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Kendall Coyne Schofield scored her league-leading sixth and seventh goals, while Nicole Hensley shone in net with a 31-save outing as the Minnesota Frost topped the Sceptres 5-1 in Toronto Tuesday.
Katy Knoll, Britta Curl-Salemme and Grace Zumwinkle also scored for Minnesota (4-1-1-2). Taylor Heise had three assists.
Daryl Watts had the lone goal for Toronto (4-0-2-3). Elaine Chuli made 14 saves, with Raygan Kirk turning away seven shots in relief in the third period.
Watts opened the scoring 4:55 into the contest when she backhanded a puck over Hensley's right shoulder on a pass into the slot from Renata Fast.
Toronto Sceptres' Blayre Turnbull battles against Minnesota Frost's Kendall Coyne Schofield, who scored two goals in Tuesday's game. (The Canadian Press)Knoll tied the game at 6:30 on a rebound off a Kendall Cooper shot.
Curl-Salemme put Minnesota ahead with an absurd shot at 12:59. With one skate behind the goal line, some feet away from the end boards, Curl-Salemme fired it in off the shoulder of Chuli, who appeared to duck her head to avoid getting hit by the shot.
Zumwinkle joined the party with a beautiful one-timer off a pass from Coyne Schofield on the power play at 11:59 of the second.
Coyne Schofield made it a three-goal game with 4.4 seconds left in the period when her low backhand shot trickled in five-hole on Chuli, who was replaced by Kirk in the third.
Coyne Schofield added an empty-netter with 3:17 left after Toronto pulled Kirk for an extra attacker with over five minutes remaining.
WATCH | Kendall Coyne Schofield scored twice as Freeze beat Toronto 5-1:Minnesota captain Kendall Coyne Schofield scored the final two goals, as the visiting Freeze downed the Toronto Sceptres 5-1.Frost: Minnesota was able to balance physicality with discipline, only committing one penalty while having little problem muscling the Sceptres off the puck. The Frost also capitalized on their opportunities, with Knoll being left unmarked on her goal and Zumwinkle scoring on a power play.
Sceptres: Toronto had many grade-A scoring chances and outshot the visitors 32-25. The Sceptres were putting together the stronger possessions and made the game feel closer than it was. However, they couldn't solve Hensley who continuously robbed them, including on multiple two-on-one chances.
Key moment: Coyne Schofield's backhand goal put the nail in the coffin for the Sceptres before the second intermission.
Key stat: With her first-period goal, Watts became the second PWHL player to have 50 career points, joining Montreal's Marie-Philip Poulin.
Up next: On Saturday, the Frost visit the Ottawa Charge on Saturday, while the Sceptres host the Seattle Torrent.