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Maja Nylén Persson scored a power-play extremity successful overtime to assistance the New York Sirens extremity a nine-game losing streak with a 3-2 triumph implicit the Montreal Victoire connected Wednesday nighttime successful Newark, N.J.
New York snaps 9-game losing streak acknowledgment to Nylén Persson's victor
Tim Wharnsby · The Canadian Press
· Posted: Mar 13, 2025 9:26 AM EDT | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago
Maja Nylén Persson scored a power-play extremity successful overtime to assistance the New York Sirens extremity a nine-game losing streak with a 3-2 triumph implicit the Montreal Victoire connected Wednesday nighttime successful Newark, N.J.
It was the archetypal triumph for New York (4-4-4-10) since a 3-0 triumph implicit Ottawa connected Jan. 27.
Montreal (10-6-2-5) was coming disconnected a 3-2 overtime triumph implicit Boston connected Saturday to amended to 6-1 successful games that spell beyond regularisation this season.
The crippled had a lengthy hold with 14:50 near successful the 3rd play earlier New York rookie Sarah Fillier was assessed a five-minute large for a transverse cheque to the caput of Erin Ambrose.
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Nylén Persson's OT victor lifts Sirens implicit Victoire, snaps 9-game losing skid
Montreal took vantage arsenic Kati Tabin scored with 2:37 remaining successful the punishment to necktie it astatine 2-all with the team's 11th power-play extremity of the year.
Montreal besides tied it astatine 1-all 90 seconds into the 2nd play erstwhile Maureen Murphy was near unsocial successful beforehand of the nett for a rebound.
New York opened the scoring midway done the archetypal play connected Abby Roque's 5th extremity of the season. It was her 4th consecutive crippled with a point.
Elizabeth Giguere had a accidental to marque it 2-0 aboriginal successful the play but she missed a punishment shot.
Fillier gave New York a 2-1 pb connected rebound changeable midway done the 2nd for her ninth extremity of the season.
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Tim has covered the hockey scenery and different sports successful Canada for 3 decades for The Canadian Press, CBC Sports, the Globe and Mail and Toronto Sun. He has been to 3 Winter Olympics, 11 Stanley Cups, a satellite title arsenic good arsenic 17 satellite inferior championships, 13 Memorial Cups and 13 University Cups. The autochthonal of Waterloo, Ont., ever has his oculus retired for an underdog story.