LAVAL, QC Laura Stacey buried a one-timer on a go from Marie-Philip Poulin with 43 seconds left in additional time to provide Montréal a 3-2 victory over Boston on Monday night time at Place Bell. The win snaps the Victoire’s two-game dropping streak and extends their first-place result in 5 factors forward of Toronto within the PWHL standings and assures them one of many prime two seeds, giving them house ice benefit within the semi-finals.
The third-place Fleet picked up a priceless level within the standings however missed a possibility to clinch a playoff berth of their very own and sit one level behind Toronto and two factors forward of Ottawa. After a scoreless first interval, Jennifer Gardiner opened the scoring late within the second with an influence play objective.
The Victoire energy play struck once more at 4:48 within the third interval when Catherine Dubois prolonged the result in two. It was the fourth time this season Montréal has scored twice on the benefit in a sport. The 2-goal lead was short-lived when Boston snagged a pair of targets simply 39 seconds aside – their quickest two targets of the season. First, it was Hannah Brandt with a shorthanded ‘jailbreak’ tally at 17:14, then rookie Hannah Bilka sniped at 17:53 to tie the sport. The groups wanted additional time for the fifth straight assembly with the Victoire prevailing for the third time in opposition to the Fleet in additional time. Ann-Renée Desbiens returned between the pipes for the primary time since March 18, making her sixth straight begin in opposition to the Fleet and incomes her league-leading 14th win by stopping 27 of 29 photographs. Klára Peslarová made 33 saves on 36 photographs, making her second profession PWHL begin following her first profession shutout. Montréal can clinch first place if Toronto loses to New York on Tuesday, and Boston can clinch a playoff berth if Minnesota doesn’t beat Ottawa in regulation on Wednesday. Each groups will play their closing common season video games on Saturday.
QUOTES
Montréal ahead Laura Stacey on her sport successful objective: “It was an attractive go, she might discover me fairly effectively tonight. I had missed a bunch earlier than, and that wasn’t sitting so effectively. In order quickly as I noticed it, I used to be like, I must make good contact with this puck. So actually, it was only a excellent go via the middle…and it went behind the web luckily for us. It was an important play.”
Victoire Head Coach Kori Cheverie on the fan help after addressing the gang on Fan Appreciation Night time: “I’m grateful for his or her help, and it’s actually unwavering. And the ladies, they deserve it, given the quantity of effort they’ve been placing in. They deserve all of the lights and the cameras on them.”
Boston Head Coach Courtney Kessel: “We appear to by no means have a straightforward sport right here. Clearly, one other additional time. We discovered a method to come again. The sport’s by no means over till the final buzzer goes. We’re a group that’s going to proceed to battle until the tip.”
NOTABLES
Montréal wins the season in opposition to Boston, 11-7 in factors, with the ultimate 5 video games being determined past regulation (three Victoire additional time wins, two Fleet shootout wins). The groups tied 6-6 in factors in the course of the inaugural season.
Laura Stacey scored her league-leading third additional time objective of the season and second in opposition to Boston to complete the season sequence with six factors (3G, 3A). With factors in consecutive video games, Stacey climbs right into a tie for sixth in league scoring with 22 factors (11G, 11A) in 26 video games.
Marie-Philip Poulin recorded her seventh help of the season, ending simply her fourth two-game pointless streak of the season. The Victoire captain strikes right into a tie for fourth in league scoring with 24 factors in 29 video games.
Poulin and Stacey have mixed on 11 targets this season, tied for many by any PWHL duo.
Jennifer Gardiner snapped a 10-game objective drought along with her fifth tally of the season and third on the ability play. She has factors in consecutive video games to deliver her season complete to 18 – second amongst rookies.
Catherine Dubois scored in consecutive video games for the primary time in her profession and likewise recorded her first profession multi-point efficiency along with her fifth objective and third help of the season.
Hannah Brandt scored in consecutive video games for the primary time in her profession after being held with out a objective in 23 straight video games. The tally was the second shorthanded ‘jailbreak’ objective of her profession and Boston’s third of the season which ranks second behind Ottawa’s 4.
Hannah Bilka prolonged her level streak to 4 video games (2G, 2A) along with her fifth objective of the season and strikes into sixth in rookie scoring with 11 factors in 15 video games.
Hilary Knight recorded her 14th help of the season to increase her lead atop the PWHL scoring race with 29 factors in 29 video games – two factors forward of New York’s Sarah Fillier.
Abby Boreen collected her eighth help and Maureen Murphy picked up her second help, each major helpers, as each gamers ended five-game pointless droughts.
Anna Wilgren tallied a degree for a second consecutive sport (1G, 1A) along with her sixth helper of the season, putting her in a tie for eighth in rookie scoring with 9 factors in 29 video games.
Jamie Lee Rattray contributed her third major help in two video games along with her sixth helper of the season.
Jessica DiGirolamo set a brand new career-high along with her fourth help and level of the season in her twenty ninth sport, surpassing her three assists and factors in 24 video games final season.
Sidney Morin recorded her fifth help and eighth level of the season to double her inaugural season level complete (1G, 3A).
Klára Peslarová set a league document making 63 consecutive saves to open her PWHL profession whereas preserving a shutout streak of 136:47.
Aerin Frankel was scratched from the Fleet lineup a second straight sport whereas in concussion protocol following Ladies’s Worlds.
Defenders Erin Ambrose (private) and Kati Tabin (suspension) had been each scratched from the Victoire lineup.
The Victoire have the perfect document within the PWHL when scoring first this season (8-4-1-1).
The Fleet battled again from a two-goal deficit for the fifth time this season and third time in opposition to the Victoire. Boston leads the league with 30 third interval targets.
Montréal completed their house schedule with a 5-4-0-4 document at Place Bell. In addition they had a regulation win at Centre Videotron and an additional time win on the Bell Centre for 28 complete factors on house ice.
Boston completed their street schedule with a 3-3-4-5 document for 19 factors.
THREE STARS
1. Laura Stacey (MTL) 1G
2. Catherine Dubois (MTL) 1G, 1A
3. Hannah Bilka (BOS) 1G
STANDINGS
Montréal (11-7-3-8) – 50 PTS – 1st Place
Boston (9-6-5-9) – 44 PTS – third Place
UPCOMING SCHEDULES
Boston: Saturday, Might 3 vs. Minnesota at 1 p.m. ET
Montréal: Saturday, Might 3 at New York at 2 p.m. ET
