OTTAWA — The Ottawa Charge defeated the Vancouver Goldeneyes 4-2 on Friday night for their franchise-record fifth straight victory.
Anna Meixner, Ronja Savolainen, Brianne Jenner and Rebecca Leslie scored for Ottawa (3-3-0-5) and Gwyneth Philips stopped 23 shots.
Sophie Jaques and Michelle Karvinen tallied for Vancouver (3-1-1-6) and Kristen Campbell made 23 saves.
The Charge opened the scoring at 10:12 of the first period when Savolainen picked up a Peyton Hemp rebound and beat Campbell.
Ottawa made it 2-0 at 5:07 of the third when Meixner beat Campbell on the glove side.
The Goldeneyes finally solved Philips at 11:13. Jaques took the puck from her own end, deked Hemp and put a shot through Brooke’s Hobson’s legs that got under Philips’ left pad.
Jenner’s empty-net goal at 18:35 proved to be the winner when Karvinen scored 23 seconds later.
Leslie added another empty-net goal with 24 seconds remaining.
Emily Clark, Jenner and Jocelyne Larocque of the Charge and Vancouver’s Sarah Nurse, Jenn Gardiner, Jaques, Claire Thompson and Emerance Maschemeyer were named to the Canadian Olympic women’s hockey team on Friday.
Takeaways
Charge: Ottawa thrives when playing with a lead, generating more chances and creating pressure.
Goldeneyes: Vancouver generated a number of shots but didn’t create enough traffic in front of Philips.
Key stat
The Goldeneyes have one road win in five games this season.
Key moment
Ottawa’s second empty-net goal of the game finally iced it.
Up next
Charge: Ottawa takes on the Boston Fleet in Halifax on Sunday.
Goldeneyes: Vancouver will continue its road trip against the Montreal Victoire on Sunday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 9, 2026.
Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press
