Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | 7 p.m. ET | Place Bell<\/p>\n
WATCH LIVE: TSN 5, TSN.ca<\/a>, TSN App, RDS, PWHL YouTube<\/a> & thepwhl.com<\/a> (U.S. \/ International), More<\/a> VANCOUVER GOLDENEYES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MONTR\u00c9AL VICTOIRE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2025-26 SEASON SERIES: MONTR\u00c9AL LEADS 6-0 IN POINTS WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW<\/p>\n Montr\u00e9al has won both of its meetings with Vancouver, a 4-2 road win in December and a 1-0 win in Qu\u00e9bec City in January. The Goldeneyes and Victoire had the same amount of shots on goal (26 each) in the Takeover Tour clash while Montr\u00e9al had one more SOG in the December meeting (30-29).<\/p>\n Vancouver scored a 3-2 win at Toronto on Sunday, their first win at an opposing team\u2019s primary home venue. The Goldeneyes have won all seven of their games when scoring three or more goals (six regulation, one in overtime), compared to a record of 1-0-4-11 when held under three goals.<\/p>\n Emerance Maschmeyer made 25 saves on Sunday in just her second game post-Olympics and earned her 20th career win. Of those 20 wins, only one has come against Montr\u00e9al in 10 starts (Place Bell on Mar. 10, 2024, with Ottawa). She has two or more career wins against every other team in the league, except for the Charge (one loss in one start).<\/p>\n Izzy Daniel notched both a goal and assist in the win over her former team, Toronto, on Sunday. It was her third game this season with at least one goal and one assist. Jenn Gardiner (two) is the only other Goldeneye with multiple such games.<\/p>\n Sarah Nurse had two assists against her former team to hit 10 points (5G, 5A) in 12 games. Montr\u00e9al is the only team she hasn\u2019t played this season but previously found the scoresheet in six of nine meetings against them with Toronto (3G, 4A). Following Sunday\u2019s game, she made the trip home to Hamilton to present \u2018Best Group\u2019 at the JUNO Awards with Renata Fast.<\/p>\n Gardiner recorded 12 of her 18 rookie points at Place Bell as a member of the Victoire, including four of her five goals. She and teammate Abby Boreen were selected by Montr\u00e9al in the second and third rounds of the 2024 draft and both scored in their Victoire debuts at Place Bell on Nov. 30, 2024.<\/p>\n Michelle Karvinen went hat shopping Monday at Henri Henri, the oldest and biggest hat store in Canada. Between 1940 and 1970 the store famously rewarded NHL players who scored a hat trick at the Montr\u00e9al Forum with a free hat.<\/p>\n The Victoire can become the second team to clinch a playoff berth tonight. They can do so with a regulation win, or else with an overtime\/shootout win if the Sirens do not beat the Frost in regulation in their game tonight in New York.<\/p>\n Montr\u00e9al\u2019s point streak sits at 11 games following a 3-1 win against the Sirens. It is tied for the longest point streak in PWHL history (Toronto, Jan. 26 \u2013 Mar. 20, 2024) and is tied for the longest single-season point streak by a Montr\u00e9al PWHL\/NHL team this century (Canadiens\u2019 11 straight in 2012-13).<\/p>\n Catherine Dubois has scored all four of her goals on the season over the last four games, including two third-period goals on Saturday against New York. It was the first time Dubois had ever scored multiple goals in a single PWHL game, let alone period.<\/p>\n Laura Stacey scored her sixth goal of the season on Saturday in Detroit. The Victoire alternate captain has points in each of her last four games at Place Bell (3G, 3A) and has recorded 11 of her 16 points this season at the primary home venue (4G, 7A). She leads the PWHL with 98 shots on goal, with Vancouver\u2019s Sophie Jaques in second with 85 shots.<\/p>\n Ann-Ren\u00e9e Desbiens earned one of her five shutouts this season with 26 saves when these teams met on Jan. 11. She\u2019s one win away from becoming the first goaltender with two 15-win seasons in their PWHL career.