ELMONT, NY  – Jade Downie-Landry had two goals and an assist, all on the powerplay, as New York defeated Boston 3-2 on Monday at UBS Arena. The win ends New York’s seven-game losing streak.

New York went 3-for-6 on the advantage, matching a season high for the team, who won for the first time since February 21 — and first time in regulation since January 20.

Elizabeth Giguère contributed a goal and an assist and Chloé Aurard had two helpers for New York, as the two players joined Downie-Landry on New York’s second powerplay unit, which accounted for all the team’s offense on Monday.

Downie-Landry made the game 1-0 at 2:12 of the second period with her fifth goal of the season.

Captain Micah Zandee-Hart took a pass at the point from Aurard and sent a wrist shot toward the Boston net. Downie-Landry, parked in front, was able to get a stick on it, deflecting the puck over the right shoulder of goaltender Aerin Frankel.

New York doubled up their lead with another powerplay goal at 5:29, this time coming off the stick of Giguère in front of the net. Alex Carpenter received a pass from Downie-Landry in the slot and displayed great patience before sliding the puck to her right and onto the stick of Giguère, who took it to the net and powered the puck past the goaltender for her second tally of the season to make the game 2-0.

Downie-Landry’s third powerplay point of the game came at 7:14 of the third period after Boston made the score 2-1 in the second period.

Multiple players were involved in a board battle for the puck, but New York’s Aurard ultimately broke free of the pack and sent the puck cross-ice to teammate Giguère. Giguère then spotted Downie-Landry driving to the net and put the puck perfectly on her stick for a tap-in for the forward’s second of the game and sixth of the season.

Downie-Landry now has seven points in four games against Boston.

Boston twice cut the deficit to one goal with tallies from Alina Müller in the second period and Sophie Shirley in the third.

Their first goal came less than a minute after Giguère made it 2-0 for New York when Hilary Knight fed the puck to Müller on the rush. Müller tried to send the puck cross-crease but instead deflected the puck off the stick of New York defender Ella Shelton and into the net, making the game 2-1 at 6:27 of the middle frame. The assist was Knight’s third of the season. Emily Brown also picked up her third assist on the play.

After Downie-Landry’s second of the game, Boston again cut the deficit to one midway through the third.

Shirley picked up the puck at the red line with speed and carried it into the attacking zone, deftly using the lone defender as a screen as she ripped a shot from the top of the circle up and over Corinne Schroeder’s right shoulder. Megan Keller started the play behind her own net by ringing it around the boards where it was tipped by newcomer Lexie Adzija and onto Shirley’s stick. The goal was Shirley’s third of the year.

Schroeder made 29 saves to secure her sixth win of the season. Frankel made 31 saves in the loss.

Up next is the PWHL’s International Break for the IIHF Women’s World Championship. Boston returns to action on April 18, when they host first-place Toronto at 7:00 p.m. ET. Two days later, on April 20, New York looks to make it two in a row against Boston when the two teams face-off again.

Postgame Quotes:

Jade Downie-Landry on her mindset going into the game: “There’s been games where we haven’t had the outcome we’ve wanted, and it’s easy to get lost in the competition, the outcome. We work hard and sometimes things don’t go our way. We make mistakes. And I think one of the focuses going into this game for me was just to have fun, especially with my linemates. Bringing them up and having fun with each other was a big factor in our game and I think that was felt throughout the whole team.”

Elizabeth Giguère on the key to her team’s win: “We played a good, full 60 [minutes] this game, and I think we haven’t done that really all season long. So, it was nice to get a full 60, get ahead and just get the win.”

Boston forward Alina Müller on the team’s discipline: “We need to play smarter. Today we had too many penalties. We have a great group in the locker room, all of us players believe in each other. We’re a tight group, we’re going to get through this.”

Boston head coach Courtney Kessel on the team’s playoff outlook: “The three teams in the bottom are wanting more wins and I think we’re battling. The parity across this league is tremendous. Ottawa plays Toronto, the top seed, and they win. Anyone can win on any given night. Especially New York and us, we’re struggling right now to win, and I think our players are gripping their sticks a little tighter than they normally do.”

