Overview
- Montreal advanced with a 2-1 win Tuesday in the deciding Game 5 at Place Bell, knocking out the two-time defending Frost.
- Marie-Philip Poulin scored the series-clincher on a power play 3:06 into the third after Erin Ambrose found her with a cross-ice pass.
- Ann-Renée Desbiens made 25 saves, highlighted by a goal-line stick sweep and a rolling windmill stop that kept Montreal steady in a tight game.
- The league pushed the game back one day for player safety after illness spread through Montreal’s locker room.
- Montreal hosts Ottawa in Game 1 Thursday at 7 p.m. ET, in a final that ensures a Canadian champion and follows the PWHL’s first playoff series won by a higher seed.