Boston Fleet vs. Ottawa Charge 2026 PWHL Walter Cup Playoffs Game Preview

The 2026 PWHL Walter Cup Playoffs will kick off with a series between the Boston Fleet and Ottawa Charge! Read more about what you need to know for the upcoming games!

When: 

• GAME 1: Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT

• GAME 2: Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT

• Game 3 is TBD as well as Game 4 & 5 if those games are necessary

Where: 

• GAME 1: Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT

  • Tsongas Center

• GAME 2: Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT

  • Tsongas Center

• Game 3 is TBD as well as Games 4 & 5 if those games are necessary

Watch: 

• Below are where you can find and stream the games!

  • Watch on TSN, Scripps Sports Network, NESN, PWHL YouTube Channel

The Ottawa Charge will travel to Tsongas Center where they will face the Boston Fleet for Game 1 and Game 2 of this series which is scheduled to take place on April 30, 2026 and May 2, 2026. The teams will then travel to the Ottawa Charge’s home ice for Game 3 in this series with dates and times to be determined. If necessary, Game 4 will be played on the Ottawa Charge’s home ice and Game 5 will be played at Tsongas Center with dates and times to be determined. 

The Boston Fleet secured the second seed in the standings after they ended the regular season with 62 points and a season record of 16-5-4-5. Out of their 16 wins, the Boston Fleet secured seven shutouts, five overtime wins, and three shootout wins. The team’s points leader was #5 Megan Keller (7G, 15A) who had 22  points recorded by the end of the regular season. #77 Susanna Tapani (9G) led the team with the most goals scored and #11 Alina Müller (17A) led the team with the most assists recorded by the end of the regular season.  

The Ottawa Charge secured the third seed in the standings after they ended the regular season with 44 points and a season record of 9-8-1-12. Out of their 9 wins, the Ottawa Charge secured eight overtime wins, two shutouts, one shootout victory. The team’s points and assists leader was #91 Brianne Jenner (12G, 14A) who had 26 points recorded by the end of the regular season. #73 Rebecca Leslie (14G) led the team with the most goals scored.

When these teams faced one another during the 2025-26 PWHL regular season, the Ottawa Charge won three out of the four games which included one overtime victory on April 22, 2026 and two shootout wins which occurred on December 27, 2025 and January 11, 2026. The Boston Fleet’s one regular season victory against the Ottawa Charge was a shootout win secured on February 28, 2026. During those four regular season games, the Ottawa Charge outscored the Boston Fleet (9G vs. 8G) despite being outshot by the Boston Fleet (116 SOG vs. 95 SOG). Against one another, both special teams had a similar success rate with the Boston Fleet having a slight advantage with their power play (7.69% vs. 7.14%) and penalty kill (92.9% vs. 92.3%).

Although the Ottawa Charge had the advantage over the Boston Fleet during the regular season, we can expect a gutsy series as both teams are determined to advance to the finals. It is certain that the Ottawa Charge will go into the matchups with the utmost confidence from their previous successes and momentum from their season-ending four-game winning streak. Another certainty is that the Boston Fleet will go into their upcoming matchups fueled with vengeance to redeem themselves from their regular season losses against the Ottawa Charge.

Come back to read about what went down during this series in the upcoming game recap articles!