Sunday, March 1, 2026 | 1 p.m. PT | Pacific Coliseum
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James Cybulski (Play-by-Play), Landon Ferraro (Analyst), Shantelle Chand (Reporter)
TORONTO SCEPTRES
5-1-3-8 | 20 PTS | 6TH PLACE
Top Scorer: Daryl Watts – 16 GP, 6-6-12 PTS
Last Game: 5-2 W at SEA on Feb. 27
VANCOUVER GOLDENEYES
5-1-2-8 | 19 PTS | 7TH PLACE
Top Scorer: Claire Thompson – 15 GP, 3-6-9 PTS
Last Game: 4-1 L at MIN on Jan. 28
2025-26 SEASON SERIES: VANCOUVER LEADS 4-2 IN POINTS
Jan. 17 at TOR: 2-1 TOR (OT) | Jan. 22 at VAN: 5-0 VAN | Mar. 1 at VAN | Mar. 29 at TOR
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
The Sceptres had eight of their nine Olympians in the lineup on Friday night including all six of their Canadian silver medalists, the most in the PWHL. Renata Fast (1G, 1A), Emma Maltais (GWG), Ella Shelton (1A), Natalie Spooner (1A), Blayre Turnbull (6 SOG), Daryl Watts (1A) all contributed offensively. Toronto also has the most PWHL Olympians from Sweden, and both returned to action, including Sara Hjalmarsson (1G) and Anna Kjellbin (1 SOG).
After getting shut out in each of their last two games before the break, the Sceptres scored a season-high five goals in a 5-2 win in Seattle on Friday. It was the first time Toronto had scored five goals in a regular-season game since the inaugural season.
Fast scored her first goal of the season on Friday and added an assist. It was the second time she’s scored a goal and assisted on a goal in the same game in her PWHL career – she had a goal and two assists against Minnesota on Jan. 28, 2025. The Sceptres alternate captain became the first player to reach 40 career points (10G, 30A) in a Toronto uniform in 67 games.
Watts became the first player to break Toronto’s all-time points record with an assist on Friday’s opening goal, her 39th point as a Sceptre in just her 36th game with the team. Spooner also reached 39 career points in 55 games with an assist on the game-winner. Fast reached 40 points on the winning goal after tallying her 39th with a goal of her own. The record was previously held by Vancouver forward Hannah Miller who produced 38 points in 52 games in two seasons with Toronto.
Hjalmarsson recorded her first goal and point of the season in her 17th career game on Friday. The performance comes on the heels of her five points (2G, 3A) recorded in Milan. Her 13:08 time on ice was also the highest since the team’s second game of the season against Boston on Nov. 29 (20:48).
Emma Woods will have her sister and nephew in the stands, visiting from Cranmore. Her 4-year-old nephew has not seen her play in person for quite a while.
The home team won each of the two meetings between these teams – the Sceptres won 2-1 in overtime in Toronto at Scotiabank Arena while the Goldeneyes won 5-0 in Vancouver. The 5-0 game is the largest margin of victory in any PWHL game this season.
The Goldeneyes welcome back their eight Olympians, including five Canadian silver medalists in Jenn Gardiner, Sophie Jaques, Emerance Maschmeyer, Sarah Nurse and Claire Thompson. The team was also represented in Milan by Michelle Karvinen who captained Finland, Czechia’s Tereza Vanišová, and Germany’s Nina Jobst-Smith who set a German tournament record for defenders with two goals.
Thompson scored a goal and three assists in Milan to become the all-time leading scorer among Olympic defenders, now with 17 points (3G, 14A) in 14 career games. She is the only PWHL player not currently on Minnesota who is part of the PWHL’s Triple Gold Club having won Olympic gold, World Championship gold, and a Walter Cup title in her career. The Goldeneyes alternate captain will miss today’s game with an upper-body injury.
Nurse had two assists in Milan to move up into a tie for ninth in all-time Canadian Olympic scoring with 21 points (6G, 15A) in 19 career games. She returns to the PWHL with points in all five of her games so far this season (4G, 2A), including three goals in two games against her former Sceptres squad.
Maschmeyer won both of her Olympic starts with one shutout and is one of only five Canadian goaltenders with multiple Olympic shutouts for their career. She started Vancouver’s first game against Toronto and made 42 saves, tied with Kayle Osborne (Jan. 2) for the most in a single game this season.
Karvinen tied an Olympic record with her 29th career game in Milan, competing in her fifth Olympic Winter Games. She scored a goal in each of Vancouver’s last two games before the break after scoring once in her first 14 games. She also picked up an assist on one of Finland’s three goals in Milan.
The Goldeneyes fell to the Frost, 4-1, on the road in their final game before the Olympic break. Vancouver is 5-1-0-2 when scoring multiple goals but 0-0-2-6 when scoring one or zero goals. Their eight games with one or zero goals are tied with Toronto (0-0-1-7) for the most such games in the league.
Vancouver is the only team with a perfect record when scoring first, going 4-0-0-0 in those games. However, the Goldeneyes’ four such games are the fewest in the league. Toronto is 3-1-2-3 (.481) when scoring first – only Seattle (1-1-1-2, .400) is worse.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“We’re looking to close out the west coast trip on a high note. We know that there are some details that can still be better to make sure we are playing our game for the full 60 minutes. Using the momentum and confidence from our last game, I think we’ll be coming out hard and fast on the puck.” – Sceptres forward Lauren Messier
“We had a good stretch leading into the Olympic break, so looking to continue off of that. Even our last game in Minnesota, obviously we didn't win that one, we had a tough first period, and then I thought the way that we responded throughout the rest of the game, there were some good things to take from that. I know that the girls have been hard at work here working on different things, so it's been fun to slide back into that and everybody's really excited to play.” – Goldeneyes alternate captain Sarah Nurse
SUNDAY’S GAME: The PWHL returns to Pacific Coliseum for the first time in 38 days, a matchup that also featured the Goldeneyes hosting the Sceptres for the first time on Jan. 22. Fans will have the opportunity to celebrate the PWHL’s 61 Olympians as all players that represented their countries at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 will be honoured. In the spirit of the Olympics, the Goldeneyes proudly welcome members of Canada’s Women’s Sevens to the game, a group that includes six silver medalists from the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris, who are competing in Vancouver later in the week for the Vancouver Sevens. Also attending today’s game are members of Hockey 4 Youth as special guests for the second to last ‘Nursey Night’ of the season that features an exclusive post-game meet-and-greet. Fans can check out a new bracelet-making station that will be set up in the South Plaza. Before puck drop, a moment of silence will be observed in recognition of the tragic mass shooting on Feb. 10 in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., paying tribute to the victims, their families, and the entire community.