Daryl Watts nets OT winner to help Sceptres snap skid, top Goldeneyes 2-1

TORONTO (AP) — Daryl Watts scored the winner at 2:16 in overtime as the Toronto Sceptres defeated the Vancouver Goldeneyes 2-1 on Saturday.

Savannah Harmon also scored for Toronto, which snapped a four-game losing streak. Raygan Kirk made 23 saves.

Sarah Nurse scored for Vancouver, which had its losing streak extended to three games. Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 42 shots.

Harmon scored on the power play off a Blayre Turnbull centering pass intended for Maggie Connors, who didn’t get her stick on the puck. Harmon corralled the puck, lined herself up and wired a shot over Maschmeyer’s right shoulder for her first of the year at 12:43 of the second period.

Nurse answered with her second of the season just 29 seconds later. Tereza Vanisova won a puck battle at the side boards before Sydney Bard found Nina Jobst-Smith, whose point shot was tipped in by Nurse.

Four former Sceptres suited up for the Goldeneyes on Saturday. Forwards Nurse and Izzy Daniel were signed away during the expansion process, Hannah Miller joined Vancouver through free agency and goalie Kristen Campbell, who was traded on draft night, backed up Maschmeyer.

Nurse returned from an eight-week absence due to an arm injury and proved to be an immediate help for the struggling Goldeneyes. Vancouver was tied with Toronto for the worst scoring offenses in the PWHL entering the game at 22 goals through 12 games.

Goldeneyes: Host Toronto on Thursday.

Sceptres: Visit Seattle on Tuesday.

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Toronto Sceptres goaltender Raygan Kirk makes a save during third-period PWHL hockey game action against the Vancouver Goldeneyes in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Vancouver Goldeneyes forward Sarah Nurse (20) celebrates after her goal with teammates Michelle Karvinen (33) and Sydney Bard (11) during second-period PWHL hockey game action against the Toronto Sceptres in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Vancouver Goldeneyes goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer makes a save during second-period PWHL hockey game action against the Toronto Sceptres in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Fans look on as Toronto Sceptres defenseman Renata Fast (14) and Vancouver Goldeneyes defenseman Sophie Jaques (16) vie for control of the puck during second-period PWHL hockey game action in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Sceptres forward Daryl Watts (9) celebrates her game-winning goal with teammates at the end of overtime period PWHL hockey action against the Vancouver Goldeneyes, in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nick Boyd scored 32 points and had nine assists as Wisconsin beat Rutgers 96-87 on Saturday for its fourth straight win.

Boyd was 8-of-16 from the floor and 14 of 15 at the line to finish four points shy of his career high set against Providence in November. John Blackwell added 19 points and Nolan Winter had 18 for the Badgers (13-5, 5-2 Big Ten), whose win streak includes a 91-88 win at then-No. 2 Michigan and a last-second 78-75 road victory over Minnesota in their last game.

Harun Zrno scored 21 points, including five 3-pointers, Jamichael Davis added 14 and Tariq Francis had 12 for the Scarlet Knights (9-9, 2-5).

Consecutive 3s by Braeden Carrington, Winter and Jack Janicki gave Wisconsin its largest lead of 26 with under 14 minutes remaining. Francis led Rutgers back with nine unanswered points, and a few minutes later Zrno and Buchanan connected for consecutive 3s to start a 15-4 run that got the Knights within seven with five minutes to go.

Boyd converted a three-point play and added two free throws in a 7-0 run to put the Badgers back up by 14 with three minutes remaining and the lead remained in double figures.

Boyd scored 15 points and Winter added 11 in the first half, as Wisconsin shot 53% and made 8 of 15 3-point attempts to take a 51-29 lead.

Both teams shot 48% and both made 12 of 30 3-point attempts. Wisconsin took 10 more free throws and made 26 of 29 and outscored the Knights 19-4 off turnovers.

Rutgers is at Iowa on Tuesday.

Wisconsin is at Penn State on Thursday.

CORRECTS TO NICK, NOT NATE - Rutgers' Emmanuel Ogbole, front left, fouls Wisconsin's Nick Boyd (2) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)