Kali Flanagan had one goal and one assist as Toronto picked up its 10th straight win, defeating Montreal 2-1 on Sunday in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
The neutral-site game was held at PPG Paints Arena, home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, in front of 8,850 fans.
Hannah Miller also scored for Toronto (12-5-0), which has now won 11 of its past 12 games. Kristen Campbell made 17 saves to help Toronto move back into a tie with Minnesota for first place with 33 points.
Kristin O’Neill netted her first goal of the season for Montreal (10-5-3), which had its losing streak extended to three games and fell to 0-3-1 against Toronto this season. Montreal captain Marie-Philip Poulin missed her second straight game with an injury.
Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped 24 shots.
It was the second neutral-site game of the weekend for the PWHL, with Boston earning a 2-1 shootout win over Ottawa on Saturday at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit before an American-record 13,736 fans.
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Flanagan’s second period marker was enough for Toronto to get by Montreal and keep their PWHL streak alive.
Toronto will host fourth-place Boston on Wednesday at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.
Montreal, sitting in third place, will face Minnesota next Sunday at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
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