<\/p>\n Nicole Gosling and Kati Tabin are tied for the Victoire lead in scoring among defenders, both with two goals and nine assists in 23 games. The rookie Gosling scored her first career PWHL goal against the Goldeneyes in Qu\u00e9bec City, and the veteran Tabin has assists in consecutive games for the first time this season and secured her first career multi-assist effort in Montr\u00e9al\u2019s last home game on Mar. 19 against Seattle.<\/p>\n Montr\u00e9al has outscored its opponents by 24 goals this season (57-33, excluding shootout goals). It would be the largest goal differential in a single season in PWHL history.<\/p>\n WHAT THEY\u2019RE SAYING<\/p>\n “It’s a privilege to get to be in this building as a professional women’s hockey player in Montr\u00e9al. It’s the loudest building outside of the [Pacific] Coliseum. We’re pretty excited. It’s going to be a huge opportunity. We’re at a really important part of our season right now with a lot of big points on the line.” \u2013 Goldeneyes forward Jenn Gardiner<\/p>\n “We try to focus on just small things, small tasks. We’re happy that we’re getting back in front of our crowd and having a nice advantage again. Really, it’s just about starting the game well. We talked about how over the past five days, it’s been up and down with our start. So that’s going to be a big focus for us. We need to get ready to start playing as soon as the game starts.\u201d \u2013 Victoire Head Coach Kori Cheverie<\/p>\n WEDNESDAY\u2019S GAME: Montr\u00e9al welcomes Vancouver to Place Bell for the first time in PWHL history in the first of three April home games to finish the regular-season schedule. No April Fool\u2019s Day joke, the Victoire hosted the first-ever PWHL game played on this date last season, losing 1-0 to New York. The first 6,000 fans through the doors tonight will receive an exclusive Barbie\u2122 x\u00a0Montr\u00e9al Victoire Belt Bag, while quantities last. The Victoire are proud to welcome the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al Carabins women’s hockey team to tonight\u2019s game for a special on-ice tribute after recently capturing their third U SPORTS National Championship with a victory over the Concordia Stingers. Members of the NSL\u2019s Montr\u00e9al Roses will also be in attendance and will meet fans and sign autographs prior to the game and during intermissions. As part of the PWHL\u2019s ongoing community engagement, young athletes from the PWHL Mentorship Program, developed in partnership with Strong Girls United and made possible with support from Kyndryl, Founding Partner of the program, will be in attendance for a shared live-game experience paired with meaningful mentorship. The experience is designed to celebrate mentorship, foster leadership, and inspire the next generation of women in sport by connecting young girls with role models both on and off the ice. Mentees will participate in a post-game meet-and-greet with their Victoire Athlete Mentors, including Jessica DiGirolamo, Jade Downie-Landry and Hayley Scamurra, offering an opportunity for conversation, relationship-building, and exposure to career pathways both within and beyond sports. Rodger Brulotte, the late legendary announcer and longtime Montr\u00e9al Expos colour commentator and reporter, will be honoured in-game. He was a passionate sports fan and strong supporter of women\u2019s hockey, regularly attending Victoire games, sometimes to report, and other times simply as a fan enjoying the game in the crowd. He sadly passed away on March 20 at the age of 79. 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EN: Kenzie Lalonde (Play-by-Play), Ann-Sophie Bettez (Analyst), Kelly Greig (Reporter);
FR: Claudine Douville (Play-by-Play), Isabelle Leclaire (Analyst), Catherine Savoie (Reporter), Andr\u00e9e-Anne Barbeau (Studio Host), St\u00e9phanie Poirier (Studio Analyst)<\/p>\n
7-1-4-11 | 27 PTS | 6TH PLACE (TIED)
Top Scorer: Claire Thompson \u2013 21 GP, 3-9-12 PTS
Last Game: 3-2 W at TOR on Mar. 29<\/a><\/p>\n
12-4-2-5 | 46 PTS | 2ND PLACE
Top Scorer: Abby Roque \u2013 22 GP, 6-12-18 PTS
Last Game: 3-1 W vs. NY (in Detroit) on Mar. 28<\/a><\/p>\n
Dec. 20 at VAN: 4-2 MTL<\/a> | Jan. 11 at MTL (QU\u00c9BEC CITY): 1-0 MTL<\/a> | Apr. 1 at MTL | Apr. 21 at VAN<\/p>\n