BOSTON – It's been a fruitless road trip so far for the Frost.
Jill Saulnier had a goal and an assist and Czech goaltender Klara Peslarova came into the game in the second period and stonewalled Minnesota for 40 minutes as the Boston Fleet scored four unanswered goals to earn a 4-2 victory over the Frost on Sunday.
The Frost have yet to win on their four-game road trip, with this loss following Thursday's 8-3 loss at Ottawa and Tuesday's 3-2 overtime loss at Toronto. The trip concludes Tuesday at Montreal.
The Frost's Kendall Coyne Schofield picked up a loose puck just inside the blue line, jetted around a defender and beat Boston goaltender Emma Söderberg near the 11-minute mark of the first period. Less than two minutes later, Brooke McQuigge redirected a centering pass from Kelly Pannek with the blade of her skate to make it 2-0.
Boston opted to swap goalies to start the second period, sending Peslarova out to make her PWHL debut. A veteran of the Swedish Women's Hockey League and a five-time member of the Czech national team, the 28-year-old was eating an orange on the Boston bench when she was told she was taking over. Unfazed, she turned in 15 saves,
Saulnier, who did not have a point through 17 games, scored at 11:09 of the second period, then tied the score at 2-2 by stealing the puck with a clean back-check in her own zone, wheeling and finding Susanna Tapani in front of the Frost net, where Tapani fired a clean backhand shot off the post and past Maddie Rooney less than two minutes into the third period.
Hilary Knight scored the go-ahead goal at 13:23 and after the Frost pulled Rooney for an extra attacker, Alina Müller whipped a shot into the empty net for an insurance goal and her ninth point in seven games.
Rooney finished with 17 saves. Söderberg had seven saves on nine shots before leaving.
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