Game 1 of the 2025 PWHL Finals sees the Ottawa Charge and Minnesota Frost facing off on Tuesday night in Canada’s capital. It took both teams four games to get through the semifinals, though their paths to this point were vastly different.

In many ways, it’s fitting that the only local player on the Ottawa Charge would score the first PWHL Finals goal in the city. After a tight first period, it was Rebecca Leslie who opened the scoring 11:34 into the second period of Game 1.

Emily Clark scored 2 minutes, 47 seconds into overtime to lift the Ottawa Charge to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Frost in Game 1 of the PWHL Finals Tuesday night at TD Place in Ottawa, Ontario. The Frost will face a series deficit in their quest to repeat.