Game 4: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | 7 p.m. ET | Canadian Tire Centre
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EN: Kenzie Lalonde (Play-by-Play), Cheryl Pounder (Analyst), Rob Pizzo (Reporter), Jamie Hersch (Host), Becky Kellar (Panelist), Alison Lukan (Panelist);
FR: Claudine Douville (Play-by-Play), Isabelle Leclaire (Analyst), Catherine Savoie (Reporter), Andrée‑Anne Barbeau (Host), Karell Emard (Panelist)
MONTRÉAL VICTOIRE (1)
Top Scorer: Marie-Philip Poulin – 8 GP, 2-5-7 PTS
Goaltender: Ann-Renée Desbiens – 1.55 GAA, .938 SV%
Special Teams: PP 3/19 (15.8%) | PK 23/25 (92.0%)
OTTAWA CHARGE (4)
Top Scorer: Rebecca Leslie – 7 GP, 4-2-6 PTS
Goaltender: Gwyneth Philips – 1.71 GAA, .942 SV%
Special Teams: PP 2/20 (10.0%) | PK 22/23 (95.7%)
2026 PWHL WALTER CUP FINALS: MONTRÉAL LEADS THE BEST-OF-FIVE SERIES 2-1
Game 1 at MTL: 3-2 MTL (OT) | Game 2 at MTL: 2-1 MTL (OT) | Game 3 at OTT: 2-1 OTT | Game 4 at OTT (May 20) | Game 5 at MTL (May 23)
2025-26 SEASON SERIES: MONTRÉAL WON 10-2 IN POINTS (MTL LEADS 31-14 IN POINTS ALL-TIME)
Jan. 13 at MTL: 2-1 MTL | Jan. 24 at MTL: 3-1 MTL | Mar. 22 at OTT (WINNIPEG): 2-1 OTT (OT) | Apr. 3 at OTT: 3-0 MTL
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
The home team has won five straight games in the Walter Cup Finals, including Games 3 and 4 of the 2025 edition, and seven of the 10 Walter Cup Finals games played all-time. The last road team to win was the Frost over the Charge in Game 2 on May 22, 2025, also Ottawa’s only home playoff loss all-time.
The team that has scored the first goal has lost all three games of the series. Game 3 was the 57th time Montréal has scored first in a PWHL game, regular season or postseason. That is the second most all-time, behind Minnesota’s 60 times. Ottawa is third at 56 times and had scored first in six straight postseason games before Monday. It was also the only time the Victoire had a lead in regulation throughout the series, lasting 6:58. They have played 32:07 trailing by one goal in the series.
Hayley Scamurra scored the Victoire’s lone goal in Game 3, 867 days after scoring Ottawa’s first-ever PWHL goal against Montréal on Jan. 2, 2024. The U.S. Olympic gold medalist has recorded 14 of her 20 points this season post-Milan, and her 10 goals and 10 assists in 38 games have outperformed her total offense across the first 53 games of her career in two seasons split between the Charge and Sceptres (7G, 7A).
Marie-Philip Poulin led all skaters with seven shots on net in Game 3 while Laura Stacey had the second most on the Victoire with three shots. In PWHL postseason history, Stacey leads all skaters with 73 shots on goal while Poulin is second with 72. The Victoire have an 83-74 lead in shots on goal through the first three games of the series.
Ann-Renée Desbiens and Gwyneth Philips have faced an even 225 shots this postseason and for their playoff careers have each posted 12 games with two or fewer goals against in 15 starts. Desbiens is 11 saves away from 2,000 for her career and Philips is two shy of 1,000 for the season.
Both teams scored on the power play in their semifinal series-winning games, but neither has scored with the player advantage yet this series, each going 0-for-7. There has been only one power-play goal scored in 12 games in the history of the Walter Cup Finals by Minnesota in Game 2 last season.
Game 3 was the seventh time this season that Ottawa has won when trailing in the third period, representing one third of the team’s 21 victories in 2025-26. Two of Montréal’s three postseason losses have come despite having a third-period lead, including Game 4 of the semifinals against Minnesota.
The Charge scored a game-winning goal in the final minute of regulation in Game 3 in both the Walter Cup Finals and semifinals, with Rebecca Leslie tallying at 19:04 on Monday and Ronja Savolainen at 19:31 on May 8 against Boston. No other PWHL team has ever scored a game-winner in the final minute of regulation in a postseason game.
