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Marie-Philip Poulin scored two goals, Ann-Renee Desbiens made 23 saves on 24 shots and the Montreal Victoire beat the New York Sirens 2-1 Sunday in the final PWHL game heading into the league’s second break for international play.

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· Posted: Feb 02, 2025 7:50 PM EST | Last Updated: February 3

Montreal Victoire forward Marie-Philip Poulin, left, seen after a game against Toronto on Thursday, scored both goals during her team’s 2-1 win over the New York Sirens on Sunday. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)Marie-Philip Poulin scored two goals, Ann-Renee Desbiens made 23 saves on 24 shots and the Montreal Victoire beat the New York Sirens 2-1 Sunday in the final PWHL game heading into the league’s second break for international play.

She had seven wins last season.

Montreal is 8-3-1-2 with 31 points to lead the PWHL standings, six more than second-place Minnesota.

WATCH | Poulin leads Victoire past Sirens in 2-1 win:

Marie-Philip Poulin scores twice to lead Victoire past Sirens for 5th straight win

Montreal beats New York 2-1, Marie-Philip Poulin scores two goals and leads the PWHL with 10.

The teams skated to a scoreless draw through one period but Poulin wasted little time giving the Victoire the lead with a deft backhand goal 34 seconds into the second. She got her second goal four minutes later on a breakaway.

Poulin put a hard hit on New York’s Jade Downie-Landry, who went down in a heap with 6:12 left in the second period. After a lengthy review Poulin was given a five-minute major penalty for charging and New York had a lengthy power play. Desbiens stonewalled the Sirens, however.

The Sirens (4-3-2-5, 20 points) got their lone goal with 6:07 left on Allyson Simpson’s first PWHL goal but could not convert on a power-play opportunity in the final four minutes and with a player advantage after pulling Osborne for an extra attacker over the final 2:30. 

The league’s break accommodates several international competitions, including the “Rivalry Series” between Canada and the United States. League play resumes February 11 with Minnesota playing at Toronto.