Overview
- Montreal beat Boston 3-2 in overtime Friday, with rookie Nicole Gosling scoring 38 seconds into the extra period on a power play.
- The victory locked the Victoire into a top-two finish and secured home-ice advantage for the first playoff round.
- The result put Montreal at 60 points to Boston’s 58 with two regular-season games left, and the league’s leader will pick its semifinal foe.
- Jade Downie-Landry and Kaitlin Willoughby scored for Montreal, while Jessie Eldridge and Daniela Pejšová tied it for Boston before overtime as Ann-Renée Desbiens made 26 saves.
- Boston started backup Abbey Levy, who stopped 28 shots with Aerin Frankel not dressed, and the teams now turn to their final week with Montreal visiting Vancouver Tuesday and Boston hosting Ottawa Wednesday.