ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Brooke McQuigge and Michela Cava scored two goals apiece on Sunday night and the Minnesota Frost beat the Toronto Sceptres 7-5 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five semifinal series. The Frost, who tied the series with a5-3 win in Game 2, can advance to the PWHL championship with a win in Game 4 on Wednesday. Liz Schepers, Lee Stecklein and Sophie Jaques also scored goals for Minnesota, and Taylor Heise had three assists. Anna Kjellbin scored her first PWHL goalwith 14:13 left in the game to cut Toronto's deficit to 5-4, but Cava answered with a back-hand goal less than two minutes later and then scored a power-play goal to make it 7-4 with 10:39 to go. Maddie Rooney had 18 saves in her second consecutive win for the Frost Daryl Watts scoredfor the Sceptres with about five minutes left in the first period. Maggie Connors added a goal early in the second andKali Flanagan's goalmade it 5-3 going into the third. Blayre Turnbull capped the scoring with 7:56 to left in the game. Kristen Campbell had 17 saves for Toronto. Key moment AfterSchepers opened the scoring2:33 into the game, McQuigge and Stecklein scored 52 seconds apart to make it 3-0 a little more than five minutes later and the Frost never trailed. Key stat The Frost was 2 for 4 on power plays while Toronto was 0 for 2. Minnesota has converted 5 of 9 power-play opportunities in the series compared to 2 of 6 for the Sceptres. Up next The series remains at Xcel Energy Center for Game 4 on Wednesday. ___ AP Women's Hockey:https://apnews.com/hub/womens-hockey
