Despite OT win, Ottawa Charge playoff hopes to rest on last game of season again

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The Ottawa Charge’s PWHL playoff hopes will come down to the final regular-season game once again.

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And for the third straight season, the team’s fate will be determined in a Battle of Ontario.

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Needing a regulation-time victory to clinch a playoff spot, the Charge defeated the Boston Fleet 2-1 on a Brianne Jenner goal at 3:46 of overtime Wednesday at Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass.

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It was the third straight victory for the Charge, but it was not enough to make for an easy weekend.

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Ottawa sits in the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s fourth and final playoff spot, three points ahead of the Toronto Sceptres.

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When the Charge face the Sceptres at TD Place on Saturday afternoon, Ottawa will clinch a post-season berth only by avoiding a regulation-time loss.

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“We were desperate, we knew that one (extra) point mattered,” Jenner said in a post-game TV interview. “We wanted three, but we knew that one point mattered.”

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Ottawa and Toronto have evenly split their season series to date, with both teams winning two games.

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Last season, Katerina Mrazova scored an overtime goal to clinch the Charge’s first playoff berth in the season’s last game at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto.

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In 2024, the PWHL’s inaugural campaign, Ottawa lost the final game 5-2 at Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto to fall just short of post-season play.

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The loss was a big one for Boston, which could have moved one point ahead of the Montreal Victoire for first place in the PWHL standings.

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