Maggie Flaherty scored 14:12 into time beyond regulation to offer the Montreal Victoire a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Cost in Sport 2 of the Skilled Girls’s Hockey League’s Walter Cup remaining on Saturday.
Flaherty one-timed Marie-Philip Poulin’s cross within the slot and fired the puck previous goaltender Gwyneth Philips for her second aim of the playoffs.
The win gave Montreal a 2-0 lead within the best-of-five sequence, with the Victoire successful the opener 3-2 in time beyond regulation on Thursday evening.
Ottawa will host Sport 3 on Monday because the Cost face elimination for the primary time on this postseason.
Kati Tabin had the opposite Montreal aim. Sarah Wozniewicz scored for the Cost.
Ottawa was held with no shot for the primary eight minutes of the sport, however opened the scoring on its first alternative.
After a shot hit the publish behind Montreal goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens, Wozniewicz discovered the puck within the crease and tucked it within the web.
Montreal outshot the Cost 11-5 within the opening interval, regardless of killing the interval’s solely penalty.
The Victoire tied the sport 32 seconds into the second interval.
Off the faceoff, Tabin picked up a unfastened puck and roofed a backhand on Philips. It was the defender’s first aim of the playoffs.
It was the one aim of a bodily center interval, with Ottawa outshooting Montreal 6-4. The most effective probability was Montreal’s Laura Stacey’s breakaway try when her wrist shot hit the crossbar.
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