In the second period, Emily Clark netted a goal, extending Ottawa’s lead to two goals. Goalkeeper Emerance Maschmeyer secured the victory with her 21st save in the last 30 seconds of the game against New York Sirens. The Charge managed to hold off the Sirens with a 3-2 win during their encounter at Prudential Center in Newark, marking their second match in 10 days.

Ottawa (4-0-1-3) won its third straight game, including a 3-1 victory over the Sirens in their first meeting of the season on Dec. 29.

New York (3-1-1-3) dropped to fourth place in the PWHL standings, one point behind Ottawa.

Danielle Serdachny, who was the second overall draft pick in 2024, equalized the game at 1-1 less than six minutes in by redirecting a pass from new Ottawa forward Victoria Bach into the net.

Midway through the first period, Shiann Darkangelo gave Ottawa a 2-1 lead with a straightforward tap-in goal after the puck unexpectedly bounced off a referee’s skate.

Clark’s third goal of the season gave Ottawa a 3-1 lead when she lifted a bouncing puck over the glove of Kayle Osborne.

It was Osborne’s first start of the season for New York.

New York took an early 1-0 lead on defender Ella Shelton’s first goal of the season.

Maja Nylen Persson, the No. 10 selection in the draft, scored her first PWHL goal with 13 minutes left in the third.