Kendall Coyne Schofield scores twice, Hensley stops 31 as Frost cruise to 5-1 win over Sceptres

TORONTO (AP) — Kendall Coyne Schofield scored her league-leading sixth and seventh goals, Nicole Hensley shined with 31 saves and the Minnesota Frost topped the Toronto Scepters 5-1 on Tuesday night.

Katy Knoll, Britta Curl-Salemme and Grace Zumwinkle also scored for Minnesota. Taylor Heise had three assists.

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Daryl Watts scored Toronto’s only goal. Elaine Chuli made 14 saves, with Raygan Kirk stopping two shots in relief in the third period.

Watts opened the scoring at 4:55 of the game when she backhanded a puck over Hensley’s right shoulder on a pass into the slot from Renata Fast.

Curl-Salemme gave Minnesota the lead at 12:59. With a skate behind the goal line, a few feet from the end boards, Curl-Salemme shot on the shoulder of Chuli, who seemed to have to duck her head to avoid being hit by the shot.

Coyne Schofield made it a three-goal game with 4.4 seconds left in the second when his low backhand shot went five-hole to Chuli, who was replaced by Kirk after the period.

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Coyne Schofield added an empty-netter with 3:17 left after Toronto pulled Kirk for an extra attacker with 5:45 left.

With her first-period goal, Watts became the second PWHL player to record 50 career points, joining Montreal’s Marie-Philip Poulin (55).

To be continued

Frost: Visit Ottawa on Saturday.

Scepters: Welcome Seattle to TD Coliseum in Hamilton, Ont., as part of the PWHL Takeover Tour on Saturday.

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