Notes:

• Attendance: 2,834 – UBS Arena, Elmont, NY.
• Three Stars: 1) Jade Downie-Landry 2) Elizabeth Giguère 3) Alina Müller
• New York outshot Boston 34-31 — They outshot Boston 11-3 in the second period but Boston had the edge in the first (12-10) and third (16-13).
• New York matches a season-high with 34 shots on goal, equalling the total they had against Minnesota on January 28.
• New York outshoots a team for the first time since January 16 against Montréal and just the second time all season.
• Boston’s 16 shots in the third period are tied for their most in a single period all season.
• Alex Carpenter (NY) led all players with six shots on goal — Boston players Sidney Morin, Hilary Knight and Hannah Brandt finished second in the category with five each.
• New York was 3/6 on the powerplay — Boston was 0/1.
• New York matches a season-high with three powerplay goals — They also scored three on March 6 against Montréal.
• New York now has 15 powerplay goals which ties them for most in the league with Ottawa — They remain second in powerplay percentage at 23.4% with Ottawa clicking at a 26.8% rate.
• Boston has allowed a powerplay goal in each of their last four games — All goals allowed in their last three games have been powerplay goals and seven of their last eight have been PPG against.
• Boston’s six minor penalties were the most the team has recorded in a game all season.
• Ella Shelton (NY) led all skaters with 31:06 time-on-ice — Micah-Zandee Hart logged 24:59, second most in the game.
• Hannah Brandt led all Boston players with 24:55 of ice time.
• Downie-Landry now has seven points (5G, 2A) against Boston in four games this season — She has ten points (6G, 4A) in total.
• Downie-Landry’s first powerplay goal was New York’s first PPG of the season without a point from either Carpenter or Shelton – The league’s top two PP producers contributed to the team’s first 12 PPG.
• Downie-Landry’s two powerplay goals ties teammate Jessie Eldridge for the most in a single game in the PWHL this season – Eldridge scored two PPG on March 6 against Montréal.
• Giguère records her first multi-point game of the season and first powerplay goal – All three of her points this season have come against Boston.
• Chloé Aurard records her first multi-point game since January 1, the first game of season, when she had two assists against Toronto.
• Carpenter now has 19 points on the season, one behind PWHL scoring leader Natalie Spooner (TOR).
• Corinne Schroeder has faced 30 or more shots in 11 of her 12 starts this season.
• Lexie Adzija recorded her first point since being acquired by Boston on March 18 — Tonight was her second game with the team.
• Müller snapped a 12-game goalless drought — Her last goal was January 27 against Minnesota.
• Megan Keller (BOS) recorded an assist to give her 12 points on the season – The defender is now one point behind Shelton for the scoring lead at the position.
• New York’s last win in regulation was a 4-1 victory against Boston – New York has won three of four meetings against Boston and leads them 9-3 in points.
• New York has won two of its four games at UBS Arena.
• Boston has lost five straight road games all in the month of March.
• New York (3-4-3-9) now has 20 points on the season and sits two points behind fifth-place Boston and seven points behind fourth-place Ottawa.
• Boston (4-4-2-9) remains in fifth with 22 points on the season — They sit five behind Ottawa and nine behind Montréal.
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ELMONT, NY  – Jade Downie-Landry had two goals and an assist, all on the powerplay, as New York defeated Boston 3-2 on Monday at UBS Arena. The win ends New York’s seven-game losing streak.

New York went 3-for-6 on the advantage, matching a season high for the team, who won for the first time since February 21 — and first time in regulation since January 20.

Elizabeth Giguère contributed a goal and an assist and Chloé Aurard had two helpers for New York, as the two players joined Downie-Landry on New York’s second powerplay unit, which accounted for all the team’s offense on Monday.

Downie-Landry made the game 1-0 at 2:12 of the second period with her fifth goal of the season.

Captain Micah Zandee-Hart took a pass at the point from Aurard and sent a wrist shot toward the Boston net. Downie-Landry, parked in front, was able to get a stick on it, deflecting the puck over the right shoulder of goaltender Aerin Frankel.

New York doubled up their lead with another powerplay goal at 5:29, this time coming off the stick of Giguère in front of the net. Alex Carpenter received a pass from Downie-Landry in the slot and displayed great patience before sliding the puck to her right and onto the stick of Giguère, who took it to the net and powered the puck past the goaltender for her second tally of the season to make the game 2-0.

Downie-Landry’s third powerplay point of the game came at 7:14 of the third period after Boston made the score 2-1 in the second period.

