Maggie Flaherty Scores Overtime Winner as Montreal Leads 2-0

Maggie Flaherty scored 14:12 into overtime to give the Montreal Victoire a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Charge in Game 2 of the Walter Cup final on Saturday at Place Bell in Laval, Que., moving Montreal to a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series. With Ottawa facing elimination for the first time in this postseason, Game 3 is set for Monday in Ottawa.

Flaherty’s goal came after Ottawa players appeared to angle toward the side boards. Flaherty streaked toward the slot and called for a pass from Montreal captain Marie-Philip Poulin. Poulin found her in stride, and Flaherty one-timed the puck past Ottawa goaltender Gwyneth Philips for her second goal of the playoffs.

The Charge had chances to win before the winner, including a shot from Alexa Vaskos stopped by Ann-Renee Desbiens just seconds earlier. Desbiens made 20 saves as Montreal outshot Ottawa 29-21.

Ottawa got on the board first, despite being held without a shot for the opening eight minutes. After a shot hit the post behind Desbiens, Sarah Wozniewicz collected the rebound in the crease and tucked it in to make it 1-0. Montreal responded in the second period, tying the game 32 seconds in. From a faceoff, Kati Tabin picked up a...