
Stacey nets OT winner to lift PWHL-leading Victoire to 3-2 victory over Fleet
MONTREAL — Laura Stacey scored the game-winning goal with 16.3 seconds remaining in overtime as the Montreal Victoire defeated the Boston Fleet 3-2 in front of 17,324 fans at Bell Centre on Saturday.
Kati Tabin scored a pair of goals for Montreal, doubling her career goal output in 42 prior games with Montreal. Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped 13 shots to earn her 11th win of the season, tops among PWHL netminders.
The Victoire (10-4-1-4) earned their second straight win and have now won eight of their past ten games. Montreal remains atop the PWHL standings with 39 points, seven more than second-place Toronto, with two games in hand.
Amanda Pelkey, with her second goal in as many games, and Sidney Morin scored for Boston (6-5-3-6). The Fleet saw their four-game winning streak snapped, the team’s longest active win streak in the PWHL.