It’s playoff time at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
After sevens days of granite action at the Paramount Fine Food Centre in Mississauga, Ont., 18 teams have been dwindled down to six. Following Friday’s page seeding games, only four will remain entering this weekend’s play.
Here’s how the playoffs breakdown at the Scotties.
Page Playoff 1 vs. 2 Qualifiers
Manitoba (Team Beth Peterson, 8-0) vs. Canada (Team Kerri Einarson, 7-1)
Feature Game
Manitoba champion Team Beth Peterson have been impressive all week, winning all eight of their games in the round robin to finish first in Pool B.
This will be the feature game on TSN.
They’ll take on Canada’s Team Kerri Einarson, who finished second in Pool A with a 7-1 record, in the Page Playoff 1 vs. 2 qualifier. The loser drops down to play Alberta’s Team Selena Sturmay in Friday night’s Page Playoff 3 vs. 4 qualifier.
A key lineup switch earlier this season has been the difference for Team Peterson at the Scotties.
In November, the 31-year-old Peterson made the decision to hand over skip duties to Kelsey Calvert, who had previously skipped Canada to a pair of World Junior Curling Championships in 2014 and 2015.
The decision led to a Manitoba championship and a perfect run so far at the Tournament of Hearts.
The journey only gets tougher from here, however, as Team Einarson is easily the most experienced and accomplished rink in the field.
Einarson, Val Sweeting and Shannon Birchard won four straight Scotties from 2020-2023 while new lead Karlee Burgess is still looking for her first after falling in the final the past three years.
Gimli, Man.’s Team Einarson lost last year’s final to Team Rachel Homan in Thunder Bay.
Einarson’s only loss this week come against Manitoba’s Team Kaitlyn Lawes.
Manitoba (Team Kaitlyn Lawes, 8-0) vs. Nova Scotia (Team Christina Black, 6-2)
It’s been a nice week for the Manitoba-based teams at the Tournament of Hearts.
Team Kaitlyn Lawes out of the Heather Curling Club in Winnipeg also posted a perfect 8-0 record in round-robin play, finishing first in Pool A.
They’ve easily been the most dominant team in Mississauga, shooting 86 per cent for the tournament and winning all but one of their games by five points by more.
Team Lawes’ closest game came against Northwest Territories on Wednesday, still beating them by a score of 7-4.
The foursome, which sees Selena Njegovan call the game with Lawes throwing last stones, is playing with second Laura Walker this week as a replacement for Jocelyn Peterman, who’s getting set to compete in mixed doubles with husband Brett Gallant at the Milano Cortina 2026.
It’s been a trying year and quadrennial for Team Lawes, but a Canadian championship victory this weekend would erase all of those disappointing past results.
On the other side of the sheet is Halifax’s Team Christina Black.
Team Black made the Scotties semifinal last year before reaching the final of the Canadian Curling Trials during a memorable week in Halifax back in November.
Winning a Canadian women’s curling championship has always been the goal for this five-player crew.
“It’s what we grew up all wanting to play in, the Olympics wasn’t really a goal,” Black said earlier this week. “Back when we were kids, it was about getting to a Scotties. So it’s always kind of been the big dream for all of us.”
The winner moves on to the Page Playoff 1 vs. 2 game on Saturday night against the winner between Team Peterson and Team Einarson while the loser will take on Nova Scotia’s Team Taylour Stevens in Friday night’s do-or-die Page Playoff 3 vs. 4 qualifier.
Page Playoff 3 vs. 4 Qualifiers
Nova Scotia (Team Taylour Stevens, 6-2)
Taylour Stevens, 25, and her Halifax rink are riding high at the Scotties.
Stevens made an incredible in-off winner to score three and defeat Ontario’s Team Hailey Armstrong, 9-7, on Thursday afternoon, securing the final playoff spot in the process.
The shot looked very familiar to Jennifer Jones’ historic Scotties winner in 2005.
One of the most iconic shots in Scotties history meets a new generation of clutch.
— Curling Canada (@CurlingCanada) January 29, 2026
Side by side: Jennifer Jones’ legendary 2005 game-winner and Taylour Stevens’ clutch in-off to book a playoff spot.
History has a way of repeating itself at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. 🥌… pic.twitter.com/4Eo1OGzoJu
Team Stevens won their last four games in the round robin and will take on the loser between provincial rival Team Black and Team Lawes in Friday night’s elimination game.
Stevens, alongside current teammates in Alison Umlah and Cate Fitzgerald, have won on the national stage before, capturing the 2022 Canadian Junior Curling Championship.
They’ll continue to be dark horses in Mississauga, but are playing with house money and have nothing to loss.
Alberta (Team Selena Sturmay, 6-2)
Alberta champion Team Selena Sturmay are in the Tournament of Hearts playoffs for the second time in three years.
The 27-year-old Edmonton skip led her side to a 7-1 pool play record before dropping the Page Playoff 3 vs. 4 game to Manitoba’s Team Kate Cameron in her rookie appearance at the Scotties in 2024.
Team Sturmay went 4-4 last year in Thunder Bay.
In Mississauga, Sturmay’s foursome finished third in Pool B with a 6-2 record, winning five straight games at one point before falling to Manitoba’s Team Peterson, 7-5, in Thursday’s round robin finale.
They’ll take on the loser between Team Peterson and Team Einarson later Friday in an elimination game.
