The Frost outshot Ottawa all afternoon and into the evening Saturday at Xcel Energy Center and finally scored the one goal they desperately sought in a 2-1 win in triple overtime before 8,098 fans.

The Frost are one win away from their second straight PWHL title after beating Ottawa 2-1 on Saturday night to take a 2-1 series lead.

With grit and determination, the Minnesota Frost are ready to take on the challenge. Their playoff journey has been nothing short of inspiring.

Ottawa is a perfect 3-0 on home ice through the playoffs. The Frost have never won Game 1 of a playoff series in four attempts.

If that’s the way it shakes out and I’m doing my job … then that may be it,” the Frost’s rookie forward, and Game 2 hero, said Friday.

The Ottawa Charge booked their first-ever trip to the Walter Cup final with a 3-1 series win over the league-leading Montreal Victoire. Now they face the defending champion Minnesota Frost, a team with firepower,

Minnesota will play the winner of the Montreal-Ottawa series, which continues Friday with Ottawa leading the series 2-1.

Ottawa defeated Montreal 2-1 on Friday night in a PWHL playoffs semifinal, winning the series 3-1 and giving the Minnesota Frost an opponent and schedule for the PWHL Finals. The best-of-five championship round will begin Tuesday at TD Place in Ottawa and proceed every other day thereafter.