Bourbonnais, Shelton Propel New York To 5-2 Victory Over Minnesota In Regular-season Finale

ELMONT, N.Y.: Jaime Bourbonnais scored two targets, Ella Shelton had a target and two assists and New York passed postseason hopeful Minnesota its 5th immediately loss with a 5-2 victory in a Professional Women’s Hockey League regular-season finale at UBS Arena on Saturday.

The skid for Minnesota (8-4-3-9, 35 issues) has come when all it wanted used to be one level to clinch a postseason berth. Now the workforce will want some assist to advance. Minnesota strikes on if Boston fails to post a law win over No. 2 seed Montreal later Saturday. Minnesota used to be on a five-match win streak prior to the league took a wreck for global play and has no longer received since.

New York (5-4-3-12) grabbed an early lead when Bourbonnais scored with an help from Brooke Hobson 2:44 into the event. It used to be Bourbonnais’ fourth target of the season and the fourth help for Hobson.

New York took a two-goal lead on the 10:09 mark on a target via Shelton. Jessie Eldridge notched her 6th help on Shelton’s 7th netter.

Minnesota halved its deficit after Denisa Křížová took passes from Grace Zumwinkle and Kelly Pannek and scored her 3rd target of the marketing campaign with 6:09 left within the first duration. It used to be the eleventh help for Pannek and the 8th via Zumwinkle.

New York upped its result in 3-1 on a power-play target via Bourbonnais 3:47 into the second one duration. Shelton and Alex Carpenter picked up assists after Minnesota’s Liz Schepers used to be despatched off the ice for 2 mins for hooking. It used to be the fifteenth help and twenty third level of the season for Carpenter, 2nd within the league in the back of the 25 of Toronto’s Natalie Spooner.

Jade Downie-Landry scored her 8th target of the season — unassisted on an influence play at 8:56 — to provide New York a three-goal merit.

Zumwinkle scored short-handed off an help from Pannek with 17:39 left to play to get Minnesota inside 4-2. It used to be her eleventh target this season, 2nd within the league in the back of the 18 of Spooner.

Abby Roque netted her 6th target to near out the scoring with 9 mins ultimate after a Minnesota foul for too many gamers at the ice ended in some other persistent play. Eldridge and Shelton had assists. Shelton’s helper used to be her 14th of the marketing campaign. She leads all defenders with 21 issues and is tied for fourth total with Toronto’s Sarah Nurse.

Lindsey Post made her first get started of the season in target for New York and completed with 30 saves. She subbed in and performed the overall 14:31 in a 6-2 loss to Toronto closing week, preventing all 5 pictures she confronted. New York used to be the one workforce to start out 3 other goalies.

Nicole Hensley stored 27 pictures for Minnesota.

New York scored on 3 of 4 power-play alternatives, whilst keeping Minnesota in take a look at on its 4 possibilities with a participant merit.

Minnesota had received 3 of the former 4 matchups and beat New York at house 5-1 the closing time the 2 groups met on March 16, atmosphere a season prime for targets. New York’s five-goal effort within the finale used to be a season prime.

Toronto has clinched first position and may have its selection of taking part in the No. 3 or No. 4 seed within the first spherical of the playoffs. Montreal has clinched 2nd and can play the rest seed. Ottawa, within the hunt with Minnesota and Boston for the overall two postseason berths, visits Toronto on Sunday to near out the steady season.

New York, which beat Ottawa 4-3 at house closing day out, may have the highest pick out within the 2024 draft. Shelton had a target and two assists in that victory, too.

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