Sunday, April 19, 2026 | 12:30 p.m. CT | Grand Casino Arena
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Sam Ekstrom (Play-by-Play), Alexis Huss (Analyst), Kirsten Krull (Reporter)
TORONTO SCEPTRES
9-1-5-12 | 34 PTS | 5TH PLACE (TIED)
Top Scorer: Daryl Watts – 24 GP, 9-9-18 PTS
Last Game: 3-2 L at NY on Apr. 15
MINNESOTA FROST
13-3-4-7 | 49 PTS | 3RD PLACE
Top Scorer: Kelly Pannek – 27 GP, 14-15-29 PTS
Last Game: 3-2 L at BOS on Apr. 15
2025-26 SEASON SERIES: MINNESOTA LEADS 5-4 IN POINTS (MIN LEADS 20-19 IN POINTS ALL-TIME)
Nov. 21 at MIN: 2-1 TOR | Dec. 30 at TOR: 5-1 MIN | Mar. 8 at TOR: 3-2 MIN (OT) | Apr. 19 at MIN
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Toronto is one of three teams competing for the fourth and final playoff position, tied with New York and five points behind Ottawa, the two teams they will play to close out their season. The Sceptres need a win today to avoid an elimination scenario heading into Tuesday’s home game against the Sirens.
Including the playoffs, this will be the 23rd all-time meeting between Toronto and Minnesota with the Frost holding the edge with an 8-5-2-7 record. No other matchup in PWHL history has had more than 20 games played in it. The Frost have won seven of the nine games at Grand Casino Arena, but the Sceptres won the season opener here on Nov. 21.
Toronto allowed its 13th power-play goal of the season in its 3-2 loss to New York on Wednesday. The Sceptres are 1-0-3-6 in the 10 games when they allow a power-play goal and 8-1-2-6 in the 17 games when they don’t. Minnesota owns the league’s best power play with 18 goals (23.7%) and are 3-for-8 this season against Toronto (37.5%). The Sceptres power play ranks seventh with five goals (8.8%) and is 0-for-4 against the Frost.
Ella Shelton recorded five hits and a goal on Wednesday, becoming the first Toronto player to reach both those marks in the same game this season. It was the fifth time a player had at least five hits and a goal in team history, but the defender’s effort was the first time a Toronto skater did so in a road game. She has two points in the season series, including Toronto’s first goal in her Sceptres debut at Grand Casino Arena Nov. 21.
Daryl Watts scored her first career shorthanded goal on Wednesday and also leads the Sceptres with three points in three games against the Frost (2G, 1A). Emma Woods and rookie Kiara Zanon have each scored against Minnesota, their only goals in 27 games this season.
Raygan Kirk has made three straight starts for Toronto and was between the pipes for the team’s win and overtime loss against Minnesota. Her 1.72 GAA and .945 SV% in those two games are better than her full-season marks (2.00 GAA and .930 SV%).
Hanna Baskin (Minnetonka) has 30-40 friends and family coming to see her first professional game in Minnesota. The defender and sixth-round pick played for the University of Minnesota-Duluth alongside fellow rookie Clara Van Wieren, and Lino Lakes native Anneke Rankila, a Sceptres reserve.
Minnesota needs a regulation win today to remain in contention for second place and home ice advantage in the playoff semifinals and would be locked into third place with any other result. After a 3-2 loss to second-place Boston on Wednesday, the Frost are 1-0-2-5 against the Fleet and first-place Victoire and 12-3-2-2 against all other teams.
The Frost have scored 10 goals over its last two games at Grand Casino Arena (six vs. Vancouver, four vs. New York). Minnesota has scored at least four goals in eight home games, the most in a single season in PWHL history. They have allowed more than two goals in three of their last four home games after limiting teams to two or fewer in the first eight. Toronto has scored two goals in each of their last four road games.
Minnesota is averaging 3.11 goals per game this season, on pace to be the highest average in a season in PWHL history. Toronto is averaging 1.81 goals per game this season, on pace to be the lowest average in a season in PWHL history.
Taylor Heise extended her point streak to five games with an assist against Boston on Wednesday, her 34th career PWHL game with an assist (including playoffs). That is the most games with an assist in PWHL history, one ahead of teammate Kelly Pannek and opponent Renata Fast. Heise’s 40 career assists are tied with Alina Müller for the most in regular-season history, and their 17 assists in 2025-26 surpassed the single-season record set by Fast and Sarah Fillier (16 in 2024-25). She leads the season series with six points (1G, 5A) in three games.
Pannek will play her 100th career game today, including playoffs, becoming the first player in PWHL history to reach the milestone entirely with one team. The Frost alternate captain scored the overtime winner on the power play when these teams met on Mar. 8 in Toronto and is one point shy of becoming the first in league history to 30 points in a season.
Lee Stecklein is riding a five-game point streak (1G, 6A) and is part of a Frost defense corps that leads the league with 56 points. The Sceptres defense ranks last with 35 points.
Britta Curl-Salemme has goals in consecutive games for the third time this season. She and fellow Frost Olympians were honored at Allianz Field last night and conducted the coin toss before Minnesota United’s 2-0 win over Portland in MLS action.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“I’m super excited to play in Minnesota. It’s my first professional game here, so it’s super special. I’m expecting a good, simple game from us. We’re at the end of a road trip here, so making sure that we’re playing simple and keeping the game fast, beating them with our details, that will be huge for us. The Frost are a very offensive team, so making sure that we’re shutting them down defensively and capitalizing on our opportunities when they come. I think it will be a very high paced game, and it will be super fun.” – Sceptres rookie defender Hanna Baskin
“We’re excited for our last regular season game in front of our home crowd. They’ve been awesome support for us all year and we’re hoping to finish with a solid home win over Toronto.” – Frost Alternate Captain Lee Stecklein
SUNDAY’S GAME: Minnesota is ending its 2025-26 regular-season home schedule the same way it started, facing Toronto at Grand Casino Arena, the only matchup in the PWHL this season where the same teams will play the first and last games at the same venue. It’s Frost Fan Appreciation today with festivities planned to celebrate the team’s faithful supporters. During the first period, contest winner Richelle Heard will be presented with an official 2025 Walter Cup Championship Ring in partnership with Paris Jewellers. The Frost will also honor the Season Ticket Members designated as the ‘First Frost Six’ and present them with an autographed jersey in recognition of their longstanding commitment to the team. The winner of the 2025-26 Frost Fan of the Year contest will also be announced. Following today’s game, the Sceptres will return to Toronto for their final regular-season home game at Coca-Cola Coliseum on Tuesday, then finish the season in Ottawa on Saturday, all in search of a third straight playoff bid. The Frost will head west for two road games in Seattle on Wednesday and Vancouver on Saturday before the commencement of the PWHL Walter Cup Playoffs where they’ll defend their back-to-back titles.