Montréal, QC (March 1, 2025) – The Montréal Victoire secured a thrilling 3-2 overtime win against the Boston Fleet on Saturday afternoon at the Bell Centre in the second annual Duel at the Top, presented by Air Canada. Laura Stacey ended a suspenseful overtime backed by a roaring home crowd of 17,324 fans. On the winning goal, Stacey dove across the front of the net to tap the puck in after a wild sequence that saw Marie-Philip Poulin fire a shot wide, then Cayla Barnes ring her shot off the post, leaving the puck sitting out of Fleet goaltender Aerin Frankel’s sight.
The Victoire took an early lead with a goal from Kati Tabin just 36 seconds into the game, but Boston’s Amanda Pelkey knotted the score just seven minutes later. The Fleet took their first lead of the game in the second period with a marker from Sidney Morin, then Tabin netted her second of the day with under seven minutes in the final frame to force extra time. Ann-Renée Desbiens earned her league-leading 11th win of the season for the Victoire stopping 15 of 17 shots, while Frankel turned aside 27 of 30 shots for Boston.
With the win, Montréal extends their stronghold on first place with 39 total points, seven points ahead of second-place Toronto with two games in hand, while Boston remains in third place with 31 points after picking up a single point in the overtime loss.