LOWELL, Mass. — Laura Stacey scored at 2:36 of overtime to lift Montréal to a 2-1 win over Boston on Sunday afternoon at the Tsongas Center. The victory is Montréal’s third straight and second in a row via overtime.

The game winner was scored after Stacey and teammate Erin Ambrose entered the zone on a 2-on-1 rush, with Ambrose patiently waiting to feed Stacey at the top of the crease. Ambrose slid the puck past two Boston defenders, landing perfectly on Stacey’s stick for the quick tap-in, giving Montréal the two points.

“We coughed up a little turnover in our end and luckily the two on the ice made some nice plays with it,” Stacey said. I just drove the net, Erin (Ambrose) had a ton of patience, and I put my stick on the ice and she made a perfect pass to me back door. I didn’t do a whole lot to get that, but a lot of great plays up the ice that made it happen…Coming into Boston against a good team and getting two points, that’s big for us, especially after they came into our house and took (points) from us. We’re proud of the effort.”

The goal is Stacey’s fifth of the season and first game-winning-goal. Ambrose’s assist was her second point of the game. Marie-Philip Poulin recorded her second helper of the game on the marker.

Ambrose provided Montréal’s first goal at 15:59 of the first period to give her squad a 1-0 lead. The tally was scored after a slick passing play in Boston’s zone between Ambrose, Poulin and Maureen Murphy in which the defender ended up with the puck at the right face-off dot. Ambrose then drove to the net and slid the puck underneath Boston goaltender Aerin Frankel with a backhand shot.

Sophie Shirley broke through for Boston at 2:36 of the third, tying the game 1-1. The goal, assisted by Hannah Brandt, was Shirley’s first as a professional. Brandt created a turnover deep in Montréal’s zone and found Shirley in front, who one-timed the shot past Elaine Chuli.

The game is the second time the two teams have gone to overtime. Boston took the first matchup on January 13 by a score of 3-2 with Amanda Pelkey scoring the winner.

Chuli made 26 saves in the victory, her third win in three starts. Frankel turned aside 28 shots in the loss.

Next up, following the PWHL’s IIHF International Break, Boston hosts Toronto on February 14. Two days later, on February 16, Montréal heads to Toronto for the Battle on Bay Street at Scotiabank Arena.

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