Poulin scores winner as PWHL-leading Montreal edges New York for 3rd straight win

Marie-Philip Poulin scored her team-high eighth goal and added an assist in Montreal's 4-3 road victory over New York on Wednesday night in the Professional Women's Hockey League.

League-leading Montreal (30 points) broke loose for three goals in the first period and led 3-1 heading to the second.

Just five 1/2 minutes in, Jillian Dempsey opened the scoring, assisted by Sarah Lefort and Mariah Keopple. Montreal made it 2-0 on a goal by Sarah Bujold. Catherine Dubois and Ann-Sophie Bettez assisted.

At 15:37, Gabrielle David got the third goal, assisted by Poulin and Maureen Murphy.

WATCH l Poulin sets up David for Montreal's 3rd goal:

Last-place New York (16 points) got on the board a minute later when Jessie Eldridge scored on the power play, assisted by Abby Roque and Alex Carpenter.

In the second period, New York scored on another power play. Roque's goal at 14:28 was assisted by Ella Shelton and Jaime Bourbonnais.

Early in the third, Montreal regained its two-goal lead when Poulin scored with an assist from Laura Stacey. The goal proved significant after New York picked up its third power-play goal, Eldridge scoring again with assists from Shelton and Bourbonnais.

New York pulled goalie Corinne Schroeder with 1:45 to go but did not score.

New York finished three for five on the power play.

Montreal had 31 shots on goal to 28 for New York. Ann-Renée Desbiens had 25 saves for Montreal and Schroeder stopped 27.

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