. I don’t ask how generally, I suppose.”
New York Head Coach Greg Fargo: “We get our possibilities, and our opponent was nice tonight. I believe we’re squeezing our sticks slightly bit proper now and there are a few these photographs which can be moving into however then we begin to overlook about our possibilities. We’re going to hold doing numerous the identical issues and I do know that it’ll return in our favor.”
Sirens ahead Jessie Eldridge: “I believe it (the gang at at this time’s Child’s Sport) gave us numerous power, and numerous momentum, I simply want we might’ve gotten extra as a result of I do know that they needed to get loud lots longer there. We might simply love in the event that they saved displaying up for us as a result of that’s the place we get our power from.”
NOTABLES
Boston scored 4 targets in consecutive video games of their first-ever back-to-back schedule. The Fleet’s season-high objective whole has come 5 occasions this season together with thrice towards New York.
The Sirens haven’t scored greater than two targets towards the Fleet of their 4 matchups this season and have been held to 2 or fewer targets in all 5 video games of their present dropping streak.
Hilary Knight scored two targets and recorded three factors, each for the primary time in her PWHL profession. The Fleet captain tallied the game-winning objective in back-to-back video games and her career-high eight targets on the season are tied for second within the PWHL. She has additionally recorded an help in all 4 video games towards the Sirens this season.
Alina Müller has recorded two-straight multi-point video games along with her fourth objective and seventh help of the season. The Boston ahead has tallied some extent in all three video games she has performed towards New York this season, scoring two of her 4 targets towards the Sirens.
Müller’s objective was Boston’s first on the facility play in 9 video games, ending an 0/18 stretch for the reason that crew scored twice on the benefit on Jan. 5 in Seattle.
Aerin Frankel has recorded 35 saves in three video games this season which is tied with Ottawa’s Emerance Maschmeyer for many within the PWHL. The Fleet goaltender ranks second within the PWHL in wins (8), goals-against-average (1.90) and save share (.932).
Jessie Eldridge scored for the second straight recreation along with her sixth objective of the season. The tally was her third on the facility play which places her in a five-way tie for first within the PWHL.
Kayle Osborne grew to become the primary goaltender to report an help this season. Her major helper is the first-ever from a New York goaltender and fourth all-time amongst PWHL netminders following Maschmeyer, Nicole Hensley (MIN) and Kristen Campbell (TOR).
Jamie Lee Rattray scored for the second straight recreation towards New York and now has three targets in 17 video games to tie her inaugural season whole in 24 video games.
Sophie Shirley collected her fourth help of the season and second in back-to-back video games.
Jessica DiGirolamo recorded her third help in 17 video games this season to tie her whole throughout 24 video games within the inaugural season.
Shay Maloney tallied her second help of the season – 14 video games after her first helper towards New York on Dec. 8, 2024. The Fleet rookie has recorded three of her 5 factors towards the Sirens.
The Fleet have received six out of the eight video games when scoring first.
THREE STARS
1. Alina Müller (BOS) 1G, 1A
2. Aerin Frankel (BOS) 35/36 SV
3. Jessie Eldridge (NY) 1G
