LOWELL (AP) — Hilary Knight scored her first profession hat trick, Aerin Frankel made 38 saves and the Boston Fleet accomplished a season sweep of the New York Sirens with a 5-2 win on Wednesday evening.
Knight, who scored her third objective into an empty web with lower than 10 seconds to play, additionally had an help for Boston (7-5-3-6, 34 factors), which moved into second place forward of Toronto.
Six of the Fleet wins have come in opposition to New York, together with two in shootouts with Knight scoring 5 objectives and including seven assists. Alina Muller had a objective and two assists, Susanna Tapani had an help plus her ninth objective within the third interval and Shay Maloney had two assists.
Frankel, who matched her season excessive for saves, has been in web for all six wins over New York, which outshot the Fleet 32-11 by way of two intervals earlier than being outshot 9-8 within the third.
The last-place Sirens (4-3-4-10, 22 factors) are winless in 9 video games and Elizabeth Giguere’s game-opening objective was simply the second time they scored first within the skid.
Muller tied the sport along with her sixth objective within the first interval.
Knight scored on an influence play and a breakaway for a 3-1 Boston lead. New York rookie Sarah Fillier received her eighth objective on an influence play and moved right into a tie for the league lead with 22 factors to chop the deficit to 3-2 coming into the third interval. Knight has 21 factors, together with 11 objectives.
