Sirens’ Playoff Dreams Diminish After Another Defeat on the Road Against the Charge

OTTAWA, Ontario — In a commanding performance, Brianne Jenner notched a goal and two assists, while Jocelyne Larocque contributed a goal and an assist, propelling the Ottawa Charge to a 5-1 victory over the New York Sirens on Saturday.

Ronja Savolainen, Peyton Hemp, and Rebecca Leslie also found the back of the net, while Gwyneth Phillips was solid in goal, making 23 saves for the Charge, who now stand at 8-7-1-12. This win gives Ottawa a five-point cushion over both the Sirens and the Toronto Sceptres for the fourth and final playoff berth, with just two games left in the regular season.

Paetyn Levis scored the lone goal for the Sirens (9-2-3-1), with Kayle Osborne stopping 24 shots. Despite starting strong with a power-play goal from Levis midway through the first period, New York’s road woes continued. Levis capitalized on a pass in the slot, beating Phillips on the stick side, but it wasn’t enough to halt their troubling road streak, now at 0-0-1-7 in their last eight away games.

Paetyn Levis scored for the Sirens (9-2-3-1) and Kayle Osborne made 24 saves.

New York, which is 0-0-1-7 in its last eight road games, opened the scoring with a power-play goal midway through the first period when Levis took a pass in the slot and beat Philips on the stick side.

With 61 seconds remaining in the period, Jenner attempted to find Leslie in front, but the puck was redirected and went in off Leslie’s shoulder. The play underwent a lengthy review before the call was upheld.

The Charge took the lead at 7:54 of the second period.

Larocque blocked a shot to spark a short-handed rush as Jenner picked up the puck and broke in on Osborne. She gave up a big rebound that Larocque buried for her first of the season.

Just over six minutes later, Hemp won a race for the puck and knocked it free.

That allowed Alexa Vasko to take possession and she sent it back to Hemp, who gave the Charge a 3-1 lead.

Ottawa, which visits Boston on Wednesday, scored a pair of goals in the third to put the game out of reach. The Sirens next play Toronto on Tuesday

Savolainen scored from just inside the blue line through traffic. Larocque had a shot ring off the crossbar and Jenner buried the rebound.