Multiple players were involved in a board battle for the puck, but New York’s Aurard ultimately broke free of the pack and sent the puck cross-ice to teammate Giguère. Giguère then spotted Downie-Landry driving to the net and put the puck perfectly on her stick for a tap-in for the forward’s second of the game and sixth of the season.

Downie-Landry now has seven points in four games against Boston.

Boston twice cut the deficit to one goal with tallies from Alina Müller in the second period and Sophie Shirley in the third.

Their first goal came less than a minute after Giguère made it 2-0 for New York when Hilary Knight fed the puck to Müller on the rush. Müller tried to send the puck cross-crease but instead deflected the puck off the stick of New York defender Ella Shelton and into the net, making the game 2-1 at 6:27 of the middle frame. The assist was Knight’s third of the season. Emily Brown also picked up her third assist on the play.

After Downie-Landry’s second of the game, Boston again cut the deficit to one midway through the third.

Shirley picked up the puck at the red line with speed and carried it into the attacking zone, deftly using the lone defender as a screen as she ripped a shot from the top of the circle up and over Corinne Schroeder’s right shoulder. Megan Keller started the play behind her own net by ringing it around the boards where it was tipped by newcomer Lexie Adzija and onto Shirley’s stick. The goal was Shirley’s third of the year.

Schroeder made 29 saves to secure her sixth win of the season. Frankel made 31 saves in the loss.

Up next is the PWHL’s International Break for the IIHF Women’s World Championship. Boston returns to action on April 18, when they host first-place Toronto at 7:00 p.m. ET. Two days later, on April 20, New York looks to make it two in a row against Boston when the two teams face-off again.

Postgame Quotes:

Jade Downie-Landry on her mindset going into the game: “There’s been games where we haven’t had the outcome we’ve wanted, and it’s easy to get lost in the competition, the outcome. We work hard and sometimes things don’t go our way. We make mistakes. And I think one of the focuses going into this game for me was just to have fun, especially with my linemates. Bringing them up and having fun with each other was a big factor in our game and I think that was felt throughout the whole team.”

Elizabeth Giguère on the key to her team’s win: “We played a good, full 60 [minutes] this game, and I think we haven’t done that really all season long. So, it was nice to get a full 60, get ahead and just get the win.”

Boston forward Alina Müller on the team’s discipline: “We need to play smarter. Today we had too many penalties. We have a great group in the locker room, all of us players believe in each other. We’re a tight group, we’re going to get through this.”

Boston head coach Courtney Kessel on the team’s playoff outlook: “The three teams in the bottom are wanting more wins and I think we’re battling. The parity across this league is tremendous. Ottawa plays Toronto, the top seed, and they win. Anyone can win on any given night. Especially New York and us, we’re struggling right now to win, and I think our players are gripping their sticks a little tighter than they normally do.”

Notes:

