OTTAWA — Brianne Jenner and Jocelyne Larocque led the way for their younger counterparts Saturday afternoon in the Ottawa Charge’s 5-1 win over the New York Sirens.
Jenner, 34, had a goal and two assists, while Larocque, 37, chipped in a goal and an assist. Ronja Savolainen, Peyton Hemp and Rebecca Leslie also scored.
Gwyneth Phillips stopped 23 shots.
Paetyn Levis scored the lone goal for the Sirens (9-2-3-1) and Kayle Osborne made 24 saves.
The win gave the Charge (8-7-1-12) a five-point lead on the Sirens and Toronto Sceptres for the fourth and final playoff spot with two games remaining.
The Sirens are winless (0-0-1-7) in their last eight road games.
New York opened the scoring with a power-play goal midway through the first period when Levis took a pass in the slot and beat Philips on the stick side.
With 61 seconds remaining in the period, Jenner attempted to find Leslie in front, but the puck was redirected and went in off Leslie’s shoulder. The play underwent a lengthy review before the call on the ice was upheld.
The Charge took the lead at 7:54 of the second period.
Larocque blocked a shot to spark a short-handed rush as Jenner picked up the puck and broke in on Osborne. She gave up a big rebound that Larocque buried for her first of the season.
Just over six minutes later, Hemp won a race for the puck and knocked it free. That allowed Alexa Vasko to take possession and she sent it back to Hemp, who gave the Charge a 3-1 lead.
Ottawa scored a pair of goals in the third to put the game out of reach.
Savolainen made it 4-1 by scoring from just inside the blue line through traffic. Larocque had a shot ring off the crossbar and Jenner buried the rebound with just over seven minutes remaining.
Charge: Penalties were an issue again for the Charge.
Sirens: New York had a solid first period and struggled to match Ottawa’s pace through the final 40 minutes.
Larocque blocking a shot on the power play was key to setting up Ottawa’s first short-handed goal.
Gwyneth Philips played her league-leading 16th consecutive game.
Charge: Ottawa visits Boston on Wednesday.
Sirens: New York plays Toronto on Tuesday.