Wednesday, January 28, 2026 | 7 p.m. ET | Tsongas Center
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Eric Gallanty (Play-by-Play), Gigi Marvin (Analyst), Natalie Noury (Reporter)
NEW YORK SIRENS
7-0-2-6 | 23 PTS | 4TH PLACE
Top Scorer: Kristýna Kaltounková – 15 GP, 9-1-10 PTS
Last Game: 6-2 L at MIN on Jan. 25
BOSTON FLEET
8-1-2-2 | 28 PTS | 1ST PLACE
Top Scorer: Megan Keller – 13 GP, 5-6-11 PTS
Last Game: 2-1 SOW at SEA on Jan. 18
2025-26 SEASON SERIES: BOSTON LEADS 3-0 IN POINTS (BOS LEADS 25-11 IN POINTS ALL-TIME)
Dec. 17 at NY: 2-0 BOS | Jan. 28 at BOS | Mar. 5 at NY | Apr. 25 at BOS
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Boston is 6-3-1-2 all-time against New York, winning each of the last eight games. No other PWHL team has recorded a winning streak of longer than five games against a single opponent (MTL vs. OTT, TOR vs. MTL, and TOR vs. NY). The last time New York won in Boston was Feb. 17, 2024.
New York lost its last game, 6-2, to Minnesota, tying the most goals allowed in a game by any team this season (Toronto and Seattle, once each). The Sirens have allowed six goals in a game once each season – their three times doing so are the most in the PWHL all-time.
Kristýna Kaltounková is second in the PWHL with nine goals and leads in penalty minutes (31). No PWHL player has ever been in the top two of both categories at the end of the season, and the last NHL player to do that was Maurice Richard for Montréal in 1953-54. Kaltounková is the only PWHL player leading her team in both categories.
Casey O'Brien, who has assists in two straight games and is tied for the team and rookie lead in scoring, was born in Manhattan but her family planted roots in Milton, MA. For the first time as a professional, she returns to the state where her hockey career flourished as a member of the Boston Bandits and Jr. Eagles prior to moving to play at Shattuck St. Mary's.
Anna Bargman, who scored her second goal in Minnesota Sunday, is from Boxford, MA, just 17 miles from the Tsongas Center. She attended Phillips Academy in Andover and also played for the East Coast Wizards during her final year of high school. The fifth-round pick looks forward to seeing family and friends making the short trip to Lowell to watch her play.
Savannah Norcross is from Lynn, MA and spent three seasons at Boston College before transferring to the University of Minnesota. Sirens rookie goaltender Callie Shanahan was a fourth-round pick from Boston University and will have former Terriers teammates in the crowd tonight.
The Sirens lead the league with an average of 12:00 penalty minutes per game (including misconducts), while the Fleet are averaging just 4:00 PIM per game, fewest in the league. Boston has a +10 differential in power-play opportunities, largest in the PWHL, as well as the league’s best penalty kill (96.7%). New York’s 78.3% penalty kill ranks last.
The Fleet own a four-game point streak (2-1-1-0) in which they have allowed exactly one goal in each game (not counting shootout goals). Boston has held their opponents to one or zero goals in 10 of their 13 games this season, easily the most in the league (the Victoire are second with seven such games).
Boston has won all five games in their primary home venues this season in regulation, allowing just three goals against. Two of those wins came at the Tsongas Center where they also won all three games against New York last season.
Aerin Frankel recorded her third shutout of the season with 33 saves when these teams met on Dec. 17 and leads all PWHL goalies with nine games allowing one or zero goals this season (and leads the league in GAA at 1.23 – minimum five games). She had 10 such games in her career prior to this season, and her 19 such career games are the most in league history.
Alina Müller has a goal and two assists in two games at the Tsongas Center, with captain Megan Keller also producing in both contests with a goal and an assist.
Boston leads the PWHL with nine goals by defenders this season and rank second with 24 points from the blue line. They hold the league’s highest percentage of points by the defense at 32%, with New York last in the league at 21.6%.
Last Tuesday, Müller (Northeastern), Abbey Levy and Abby Newhook (Boston College), and Mia Biotti (Harvard) performed the ceremonial puck drop ahead of the 47th Women's Beanpot Championship at TD Garden. Müller joined the all-female NESN broadcast with Natalie Noury, Carson Duggan and former Boston defender Kaleigh Fratkin, while Newhook joined Bridgette Proulx and Angela Ruggiero in the broadcast booth. Biotti participated in her second puck drop of the week on Saturday at Harvard's home game against Clarkson alongside former Golden Knights Haley Winn and Jamie Lee Rattray. All three Fleet players were honored in-game and participated in a meet and greet with fans.
Rattray will be inducted into Clarkson’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Jan. 31 after a distinguished collegiate career with the Golden Knights, during which she was a 2014 NCAA National Champion and Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award recipient.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“Playing in the Boston area is always special. I’m grateful for any opportunity to play in front of my family. Playing against the first-place team, I think we all see this as a great opportunity to head into the break on a high note and solidify ourselves as one of the hardest teams to play against.” – Sirens rookie forward Casey O’Brien
“Playing in the PWHL has certainly helped me build confidence working towards this Olympics. We get to play with the best players in the world. We're lucky to have this league and grateful it's the best talent to help me get ready for the Olympic Winter Games. Every night you can see how competitive our games are, every team is so strong. For a goalie, I'm always facing the best shooters in the league and that helps a lot with my preparation.” – Fleet goaltender Aerin Frankel
WEDNESDAY’S GAME: It’s the first of two times Boston will host New York at the Tsongas Center this regular season. Tonight’s contest is also part of a record-setting night in the PWHL that features four games and all eight teams competing on the same night for the first time in league history in the Ultimate Send-Off before the schedule pauses for the Olympic break. The Fleet’s first-ever bobblehead giveaway, and one of two this season, features Aerin Frankel, available to the first 3,000 fans in attendance, while quantities last. Additionally, a ceremonial puck drop will be conducted by members of the 1998 U.S. Women’s National Team who made history by capturing the first-ever Olympic gold medal for Women’s Ice Hockey with a 3–1 victory over Canada in Nagano, Japan. Joining the Fleet for the celebration, puck drop, and a pre-game lineup read will be Colleen Coyne, Katie King-Crowley, Shelley Looney, A.J. Mleczko and Tara Mounsey. A moment of silence will be taken before the puck drop in honor of Lisa Brown-Miller, a member of the 1998 Olympic gold-medal winning team, who passed away in May 2025.
Fans in attendance will have the opportunity to cheer on players from both teams representing the PWHL at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. Boston’s Olympians include Team USA’s Aerin Frankel, Megan Keller and Haley Winn, Czechia’s Daniela Pejšová, Finland’s Susanna Tapani, Germany’s Laura Kluge and Switzerland’s Alina Müller. From New York, the list includes Team Canada’s Sarah Fillier, Kristin O’Neill and Kayle Osborne, Kristýna Kaltounková of Czechia, Maja Nylén Persson of Sweden, Nicole Vallario of Switzerland, and Assistant Coach Josh Sciba who will be behind the bench for Team USA. A total of 61 PWHL players have been named to Olympic rosters, representing 30% of the league.