Brooke McQuigge and Michela Cava scored two goals apiece on Sunday night and the Minnesota Frost beat the Toronto Sceptres 7-5 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five semifinal series.
Liz Schepers, Lee Stecklein and Sophie Jaques also scored goals for Minnesota, and Taylor Heise had three assists.
Anna Kjellbin scored her first PWHL goal with 14:13 left in the game to cut Toronto’s deficit to 5-4, but Cava answered with a back-hand goal less than two minutes later and then scored a power-play goal to make it 7-4 with 10:39 to go.
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Minnesota beats Toronto 7-5 in Game 3 of their best-of-five semifinal series. Brooke McQuigge and Michela Cava each score twice.
Maddie Rooney had 18 saves in her second consecutive win for the Frost.
Daryl Watts scored for the Sceptres with about five minutes left in the first period. Maggie Connors added a goal early in the second and Kali Flanagan’s goal made it 5-3 going into the third.
Blayre Turnbull capped the scoring with 7:56 to left in the game.
Kristen Campbell had 17 saves for Toronto.