VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Maddie Rooney stopped 19 shots to lead the Minnesota Frost to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Goldeneyes on Saturday.
Rooney entered the sport with a 1.98 goals-against common, the league’s fourth-best mark.
The Frost have gained 5 straight and moved atop the PWHL standings, three factors forward of Boston and the Montreal Victoire. But the Fleet takes on Seattle later Saturday.
Natalie Buchbinder’s first objective of the season with 5:58 remaining within the first interval opened the scoring. It got here with six seconds remaining within the Frost’s first energy play of the sport.
Minnesota made it 2-0 with 30 seconds left within the second, once more, on the facility play. Kelly Pannek scored her league-leading twelfth objective of the season.
Mannon McMahon scored halfway by way of the third earlier than Britta Curl-Salemme’s empty-net objective sealed the win.
Vancouver failed to rating on all 4 energy performs.
Minnesota Frost goaltender Maddie Rooney (35) stops Vancouver Goldeneyes’ Izzy Daniel (8) throughout the third interval of a PWHL hockey recreation in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, March 21, 2026. Credit: AP/Ethan Cairns
The Goldeneyes fell to 6-1-4-10 and have misplaced 4 of their final 5 video games. Kristen Campbell made 20 saves.
It was Vancouver’s eleventh recreation of scoring one objective fewer this season.
Up subsequent
Frost: Host the Montreal Victoire on Wednesday.
Goldeneyes: Travel to Boston to tackle the Fleet on Tuesday.