Leslie, who was 2.1 seconds away from being credited with a GWG in Game 1, has three goals on 11 shots in the series. Her Game 3 tally was her fourth of these playoffs and seventh of her playoff career. Only Taylor Heise (five in 2024) has scored more in a single postseason and only Michela Cava (eight) has scored as many in postseason history. The Ottawa native’s 18 total goals this campaign is third-most in a full season behind Natalie Spooner (21 in 2024) and Poulin (20 in 2024-25).
Sarah Wozniewicz has recorded a point in four straight games, a PWHL record for a single postseason. The Charge third-round pick, who won two NCAA titles at Wisconsin, is the second player to record a point in each of the first three games of a Walter Cup Finals series after Cava did so in 2024.
Savolainen (26:07) logged the most time on ice of any skater in Game 3 and led all Charge skaters for the first time this postseason, ahead of Jocelyne Larocque (24:01) who consistently leads the team’s blue line. They share the lead in scoring among playoff defenders with four points each.
The Charge have not allowed a first period goal the entire postseason and the Victoire have scored once in the opening frame in eight games. Six of the 11 goals in the series have been in the third period. This postseason, Montréal has scored 7/16 goals in third but have also surrendered 7/15 in the final frame. Ottawa has scored five in the first and third periods and have allowed 8/13 goals in the second period.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“The key message for our team is to continue to do what we've been doing all year long. The message for our fans is to come to Ottawa and continue to be loud, because every time we heard the Charge chants start, their Victoire chant took over. So, we want our fans to come back on Wednesday and cheer us on, and I think that's the most important.” - Victoire Head Coach Kori Cheverie
“This game is going to be close again. It's two great teams on the ice and I can assure you we love how we're playing. We really like our game. We like the brand that we're bringing day in and day out and honestly, we are genuinely excited to get going again in front of our fans at Canadian Tire Centre. We have to win one in a row and that'll be our mission. We're not looking any further ahead.”– Charge Head Coach Carla MacLeod
WEDNESDAY’S GAME: The 2026 PWHL Walter Cup Finals, presented by Scotiabank, continue tonight at Canadian Tire Centre on the heels of a record-setting playoff crowd of 16,894 on Monday night. Ottawa is once again fighting to stay alive while Montréal can capture their first title in the all-Canadian championship series with a win in the nation’s capital. The Charge are 6-1 on home ice in their playoff history and 2-1 all-time in Game 4 action, previously eliminating Boston in this building in double-overtime on May 10 and eliminating Montréal in last season’s semifinals by a 2-1 score on May 16, 2025. Ottawa earned its first-ever win in the Walter Cup Finals on this date with a 2-1 overtime triumph over Minnesota on May 20, 2025, with goals by Rebecca Leslie and the winner from Emily Clark. The Charge’s only Game 4 loss ended last season’s finals, falling 2-1 in overtime to the Frost on May 26, 2025. The Victoire are 1-5 on the road in their playoff history and 0-2 all-time in Game 4. While Monday’s result ended a streak of six straight overtime games across two finals, it was the sixth 2-1 score in the last seven games of the finals since the start of the 2025 series. The Charge Fan Zone begins at 4 p.m. ET featuring a live host and player walk-ins on Electric Avenue. Tim Hortons will have a mobile truck, Milk will have a photobooth, SharkNinja is giving away a BBQ and offering product samples, and fans can enjoy free face painting and Thursty Pedaler rides along with $5 beers, $2 hotdogs, and purchase team gear including discounted items. Inside on the concourse, the Canadian Tire poster station will be located behind Section 106 and 107. TSN 1200 will broadcast live from inside the venue beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Allegra Nocita will perform the national anthem. The Walter Cup, created in partnership with global luxury jeweler, Tiffany & Co, will be in the building tonight and, if the Victoire win, would be presented in a postgame ceremony on the ice along with the Ilana Kloss Playoff MVP Award. Tonight’s referees are Jared Cummins and Jake Kamrass, with linespersons Dustin McCrank and Sophie Thomson. Following the game, fans can tune-in to Jocks in Jills on the league’s YouTube channel, streaming live from Canadian Tire Centre.