Grant-Mentis, Serdachny score 3rd-period goals, Torrent snap skid, beat Fleet 3-2

SEATTLE (AP) — Mikyla Grant-Mentis and Danielle Serdachny scored goals in the final six minutes of the third period, Alex Carpenter also had a goal, and the Seattle Torrent beat the Boston Fleet 3-2 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak.

Seattle (5-1-2-9) had lost back-to-back games following the Olympic break and went into the game last in the PWHL with 16 points.

Boston (9-4-2-3) — which had its six-game win streak come to an end — leads the league with 37 points.

Theresa Schafzahl and Susanna Tapani scored goals for the Fleet. Abbey Levy made her second start of the season, both against the Torrent, and had 35 saves. Levy had 27 saves when the Fleet beat Seattle 3-1 on Dec. 21.

Grant-Mentis of Brampton, Ont., scored a short-handed goal to make it 2-2 with 5:13 left in the game. Edmonton’s Serdachny produced the winner off a pass from Natalie Snodgrass to cap the scoring with 3:46 to go.

Alina Müller, on the left side, dropped a pass to Daniela Pejsova for a one-timer from just inside the blue line that was redirected by Schafahl over the stick-side shoulder of goaltender Corinne Schroeder to give the Fleet a 1-0 lead with 7 1/2 minutes left in the first period.

Carpenter, on the rush after a save by Schroeder, flicked a back-hand shot into the net with 5.6 seconds left in the first to make it 1-1.

Schroeder from Elm Creek, Man., finished with 25 saves. She parried a shot by Loren Gabel but couldn’t control the puck and Tapani slammed home the rebound to make it 2-1 with 8 1/2 minutes left until the third period.

The Torrent had 18 shots in the second period but went into the second intermission trailing by a goal.

Up next

Boston: Visits second-place Montreal (35 points) on Sunday.

Seattle: Plays Friday at Minnesota.

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