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.
The Frost, who tied the series with a 5-3 win in Game 2, can advance to the PWHL championship with a win in Game 4 on Wednesday.
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.
WATCH | Frost beat Sceptres, inching closer to PWHL final:
Minnesota beats Toronto 7-5 in Game 3 of their best-of-five semifinal series. Brooke McQuigge and Michela Cava each score …