The Ottawa Charge’s ascension from one of the bottom teams in the PWHL to a franchise that’s two wins away from winning the Walter Cup started with a trade deadline that was widely viewed as a head-scratcher.

Britta Curl-Salemme tied it with 16 seconds left and scored at 16:24 of overtime to give the Minnesota Frost a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Charge on Thursday night, evening the PWHL championship series at a game apiece.

For Ottawa, the series opener was yet another one-goal game. The Charge have now won 13 one-goal games, the most in the PWHL.