OTTAWA, ON (May 13, 2025) – Gwyneth Philips stopped all 26 shots she faced and Mannon McMahon scored the game’s only goal to lift the Ottawa Charge to a 1–0 win over the Montréal Victoire on Tuesday night at TD Place, giving Ottawa a 2–1 lead in the best-of-five series. The game—which was the first home playoff game in Charge history––opened with two scoreless periods, as both teams traded chances in pursuit of the game’s first goal. Then, at 8:42 of the third period, McMahon buried a rebound off a Gabbie Hughes shot to give her team the lead in front of a roaring home crowd of 7,282 fans. The Victoire battled to find the equalizer in the game’s dying minutes with an extra attacker on the ice, but they failed to capitalize as Philips stood tall to backstop her team to the victory. Victoire goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped 24 of 25 shots in her sixth career playoff start. The Charge have now won three straight home games at TD Place over the Victoire this season.
The Charge look to secure their spot in the PWHL Finals, while the Victoire will look to stave off a semifinal elimination for the second season in a row in Game Four of the PWHL Playoffs, presented by SharkNinja, on Friday at 7 p.m. ET at TD Place.