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Rebecca Leslie scored 2:59 into overtime to lead the Ottawa Charge to a 3-2 win against the Vancouver Goldeneyes on Saturday.
Leslie’s snipe to win the game was her 11th of the season, tied for first in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
The Charge (5-6-1-8) moved past New York and into fourth place in the standings, with the Sirens having a game in hand.
Ottawa’s Rebecca Leslie scored in overtime giving the Charge a 3-2 win over Vancouver Goldeneyes Saturday in PWHL action.
Fanuza Kadirova and Sarah Wozniewicz, with the game-tying goal, also scored for Ottawa. Gwyneth Philips made 34 saves.
Sarah Nurse and Sophie Jaques replied for Vancouver (5-1-4-9), which lost its fourth straight game. Kristen Campbell stopped 14 shots.
The Goldeneyes threatened in the first two periods with three power-play opportunities and outshooting the Charge 21-8, but Ottawa’s defence kept the scoresheet blank.
Kadirova’s power-play goal with 35 seconds left in the second period opened the scoring to give the Charge their first and only lead of the game.
The goal was reviewed for possible goaltender interference but stood after a lengthy review by the officials, giving Kadirova her seventh of the season.
The equalizer came from Nurse’s unassisted effort as she skated through the Charge defence and scored at 9:50 in the third period.
Jacques put the Goldeneyes ahead with 5:22 left in regulation as she shot the puck from the left centre circle for her fifth goal of the season.
Wozniewicz knotted the game with 54 seconds remaining in regulation when she came flying in from the neutral zone, made a move to the middle and wired a shot past Campbell for her fourth of the year.
Vancouver had the chance to win the game in overtime, but an acrobatic save by Philips shut the door on Claire Thompson moments before Leslie’s winner.
The Goldeneyes will rue their missed chances. They entered Saturday’s contest with the fewest goals scored in the PWHL (33), and they’ve now scored two or fewer goals for the 15th time this season.
Ottawa has scored at least two goals in each of their last five games.
Both teams are next in action on Wednesday. The Charge travel to Minnesota to take on the Frost, while the Goldeneyes prepare to host the New York Sirens.
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