Shiann Darkangelo scored the go-ahead objective halfway via the third interval to carry the Ottawa Cost over the host Montreal Victoire 3-2 in Recreation 1 of their best-of-five PWHL semifinal sequence on Thursday.
Emily Clark gathered a unfastened puck in Ottawa’s offensive zone and shortly handed it to Darkangelo, who slotted residence the tiebreaking objective previous Ann-Renee Desbiens 9:17 into the interval.
Brianne Jenner and Ashton Bell additionally scored for the Cost, who can take a commanding sequence lead on Sunday in Recreation 2 earlier than the sequence shifts to Ottawa subsequent week.
Maureen Murphy and Marie-Philip Poulin had the targets for Montreal, which outshot Ottawa 33-27. Nevertheless, the Cost leaned on goaltender Gwyneth Philips, who made 31 saves. Desbiens stopped 24 photographs for Montreal.
Montreal completed the season in first place, giving it the correct to decide on its first-round playoff opponent. The Victoire handed on the fourth-place Minnesota Frost in favor of the third-seeded Cost.
–Discipline Stage Media