Ottawa Charge beat Boston Fleet and reached the finals of the PWHL playoffs
The Ottawa Charge Hockey Club defeated HC Boston Fleet in the fourth game of the semi-final playoff series of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). The match took place on May 10 and ended in the second overtime with a score of 4:3.
Ottawa's Russian striker Fanuza Kadirova scored the first goal in the sixth minute, and then provided an assist in the episode with the team's third goal, which allowed the meeting to go into overtime. Later, she made an assist in the episode with the third goal, which allowed her team to move the meeting into overtime. Canadian Michela Kava scored the winning goal at the beginning of the second extra period.
After this match, Kadirova scored five points (three goals and two assists) in four playoff games. She remains the most productive player of the tournament and shares the first place in the list of the best snipers.
Ottawa won the series to three wins with a score of 3:1 and advanced to the finals. The decisive fifth game of the series will take place on the night of May 12th.
On May 4, the National Hockey League (NHL) announced that Alexander Ovechkin, a Russian forward for the Washington Capitals hockey club, was not among the finalists for the Bill Masterton Trophy. The prize is awarded annually at the end of the NHL season to a player who has demonstrated high sportsmanship and loyalty to hockey. The final list of three contenders includes Swedish defender of the Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin, Swedish striker of the Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog and Canadian forward of the Winnipeg Jets Jonathan Taves.
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