Watts nets OT winner to help Sceptres snap skid, top Goldeneyes 2-1
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TORONTO – Daryl Watts scored the winner at 2:16 in overtime as the Toronto Sceptres defeated the Vancouver Goldeneyes 2-1 on Saturday at Scotiabank Arena in Professional Women’s Hockey League action.
Savannah Harmon also scored for Toronto (4-1-3-5), which snapped a four-game losing streak. Raygan Kirk made 23 saves.
Sarah Nurse scored for Vancouver (3-1-2-7), which had its losing streak extended to three games. Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 42 shots.
Harmon scored on the power play off a Blayre Turnbull centring pass intended for Maggie Connors, who didn’t get her stick on the puck. Harmon corralled the puck, lined herself up and wired a shot over Maschmeyer’s right shoulder for her first of the year at 12:43 of the second period.
Nurse answered with her second of the season just 29 seconds later. Tereza Vanisova won a puck battle at the side boards before Sydney Bard found Nina Jobst-Smith, whose point shot was tipped in by Nurse.
Four former Sceptres suited up for the Goldeneyes on Saturday. Forwards Nurse and Izzy Daniel were signed away during the expansion process, Hannah Miller joined Vancouver through free agency and goalie Kristen Campbell, who was traded on draft night, backed up Maschmeyer.
Takeaways
Sceptres: Toronto dominated the opening period, tilting the ice and outshooting Vancouver 20-4. Things turned left for the Sceptres in the second. They were outshot 6-1 in the first 10 minutes of the period before Harmon broke the scoreless tie. Toronto made good on creating chances throughout the game but struggled to finish.
Goldeneyes: Nurse returned from an eight-week absence due to an arm injury and proved to be an immediate help for the struggling Goldeneyes. Vancouver was tied with Toronto for the worst scoring offences in the PWHL entering the game at 22 goals through 12 games.
Key moment
Watts missed her initial shot coming down the right side, but got the puck back, circled around the defence to get to her spot by the left faceoff circle and wired it past Maschmeyer to the delight of 17,856 in attendance.
Key stat
Toronto’s four-game losing streak (0-0-1-3) entering Saturday’s game was tied for the worst in franchise history.
Up nextÂ
Sceptres: Visit the Seattle Torrent on Tuesday.
Goldeneyes: Host the Sceptres on Thursday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 17, 2026.