PWHL: Minnesota has momentum for decisive Game 5 in Toronto

After being shut out in the first two games of its Professional Women's Hockey League semifinal playoff series in Toronto, the sad refrain of “You can't win if you can't score” was being tossed around Xcel Energy Center prior to Game 3. Two wins —and two shutouts —later, Minnesota's spirits and its chances of pulling off the series upset have been lifted by the fact that you can't lose if you don't give up a goal. Goaltender Maddie Rooney, whose postseason goals-against average stands at 0.29, has emerged as the face of the turnaround that has set up a deciding Game 5 Friday night in Toronto. Team defense and timely goal scoring has been Minnesota's successful combination, and if it can pull it off one more time, a meeting with Boston in the PWHL championship series will be the reward.