• Attendance: 2,834 – UBS Arena, Elmont, NY.
• Three Stars: 1) Jade Downie-Landry 2) Elizabeth Giguère 3) Alina Müller
• New York outshot Boston 34-31 — They outshot Boston 11-3 in the second period but Boston had the edge in the first (12-10) and third (16-13).
• New York matches a season-high with 34 shots on goal, equalling the total they had against Minnesota on January 28.
• New York outshoots a team for the first time since January 16 against Montréal and just the second time all season.
• Boston’s 16 shots in the third period are tied for their most in a single period all season.
• Alex Carpenter (NY) led all players with six shots on goal — Boston players Sidney Morin, Hilary Knight and Hannah Brandt finished second in the category with five each.
• New York was 3/6 on the powerplay — Boston was 0/1.
• New York matches a season-high with three powerplay goals — They also scored three on March 6 against Montréal.
• New York now has 15 powerplay goals which ties them for most in the league with Ottawa — They remain second in powerplay percentage at 23.4% with Ottawa clicking at a 26.8% rate.
• Boston has allowed a powerplay goal in each of their last four games — All goals allowed in their last three games have been powerplay goals and seven of their last eight have been PPG against.
• Boston’s six minor penalties were the most the team has recorded in a game all season.
• Ella Shelton (NY) led all skaters with 31:06 time-on-ice — Micah-Zandee Hart logged 24:59, second most in the game.
• Hannah Brandt led all Boston players with 24:55 of ice time.
• Downie-Landry now has seven points (5G, 2A) against Boston in four games this season — She has ten points (6G, 4A) in total.
• Downie-Landry’s first powerplay goal was New York’s first PPG of the season without a point from either Carpenter or Shelton – The league’s top two PP producers contributed to the team’s first 12 PPG.
• Downie-Landry’s two powerplay goals ties teammate Jessie Eldridge for the most in a single game in the PWHL this season – Eldridge scored two PPG on March 6 against Montréal.
• Giguère records her first multi-point game of the season and first powerplay goal – All three of her points this season have come against Boston.
• Chloé Aurard records her first multi-point game since January 1, the first game of season, when she had two assists against Toronto.
• Carpenter now has 19 points on the season, one behind PWHL scoring leader Natalie Spooner (TOR).
• Corinne Schroeder has faced 30 or more shots in 11 of her 12 starts this season.
• Lexie Adzija recorded her first point since being acquired by Boston on March 18 — Tonight was her second game with the team.
• Müller snapped a 12-game goalless drought — Her last goal was January 27 against Minnesota.
• Megan Keller (BOS) recorded an assist to give her 12 points on the season – The defender is now one point behind Shelton for the scoring lead at the position.
• New York’s last win in regulation was a 4-1 victory against Boston – New York has won three of four meetings against Boston and leads them 9-3 in points.
• New York has won two of its four games at UBS Arena.
• Boston has lost five straight road games all in the month of March.
• New York (3-4-3-9) now has 20 points on the season and sits two points behind fifth-place Boston and seven points behind fourth-place Ottawa.
• Boston (4-4-2-9) remains in fifth with 22 points on the season — They sit five behind Ottawa and nine behind Montréal.
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SAINT PAUL, MN  – Minnesota overcame a 2-0 first period deficit to defeat Montréal 3-2 in a shootout at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday afternoon, the team’s fifth win in a row.

Minnesota now has 35 points on the season and sit one point behind first-place Toronto.

Grace Zumwinkle and Taylor Heise provided all three goals for Minnesota in the shootout, with Zumwinkle shooting— and scoring — twice.

Heise’s lone shootout attempt was a highlight-reel goal in which the first-year forward put the puck between her legs before scoring on the backhand.

Montréal got off to a strong start, with two goals in the first six minutes of play to get out to a 2-0 lead. Kati Tabin’s first goal of the season made the game 1-0 just 2:36 into the game.

Maureen Murphy took the original shot from the point, which hit a group of players in front. Gabrielle David shoveled the loose puck on net on her backhand, but Minnesota goaltender Nicole Hensley made a right pad save. Tabin, who was parked to Hensley’s right, found the rebound and put the puck over the goal line.

Murphy and David also factored into Montréal’s second goal, scored just over three minutes later.

On a two-on-one, David passed the puck over to Murphy who made a move to her backhand and slid the puck in to make the game 2-0 at 5:53 of the first frame.

Minnesota’s comeback began in the second period with a goal from Natalie Buchbinder at 5:40 to make the game 2-1. The defender took a shot from the point which deflected off a Montréal player in the slot and past Montréal goaltender Elaine Chuli. Maggie Flaherty and Clair DeGeorge recorded the assists on the play.

The home team tied the game just 24 seconds later as Lee Stecklein got her second of the season.

The play began with a Minnesota face-off win in the offensive zone, as Kendall Coyne Schofield secured the puck before passing it back to Sophie Jaques who fed it over to Stecklein on the left point. The defender moved in, executing a toe drag to move around a Montréal skater before firing a snap shot, which beat Chuli blocker side to tie the game 2-2.

Later in the frame, Michela Cava nearly gave the home team a 3-2 lead with what would have been her fourth goal in her last three games, but it was determined to have been tipped with a high stick after video review.

The third period saw numerous high-quality chances for both teams but both Hensley and Chuli made big saves for their teams.

Hensley stopped a David breakaway opportunity seven minutes into the third period — as play continued, Chuli then stopped Zumwinkle point blank with a pad save.

With under two minutes to play, Hensley once again came up big for her team, stopping a 3-on-0 opportunity for Montréal with a right pad save.

Heise had the game on her stick on a breakaway two minutes into overtime, but Chuli stopped the forward’s deke attempt. The rebound, which bounced off the top of the crossbar, briefly sat on the goal line before Chuli covered the puck.

