BOSTON >> Captain Hilary Knight carried the puck into the attacking zone in the 3-on-3 overtime period and fired a wrist shot that found a way through the pads of Maddie Rooney to allow Boston to pull out a 4-3 win over Minnesota on Saturday.

Boston took a 3-1 lead after the first period but was blanked by Rooney over the final two periods of regulation. Minnesota got a late goal from Grace Zumwinkle in the second period to halve its deficit, and after pulling the goalkeeper for the final two minutes of the third period, Kendall Coyne Schofield poked home a carom for the tying goal with 53 seconds left.

Despite a well-earned reputation as a goal scorer, Knight came into the game without having scored a goal.

The captain of the gold medal-winning U.S. Women’s World Championship team finished with a goal and an assist, her first points in six games.

Brittyn Fleming scored Minnesota’s first goal.

Zumwinkle’s sixth goal of the season tied her for the PWHL lead.

Boston killed a pair of third-period penalties, its fourth penalty kill of the game.