Lowell – Courtney Kessel broke between two options without his initial goalkeeper. In the mind of the coach, there were many reasons to take a look.
But he did not demolish an unprecedented decision to call on Klára Peslarová.
“It was a bowel sensation and we went with him,” Kessel said.
Peslarová had not started a game all season and appeared only once. She only knows the bench, seeing the game after the game without any impact on each result.
She prospered at a time when she had been waiting for some time.
Returning from the IIHF World Championships were broken in a combustion, Boston (15-9-4-0) handled Toronto (14-9-3-2) for a score of 3-0 Saturday afternoon in the center of Tsongas. The fleet has returned to the victory column for the first time since March 18, after scoring a three -game streak that he lost, tied during his longest season, the last time.
Peslarorová saw 29 shots. No one passed it.
“I was waiting for this opportunity basically the whole season,” said Peslavá. “I am grateful for this opportunity, because you never know when it will arrive again.”
The 24 -day break in the PWHL regular season calendar treated it well. While some teammates stayed behind and practiced in Boston, he started on the Czech Republic network in the IIHF worlds, reaching the semifinals.
When the game began on Saturday, he joined the fold that Aerin Frankel calls home, after starting 22 of the 27 fleet competitions so far. Frankel was not available with an upper body injury suffered in the US Gold Medal Party against Canada.
Kessel could have gone with a regular backup Emma Söderberg, but chose to Peslarová.
“It’s not an easy decision: we have three of the best goals in the world,” said Kessel. “But Klára intervened and played huge.”
The fleet had more than three weeks to sit on the disaster they made. The bite of their first loss of completion throughout the season the last time they took the ice should last.
Lexie Adzija helped them release them from Quagmire.
Just over two minutes from the first period, he fought for the shit behind the network of Sreers, then moved away from the boards and to the right post. Jame Lee Rattray saw her teammates camping and connected with her.
Puck met Nylon. The horn, which did not feel the last time, was undone. It would be many times more.
Later, in the opening frame, the eyes of Kristen Campbell took ahead with a sea of green and tea in front of them. The goalkeeper lost sight of the puck and striker Hannah Brandt did not need to do much to take advantage of the chaos.
She played her from the slot and saw that the shit slowly slid ahead of the goal line intact by Campbell.
The crowd exploded after being sentenced to silence during his last visit here.
“I thought our start was great. Leave a period of two goals and you are excited, but you have to continue with this impulse,” said Kessel. “We resisted the storm a bit in the second period.”
Toronto controlled the shooting battle in the 19-13 goal, which entered the second intermission, but was often established in quantity instead of quality. As a PWHL number 1 game of power number 1, the Sreers were limited to three opportunities and handed over to any of them.
This only facilitated the departure of Peslarová between the pipes.
“I think the first period gained his confidence,” said Emma Maltais, Toronto’s front. “We were hitting a lot of easy traits with zero traffic and the second zero effort.”
The insurance would not be needed, but theraresa Schafzahl was forwarded to somehow.
With less than 10 seconds left in a second race period, the fleet stormed the area. Puck went from striker Loren Gabel, Rattray and then to Schafzahl for a timer alone.
Boston obtained his production of atypical sources efficiently. Each of his three scorers did not take more than two goals in his respective resumes of the afternoon season. The team needed only 13 shots to create an advantage of command.
This was enough to get the unfavorable story with Toronto, who had won four of his previous five meetings by 2024-25.
“I don’t think I was on the head of anyone, really. We just knew the standings are really close, so it really reduces to getting points,” said Schafzahl.
Ottawa defeated Montreal on Saturday in regulation, further complicating the image of the playoff. Ottawa jumped briefly to Boston with a two -point advantage for third place, but the fleet victory was re -attached to this site, now by one point.
There are only two games of the regular season left for the group to solidify their position, and only three points separate the second place from the fourth place.
They will need more from the offensive fire on Saturday. Actions such as Peslarová can only help.