Kendall Coyne Schofield scores twice, Hensley stops 31 as Frost cruise to 5-1 win over Sceptres

TORONTO (AP) — Kendall Coyne Schofield scored her league-leading sixth and seventh goals, Nicole Hensley shined with a 31-save outing, and the Minnesota Frost topped the Toronto Sceptres 5-1 on Tuesday night.

Katy Knoll, Britta Curl-Salemme and Grace Zumwinkle also scored for Minnesota. Taylor Heise had three assists.

Daryl Watts had the lone goal for Toronto. Elaine Chuli made 14 saves, with Raygan Kirk turning away two shots in relief in the third period.

Watts opened the scoring 4:55 into the contest when she backhanded a puck over Hensley’s right shoulder on a pass into the slot from Renata Fast.

Curl-Salemme put Minnesota ahead at 12:59. With one skate behind the goal line, some feet away from the end boards, Curl-Salemme fired it in off Chuli’s shoulder, who seemed to have to duck her head to not get hit by the shot.

Coyne Schofield made it a three-goal game with 4.4 seconds left in the second when her low backhand shot trickled in five-hole on Chuli, who was replaced by Kirk after the period.

Coyne Schofield added an empty-netter with 3:17 left after Toronto pulled Kirk for an extra attacker with 5:45 remaining.

With her first-period goal, Watts became the second PWHL player to have 50 career points, joining Montreal’s Marie-Philip Poulin (55).

Frost: Visit Ottawa on Saturday.

Sceptres: Host Seattle at TD Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, as part of the PWHL Takeover Tour on Saturday.

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Minnesota Frost's Katy Knoll (6), left, celebrates her goal with teammate Britta Curl-Salemme (77) after scoring against the Toronto Sceptres during first period PWHL hockey action in Toronto, on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Sceptres' Blayre Turnbull (40) crashes into the net as she collides with Minnesota Frost goaltender Nicole Hensley (29) during the second period of an PWHL hockey game in Toronto, on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)

The Minnesota Frost celebrate their win against the Toronto Sceptres in PWHL hockey action in Toronto, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Sceptres' Jesse Compher (18) shoots on Minnesota Frost goaltender Nicole Hensley (29) during second period PWHL hockey action in Toronto, on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)

Minnesota Frost's Kendall Coyne Schofield (26) sprints past Toronto Sceptres' Savannah Harmon (15) to score a breakaway empty net goal during third period PWHL hockey action in Toronto, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Nick Suzuki got a power-play goal 3:24 into overtime, and the Montreal Canadiens rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final five minutes of regulation to stun the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Suzuki also scored late in regulation to tie the game for the Canadiens, who improved to 6-1-3 in their last 10 games. Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal.

Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart scored for Florida, but Marchand was called for roughing 1:27 into overtime — giving Montreal a 4-on-3 advantage.

The Panthers paid tribute to Marchand's 1,000th career point in a pregame ceremony. Marchand got the milestone point in mid-November, but chose this game — against Montreal, one of his longtime rivals when he was with Boston and a team coached by one of his idols, Martin St. Louis — for the formal celebration.

The game was scoreless after two periods, just the 11th such game in the NHL this season and the first for both the Panthers and the Canadiens. And it was the first time a Florida-Montreal matchup saw no goals in the first 40 minutes of action since Feb. 14, 2013 — a contest that ended up as a 1-0 road win for the Canadiens.

But the final 10 minutes were wild.

Marchand opened the scoring at 10:18 and Reinhart connected with 4:59 left to put Florida up 2-0. Back came Montreal, with Caufield scoring 32 seconds after Reinhart's goal and then Suzuki tying it up with 1:22 remaining.

It was the final game of 2025 for both teams. Montreal's 21 wins going into New Year's Day are its most since having 21 wins at this point during the 2018-19 season. And Florida — which has played in each of the last three Stanley Cup Finals, winning the last two titles — played its 106th game of the year, the third straight year in which the Panthers have topped 100 games.

Canadiens: Visit Carolina on Thursday.

Panthers: Host the New York Rangers in the Winter Classic at Miami on Friday.

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Montréal Canadiens right wing Josh Anderson (17) passes the puck as Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad (5) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Florida Panthers goaltender Daniil Tarasov (40) and defenseman Aaron Ekblad (5) defend against Montréal Canadiens right wing Josh Anderson (17) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Florida Panthers center Anton Lundell falls to the ice during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Montréal Canadiens, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Florida Panthers goaltender Daniil Tarasov (40) defends a shot by Montréal Canadiens center Oliver Kapanen, right, during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Montréal Canadiens center Nick Suzuki (14) scores the game winning goal against Florida Panthers goaltender Daniil Tarasov (40) during overtime in an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)