Thompson leads Frost to 4-3 shootout win over Sceptres
Loss means Toronto moves into tie for last with Boston Fleet in PWHL
Claire Thompson scored two goals and added an assist on her 27th birthday, Maddie Rooney had 24 saves — including three in the shootout — and the Minnesota Frost beat the Toronto Sceptres 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Britta Curl-Salemme and Thompson, a Toronto native, each scored a goal in the shootout for Minnesota (5-4-2-4), while Toronto (4-0-3-6) scored just once.
Jesse Compher made it 2-2 just over four minutes into the third period, but Thompson put Minnesota back in front about five minutes later.
Renata Fast scored the fifth power-play goal of the game — the most in a PWHL game this season — with 8:05 left in regulation to make it 3-3 and force the scoreless OT.
Taylor Heise had two assists for the Frost.
Michela Cava slammed home the rebound of a shot by Thompson for a power-play goal that gave Minnesota a 1-0 lead less than four minutes into the game.
Fast fed Daryl Watts on the right side for a one-timer that was stopped by Rooney's stick-save but Sarah Nurse, who scored Toronto's only shootout goal, swatted the puck out of the air and into the net to make it 1-1 with 6:56 left in the first period.
Thompson scored on a wrist shot from the point that slipped past Raygan Kirk stick-side to give Minnesota a 2-1 lead almost nine minutes into the second period.
The Frost have a league-leading 25 points but have played four more games than the second-place Montreal Victoire (23). Toronto has 14 points and moved into tie for last with the Boston Fleet.
Minnesota plays the first of four consecutive road games on Thursday at Ottawa. Toronto hits the road to play Montreal on Thursday.
