Hannah Miller matched a PWHL record for points in a single game and the Toronto Sceptres beat the New York Sirens 4-1 on Wednesday night in Newark, N.J., for their fifth straight win.
Miller had a hand in all four of Toronto’s goals, scoring twice and adding two assists. That four-point performance also gave her 22 points on the season (10 goals, 11 assists), which is tops in the PWHL.
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With four points (two goals, two assists) against the Sirens, Vancouver’s Hannah Miller ties the PWHL single-game points record.
Julia Gosling also scored twice for the Sceptres (7-2-4-6, 29 points) who moved into a tie with Minnesota for second in the PWHL standings. The Sceptres have scored at least three goals in eight straight games, the longest streak in PWHL history.
New York (4-3-2-9) has lost six straight games, five in regulation.
Miller opened the scoring midway through the second period. Her one-timer deflected off a stick and went off the shoulder of goalkeeper Corinne Schroeder to hit the crossbar before sneaking across the goal line.
Gosling added a power-play goal with 6:48 left in the second when she was able to get the rebound near the net and went top shelf. It was the Sceptres’ eighth straight game with a power-play goal to set a PWHL record.
The teams combined for three goals in less than two minutes midway through the third.
Miller scored her 10th goal of the season with 10:41 left for a 3-0 lead and New York forward Alex Carpenter scored 38 seconds later for her seventh goal.
Gosling added her second goal of the game 19 seconds into a power play for Toronto’s 15th goal in its last 29 power plays.
Toronto, which has earned a point in eight straight games, plays on Sunday at Minnesota. New York’s next game will continue the PWHL Takeover Tour at Buffalo’s KeyBank Center on Sunday against Boston.