Emily Clark scored midway through the second period to give Ottawa a two-point advantage, and goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer made her 21st save in the final 30 seconds at Newark's Prudential Center on Tuesday night. The Charges held off the New York Sirens 3-2. , the second meeting between the teams in 10 days.
Ottawa (4-0, 1-3) has won three straight, including a 3-1 victory over the Sirens in their first meeting of the season on Dec. 29.
New York (3-1-1-3) has fallen to fourth place in the PWHL standings, one point behind Ottawa.
Daniel Serdachny, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2024 draft, redirected a great pass from new Ottawa forward Viktoria Bach in front of the net and scored less than six minutes into the game, making it 1-all. The score was tied.
Cian D'Arcangelo gave Ottawa a 2-1 lead with an easy tap-in midway through the first after the puck unexpectedly bounced off the referee's skate.
Clark lifted the puck that bounced off Cale Osborne's glove for Ottawa's third goal of the season, giving Ottawa a 3-1 lead.
This was Osborn's first start of the season for New York.
New York took an early 1-0 lead with defender Ella Shelton's first goal of the season.
Maya Nylen Person, the No. 10 draft pick, scored her first PWHL goal with 13 minutes left in the third.
