Overview
- Montreal grabbed a 1-0 series lead with a 3-2 overtime win Thursday in Laval.
- Nicole Gosling tied the game with 2.1 seconds left, and Abby Roque scored the winner when a deflection hit her facemask and dropped in early in OT.
- Ottawa’s Rebecca Leslie scored both Charge goals and twice put her team ahead before Montreal’s late push forced extra time.
- Goaltenders Ann-Renée Desbiens and Gwyneth Philips each made 23 saves, and both teams went 0-for on the power play in a tight, low-shot game.
- This first all-Canadian PWHL final brings Montreal’s first appearance after knocking out two-time champion Minnesota, with Ottawa back after last season’s runner-up finish.