Grace Zumwinkle scored a pair of shootout goals, Taylor Heise added another and Minnesota rallied from two goals down to beat visiting Montreal 3-2 on Sunday in Professional Women’s Hockey League action.
Montreal grabbed the lead just 2:36 into the match on defender Kati Tabin’s first goal of the season. Gabrielle David and Maureen Murphy notched assists. Murphy’s helper was her ninth of the season.
Murphy gave Montreal a two-goal lead 5:53 in with her fourth goal of the season, scoring off David’s second assist.
Minnesota bounced back in the second period, scoring a pair of goals 24 seconds apart to knot the score at 2-2 heading to the final period. Natalie Buchbinder scored first 5:40 into the period with assists from Maggie Flaherty and Clair DeGeorge. Lee Stecklein buried the equalizer at 6:04 with assists from Sophie Jaques and Kendall Coyne Schofield. It was the second goal of the season for both players.
Zumwinkle 🤝 Hensley 🤝 Heise <br>SHOOTOUT W! <a href=”https://t.co/BPYynzFP09″>pic.twitter.com/BPYynzFP09</a>
—@PWHL_Minnesota
Ambrose had the lone shootout goal for Montreal.
Minnesota (8-4-4-3) trails first-place Toronto by a point, while Montreal (7-5-3-4) is in third — five points off the pace.
The two teams have split four matches this season. Montreal has dropped 2 of 3 on the road in the series.
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