Laura Stacey led the way with three points, including two goals for the Montreal Victoire who beat the Seatle Torrent 4-1 in front of 10,033 fans at Place Bell.

Catherine Dubois opened the scoring for Montreal in the second period when she banged home a puck that was sent cross-crease by Stacey.

Stacey's first goal of the game was a highlight reel marker as she walked in short handed before cutting across the crease and roofing her jailbreak marker over a sprawling Hannah Murphy.

Alex Carpenter pulled Seattle within one taking a feed from Theresa Schafzahl who was in her first game in a Torrent jersey. Schafzahl was acquired earlier this week from Boston in exchange for Jessie Eldridge. 

Montreal would answer however with Skylar Irving tipping home a Kati Tabin shot. Stacey closed out the scoring with an empty netter.

The win was Montreal's fist back following a late game collapse against Boston. 

“I think it was in all of our heads. I think we weren't satisfied. It was a pretty devastating loss for us, but we all said it's better it happens now than later in the season," said Stacey. "We learned from it, and I think that's exactly what we did. We went back to the drawing board. We had great conversations, we studied up on our video, and we had another opportunity tonight to learn again. And I think we took a step forward." 

Ann-Renée Desbiens made 24 saves for the Victoire in the win.

 With Montreal's 3-point regulation win, they pulled into a three-way tie atop the PWHL standings alongside the Boston Fleet and Minnesota Frost. 

The three best teams through two-thirds of the PWHL season each have 39 points in 20 games. If the season were to end today, Minnesota would move to first via tiebreakers, followed by the Montreal Victoire in second, and Boston Fleet in third.

The tie is likely to be broken this weekend unless all three again win or lose in the same way when Minnesota faces Vancouver March 21, Seattle takes on Boston March 21, and Montreal plays Ottawa March 22.