{"id":240051,"date":"2026-04-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/pwhl-playoff-seeding-comes-down-to-regular-season-finale-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:00:00","slug":"pwhl-playoff-seeding-comes-down-to-regular-season-finale-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/pwhl-playoff-seeding-comes-down-to-regular-season-finale-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"PWHL playoff seeding comes down to regular-season finale | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>All eight teams are in action during tomorrow\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepwhl.com\/en\/schedule-25-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">four-game<\/a> regular-season finale \u2014 and there\u2019s <em>a lot <\/em>at stake ahead of puck drop. No time to waste \u2014 let\u2019s skate to it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcaa Toronto Sceptres and Ottawa Charge will battle for final playoff spot: <\/strong>The fourth and final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepwhl.com\/en\/stats\/standings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">postseason spot<\/a> remains unclaimed, coming down to the Sceptres and Charge, who just so happen to be playing each other tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET. Toronto needs a regulation win (worth 3 points) to advance, while Ottawa simply needs to not lose in regulation thanks to their three-point cushion.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The odds, and momentum, are in favor of the Charge: Ottawa tendy Gwyneth Philips is on fire and had a 42-save outing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepwhl.com\/en\/stats\/game-center\/313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the last time these squads faced off<\/a>. Toronto, meanwhile, has dropped three of their last four games. It all comes down to this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1\ufe0f\u20e3 The No. 1 seed is still up for grabs: <\/strong>The league-leading Montr\u00e9al Victoire have a one-point edge over the Boston Fleet, the only other team that can clinch the top playoff spot. And earning the No. 1 spot offers a major advantage: that squad gets to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepwhl.com\/en\/beginners-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>choose<\/em> their semis opponent<\/a>. That said, the No. 1 seed notably has lost to their chosen opponent the last two PWHL postseasons. The drama.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/pwhl-regular-season-finale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: All eight teams are in action during tomorrow\u2019s four-game regular-season finale \u2014 and there\u2019s a lot at stake ahead of puck drop. No time to waste \u2014 let\u2019s skate to it. \ud83d\udcaa Toronto Sceptres and Ottawa Charge will battle for final playoff spot: The fourth and final postseason spot remains unclaimed, coming down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-240051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}