Campbell Shuts Out Montreal As Toronto Keeps Winning

PWHL Toronto keeps their winning streak alive as they slide past Montreal with a 2-0 Victory at Scotiabank Arena Friday night.

Jesse Compher’s first goal of the season, a beautiful shot from Hannah Miller and a shutout from Kirsten Campbell helped Toronto to their fourth consecutive win, a 3-0 decision in front of a record 19,285 fans.

Here are the key takeaways from tonight's game.

In the first period where it seemed that the puck was sequestered in Montreal’s zone, Toronto routinely gave them lifelines to stay in the game. Toronto took three penalties in the first frame, including a 5-on-3 seven minutes into the game.

Despite this, Toronto’s penalty kill stepped up and killed off all three penalties to keep the game scoreless heading into the first intermission.

“The penalty kill was willing to block shots when they needed to,” said Toronto head coach Troy Ryan.

The five Penalties killed by Toronto keeps them as the top penalty killing team in the league this season with a 94% success rate, only having allowed two power play goals so far this year.

To give you an idea of how much Toronto needed the depth to contribute, this was Toronto’s first win of the season where Natalie Spooner did not score a goal.

In the third period Toronto found themselves up 2-0 late thanks to a one timer from Jesse Compher and Hannah Miller’s second goal of the season.

Ryan has been preaching to the media that he envisions this team as one that scores by committee. 

It looks safe to say that Kristen Campbell has settled in as the starting goalie for Toronto.

Campbell played a perfect game for Toronto Friday night stopping all 30 shots she faced in the team's 3-0 win. This performance made her the first star of the game, and for the third home game in a row she has allowed one or fewer goals.

Her impact on the game was most felt as she made a couple of brilliant saves to hold the fort during Montreal’s 5-on-3 power play in the first period. During that minute long period she made multiple point blank saves against Ann-Sophie Bettez to keep things tied, a performance praised by her head coach.

“I thought that game in Montreal that shootout game kind of gave her a little bit of swagger back and a little bit of confidence,” said Ryan. “She is an extreme in that area, when she's confident she's very dangerous, you know, can be a wall. I think it was a big turning point for her. And I think the last four or five games, she's pretty good.”