Sunday, December 21, 2025 | 2 p.m. PT | Climate Pledge Arena
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David Korzeniowski (Play-by-Play), Gigi Marvin (Analyst), Shantelle Chand (Reporter)
BOSTON FLEET
5-0-0-1 | 15 PTS | 1ST PLACE
Top Scorer: Megan Keller – 6 GP, 2-4-6 PTS
Last Game: 5-2 L at MIN on Dec. 19
SEATTLE TORRENT
2-0-1-1 | 7 PTS | 5TH PLACE (TIED)
Top Scorer: Hannah Bilka – 4 GP, 2-4-6 PTS
Last Game: 4-1 W vs. OTT on Dec. 17
2025-26 HEAD-TO-HEAD SEASON SCHEDULE:
Dec. 21 at SEA | Jan. 7 at BOS | Jan. 18 at SEA | Mar. 11 at SEA | Mar. 21 at BOS
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
In its lone game against an expansion team this season, Boston scored a 2-0 home win over Vancouver. No PWHL team has yet beaten both Vancouver and Seattle.
This is the Fleet’s third straight road game in five days, the team’s busiest five-day stretch of the 2025-26 season. Last season, the team won three games in a five-day span, beating Minnesota at home on Feb. 16, followed by road wins over New York on Feb. 17 and Ottawa on Feb. 20.
Boston’s five-game win streak to start the season came to an end with a 5-2 loss at Minnesota on Friday. Including the playoffs, it was the team’s ninth time ever losing by three or more goals with seven of those defeats coming to Minnesota. Two of them, including Friday, had two empty net goals.
Olivia Mobley tallied two points (one goal, one assist) against the Frost in her second PWHL game, playing in her home state of Minnesota. It is the only time this season that a PWHL rookie has had both a goal and an assist in the same game.
Riley Brengman also scored her first career goal on Friday and became the league’s third rookie defender to find the back of the net this season. Boston leads the league with six goals from four different rookies, three more goals and two more rookies contributing than any other team offensively. The only Fleet rookie skater without a goal is defender Haley Winn who is tied for the rookie lead in points with four.
Winn (4A) and fellow defender Megan Keller (1G, 3A) are both riding three-game point streaks, tied for the longest streaks in the PWHL this season.
Keller had two assists the last time Boston played at Climate Pledge Arena as part of the Takeover Tour back on Jan. 5, a 3-2 shootout win over Montréal. Susanna Tapani, who is tied for fourth on the Fleet this season with three points (2G, 1A), also scored in that game. Aerin Frankel, who leads the league with five wins, three shutouts, a 0.83 goals-against-average and .969 save percentage, was victorious in that game with 23 saves and stopped 3/4 shootout attempts.
Seattle is looking for a third straight win at Climate Pledge Arena which would tie Boson and Vancouver for the longest home winning streaks of the season. The Fleet had the league’s longest winning streak at a primary home venue last season, winning six straight at the Tsongas Center (Dec. 8 to Mar. 5).
The first two goals Seattle scored in its 4-1 win over Ottawa came on the power play as it was the Torrent’s second straight game with two PPGs. No other PWHL team has had two games this season with multiple power play goals. Boston is the only other PWHL team to score two power play goals in a single game this season (Dec. 7 vs. Minnesota).
Alex Carpenter has scored in two straight games and tied a career high with three points (two goals, one assist) in Wednesday’s win. Her other game with three points came in her first game of last season when she had two goals and an assist for New York at Minnesota.
Hannah Bilka recorded a career-high three points (1G, 2A) in Wednesday’s win and has back-to-back multi-point performances for the first time since recording two assists in consecutive games for Ohio State in March 2024. All four of her assists this season have been generated on the power play, two more on the advantage than the next highest player.
Hilary Knight leads a quartet of Torrent players facing their former Fleet teammates for the first time. The captain is the highest scoring player in Boston team history, producing 40 points (21G, 19A) in 54 games over two seasons. Torrent alternate captain Emily Brown played 53 career games in Boston (2-6-8), forward Lexie Adzija played 36 career games over parts of two seasons (3-6-9), and Bilka played 16 games as a rookie with the Fleet in 2024-25 (5-6-11).
The Torrent have had offensive contributions from just eight skaters so far this season, fewest in the PWHL. Ottawa, who also enters Sunday’s action with nine goals scored this season, have had 11 different skaters record a point.
All of Seattle’s goals this season have come from forwards as they join Minnesota as the only teams with 100% of their goals from forwards this season. Boston, meanwhile, is second in the league in goals by defenders with three (VAN – 5).
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“We don’t have a lot of time to think about Minnesota, but there’s a lot of ingredients in that game that we were happy with as a team. We’ll build on that heading into Seattle as we look to generate more offense and create A1 scoring chances.” – Fleet Head Coach Kris Sparre
“Our group puts in the work, stays committed to our style of hockey, and supports each other every day. You can feel it now; we’re starting to hit our stride. We’re looking forward to the game on Sunday.” – Torrent Captain Hilary Knight
SUNDAY’S GAME: It’s Seattle’s fourth straight home game in a stretch of five before Christmas, taking on Boston for the first of three games between the teams at Climate Pledge Arena this season. Today’s game is the Torrent’s Indigenous Peoples Celebration as part of the PWHL’s Unity Game series, which celebrates diverse cultures and communities and promotes a welcoming and inclusive PWHL game experience for all.
The Torrent is proud to celebrate Native culture and traditions and encourage fans to connect with and learn from the following local organizations:
- Chief Seattle Club is a Native-led organization based in Seattle, dedicated to ending homelessness through Native values by providing culturally grounded services and permanent supportive housing for urban Native communities.
Red Eagle Soaring is a Seattle non-profit Youth Theatre empowering Native, First Nations and Indigenous youth to express themselves through traditional and contemporary performing arts.
Seattle Indian Health Board has delivered holistic, culturally-grounded health care for more than 50 years, honoring Indigenous culture and community across three Seattle locations.
Rise Above is dedicated to empowering Native youth to lead healthy lives by providing sports-oriented educational programming.
Fans can look forward to the following activations pre-, during, and post-game:
- Pop-up Native Art Gallery on the concourse (pre-game until 2nd intermission), featuring artwork fans can engage with.
Welcome song from the Black River Canoe Family – a group of Tribal peoples who descend from many of the ancestral villages in what we call Seattle today, including the Muckleshoot Tribe – led by Willard Bill Jr.
National Anthem performed by Nicole Suyama, Red Eagle Soaring.
Ceremonial puck drop by Rosalie Fish, member of the Cowlitz Tribe, former University of Washington track athlete, and a Native Sports Advocate and WSF Awardee for her work amplifying the voices of murdered and missing Indigenous women through sport.
Special intermission youth musical performance from Red Eagle Soaring.
Auction of PWHL and Torrent Commissioned art piece by David Wilson, member of the Lummi Tribe – a wood carved paddle featuring a painted Red Eagle Soaring x Torrent detail – will be auctioned on The Realest platform with proceeds benefitting Red Eagle Soaring.