Minnesota’s five-game winning streak is a season high for the team. Montréal has now lost four straight games, their longest stretch of losses.

Hensley made 21 saves to secure her seventh win of the season, tied for second-most in the PWHL— she stopped three of four Montréal attempts in the shootout. Chuli made 33 saves in the loss.

Up next for both teams is a break for the IIHF Women’s World Championship, which takes place April 3-14 in Utica, NY. The PWHL schedule resumes on Thursday, April 18.

Postgame Quotes:

Minnesota head coach Ken Klee on overcoming a 2-0 deficit: “We know they’re a good team and we know they’re going to push hard and they did — so it was good for us to hang in there and stick with it. I think it was kind of a pivotal thing for us because it solidified that we’re going to be a tough team to contend with because we have multiple weapons and multiple players that contribute every game.”

Minnesota forward Taylor Heise on her team’s comeback: “We’re a resilient team, we’ve been in those situations before losing early in the game just like today. We didn’t really need to say anything, we sit in the huddle and know we have nearly the whole game left and time to work with what we’ve got. Every line came out firing today so if you made a mistake, you knew someone else was coming out next shift.”

Notes:

• Attendance: 7,268 – Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN.
• Three Stars: 1) Lee Stecklein 2) Maureen Murphy 3) Natalie Buchbinder
• Shots ended 35-23 in favor of Minnesota—They outshot Montréal in the first (15-5) and second period (11-7) but were outshot in the third (8-6) — Shots were 3-3 in overtime.
• Minnesota’s Grace Zumwinkle and Taylor Heise led all players, each with seven shots on goal – Heise’s total is a season-high – Montréal’s Maureen Murphy and Sarah Lefort finished second with four shots each.
• Both teams were 0/2 on the powerplay — Montréal has successfully killed off 14/14 penalties against Minnesota this season.
• Stecklein logged a game-high 30:27 of ice time — Erin Ambrose (MTL) finished with 27:48 of ice time, second among all players.
• Amanda Boulier (MTL) logged 24:02 of ice time in her Montréal debut.
• Minnesota has now come back from 2-0 deficits twice this season — They beat Ottawa 3-2 in OT on January 17 after trailing 2-0 after the first period.
• Montréal has now lost twice this season after leading 2-0 — They lost 3-2 in OT against Boston on January 13 after leading 2-0 during the second period — That game was also tied 2-2 after two periods.
• Kendall Coyne Schofield now has a four-game point streak (2G, 4A) — She also has a four-game assist streak, which is tied for the longest streak this season with three other players.
• Coyne Schofield now sits in sole possession of eighth in league scoring with 14 points and is a PWHL-best plus-12.
• Buchbinder extends her point streak to four games (1G, 3A).
• Clair DeGeorge recorded her first PWHL point, an assist on Buchbinder’s second period tally.
• Stecklein now has points in back-to-back games after going ten games without a point — She moves into a tie for seventh in scoring among defenders in the PWHL with eight points (2G, 6A).
• Stecklein’s goal was the eighth scored by a Minnesota defender which puts the team in first in the league for goals from the blue line.
• Sophie Jaques has recorded an assist in each of her last three games and has six points (2G, 4A) in her last six games.
• Despite their shootout goals, Zumwinkle’s point streak ends at five and Heise’s ends at three.
• Zumwinkle leads the league with three shootout goals in three attempts – Heise has scored two shootout goals in two attempts.
• Murphy recorded her first multi-point game since January 16 against New York and first multi-point period this season.
• Gabrielle David recorded her first multi-point game of the season and first assist since January 10 against New York.
• Kati Tabin joins Ambrose and Leah Lum as just the third Montréal defender to score a goal this season — Leah Lum, who moved to forward for this game, has played the majority of the season at D.
• Minnesota improves its record in shootouts to 2-0 – Montréal’s shootout record falls to 0-3.
• Minnesota (8-4-3-4) secures two points for a shootout win and remains in second place — They are four points ahead of Montréal (3rd) and eight points ahead of Ottawa (4th).
• Montréal (7-3-4-5) collects one point in the loss, and now has 31 points on the season — They sit in third place, four points behind Minnesota and five behind Toronto — They have four more points than fourth place Ottawa, nine more than Boston and 14 more than New York.
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