NEWARK, N.J. — Marie-Philip Poulin scored two objectives, Ann-Renée Desbiens made 23 saves on 24 photographs and the Montréal Victoire beat the New York Sirens 2-1 Sunday within the ultimate PWHL recreation heading into the league’s second break for worldwide play.
The Victoire gained their fifth straight recreation whereas Poulin’s two objectives, her ninth and tenth, added to her league-leading whole and Desbiens earned her league-leading eighth win in objective and her fifth straight victory. She had seven wins final season.
Montréal is 8-3-1-2 with 31 factors to guide the PWHL standings, six greater than second-place Minnesota.
The groups skated to a scoreless draw by means of one interval however Poulin wasted little time giving the Victoire the lead with a deft backhand objective 34 seconds into the second.
She obtained her second objective 4 minutes afterward a breakaway. Desbiens cleared a puck behind the Montréal web to Jennifer Gardner, who whipped a crisp go to Abby Boreen on the blue line. Boreen discovered Poulin deep within the slot and the Victoire captain lifted a shot over New York keeper Kayle Osborne.
Poulin put a tough hit on New York’s Jade Downie-Landry, who went down in a heap with 6:12 left within the second interval. After a prolonged overview Poulin was given a five-minute main penalty for charging and New York had a prolonged energy play.
Desbiens stonewalled the Sirens, nonetheless.
The Sirens (4-23-2-5, 20 factors) obtained their lone objective with 6:07 left on Allyson Simpson’s first PWHL objective however couldn’t convert on a power-play alternative within the ultimate 4 minutes and with a participant benefit after pulling Osborne for an additional attacker over the ultimate 2:30.
The league’s break accommodates a number of worldwide competitions, together with the “Rivalry Sequence” between Canada and the USA.
League play resumes February 11 with Minnesota enjoying at Toronto.