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Ella Huber scored 1:33 into overtime as the Boston Fleet beat the Montréal Victoire 4-3 in a first-place showdown in Professional Women’s Hockey League action at Place Bell on Sunday Afternoon in Laval, Que.
With the overtime win, Boston (9-5-2-3) remained in first place three points ahead of Montreal (9-4-1-5). The Fleet completed a comeback after entering the third period down 3-0.
Loren Gabel scored her first goal of the season, while Megan Keller and Susanna Tapani had the others. Keller added two assists while Alina Muller also had two assists. Aerin Frankel made 27 saves.
Abby Roque had a goal and two assists for Montreal. Marie-Philip Poulin scored the opener for the home team but left the game a few minutes later.
Kati Tabin also scored for the Victoire while Ann-Renee Desbiens made 22 saves.
Poulin put Montreal into the lead with 5:10 remaining in the first period, tipping Gosling’s shot on the game’s first power play. Then, two minutes later, Poulin seemed to reinjure her right knee and came off in the middle of the play.
She was replaced by Tabin, who fired a one-timer past Frankel off a Gosling pass to double Montreal’s lead.
Boston rallies with three goals in the third period then Ella Huber scores in overtime to defeat Montreal 4-3. The Victoire had their six-game win streak snapped and remain in second place, three points behind the Fleet.
The two power-play goals came 2:10 apart.
Boston had an early power play in the second and used it to generate some momentum. But after opening the period with a 6-1 shot advantage, the Victoire took control, outshooting the Fleet 10-0 in the final 10:16 of the middle frame.
They also had the period’s only goal, with Roque scoring with 3:02 left in the period.
The Fleet got on the board 6:01 into the third period with Gabel’s goal. It was initially waved off for goaltender interference but was overturned on review.
Boston got another chance to cut the lead after a five-minute major penalty to Maggie Flaherty. The Fleet had five shots but did not score.
Despite not scoring on the advantage, Keller made the game 3-2 with 2:34 remaining on a slapshot from the point, and Frankel on the bench for the extra attacker. They tied the game with 14.8 seconds remaining when Tapani’s shot beat Desbiens.
Sceptres 2, Torrent 0
Raygan Kirk earned her first career PWHL shutout while captain Blayre Turnbull scored early in the Toronto Sceptres 2-0 win against the visiting Seattle Torrent.
Kirk made 33 saves and kept the Torrent off the scoreboard after Turnbull kept the puck on a 2-on-1 rush to put the home side ahead four minutes after the opening faceoff. Sara Hjalmarsson scored an empty-net goal with 7.8 seconds remaining before 8,270 spectators at Coca-Cola Coliseum.
Kirk, of Ste. Anne, Man., was at her best in the second half of the second period when Seattle (5-1-2-11) hemmed the Sceptres (7-1-5-8) in their own end. She made nine saves during this stretch. It was the seventh time this season Kirk made 30 or more stops.
The Sceptres (3-0-2-0) have earned points in each of their five outings since the Olympic break.
Toronto defeats Seattle 2-0 as Blayre Turnbull scores the game-winning goal in the first period and Sara Hjalmarsson sealed the victory with an empty netter.
The Torrent outshot Toronto 33-25. Seattle’s Hannah Murphy made 24 saves, 11 in the final 20 minutes.
The capacity crowd gave three former Sceptres and current first-year Torrent players, Julia Gosling, Megan Carter and Carly Jackson, a rousing ovation during the first timeout.
The Sceptres visit Boston on Tuesday while Seattle plays in Montreal on Thursday.
United States captain Hilary Knight (knee) and Olympic teammate Hannah Bilka (upper-body) were big absences for the visitors. Bilka tied for the Olympic tournament lead with four goals in seven games.
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