Overview
- The TD Garden game, which sold out Saturday at roughly 17,850 seats, ended with Montreal beating Boston 1-0.
- Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped 20 shots for Montreal’s shutout, and Lina Ljungblom scored in the third period after Boston’s Aerin Frankel had turned away 18 attempts.
- League and arena leaders cast the night as a test run for more big-venue dates in Boston, with the Bruins’ TD Garden president pointing to strong interest and a growing partnership.
- The turnout was the Fleet’s largest and the second-biggest PWHL crowd on U.S. ice, following last weekend’s Madison Square Garden sellout in New York.
- Boston typically draws about 5,000 at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, yet the Garden stage pulled in families, youth players, and local sports figures in a rivalry both teams expect to carry into the playoffs.