NEWARK, NJ (May 3, 2025) – Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice to lead Montréal to a 3–2 win over New York on Saturday at Prudential Center, cementing first place in the standings and top seed for the PWHL Playoffs. First-place Montréal, finishing the season five points ahead of second-place Toronto, will select its semifinal opponent between third-place Ottawa and fourth-seed Minnesota tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET, live on a special edition of Jocks in Jills on thepwhl.com and the PWHL’s YouTube channel.
Poulin opened the scoring just 11 seconds into the first period — setting a new PWHL record for the fastest goal to start a game — with the first of her two goals, giving Montréal an early 1-0 advantage. Less than four minutes later, Catherine Dubois doubled Montréal’s lead to 2-0 heading into the second period. Poulin extended Montréal’s lead midway through the second period with her league-leading 19th goal of the season, marking her second of the game and fifth multi-goal performance of the year. Trailing 3–0 in the third period, New York attempted a late comeback, with Sarah Fillier scoring on the power play at 2:39 and later assisting on Alex Carpenter’s goal at 19:43 — a point that pulled Fillier into a tie for the PWHL scoring lead with Boston’s Hilary Knight, who was held pointless today. However, New York couldn’t find the equalizer before the final buzzer. Victoire goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens tallied 27 saves on 29 shots, earning her league-leading fifteenth win of the season, while New York’s Abigail Levy recorded 25 saves on 28 shots in just her second start of the season.
