PWHL Toronto wins 10th straight, edging Montreal in Pittsburgh for share of 1st place

Kali Flanagan had one goal and one assist as Toronto picked up its 10th straight win, defeating Montreal 2-1 on Sunday in the Professional Women's Hockey League.

The neutral-site game was held at PPG Paints Arena, home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, in front of 8,850 fans.

Hannah Miller also scored for Toronto (12-5-0), which has now won 11 of its past 12 games. Kristen Campbell made 17 saves to help Toronto move back into a tie with Minnesota for first place with 33 points.

Kristin O'Neill netted her first goal of the season for Montreal (10-5-3), which had its losing streak extended to three games and fell to 0-3-1 against Toronto this season. Montreal captain Marie-Philip Poulin missed her second straight game with an injury.

Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped 24 shots.

It was the second neutral-site game of the weekend for the PWHL, with Boston earning a 2-1 shootout win over Ottawa on Saturday at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit before an American-record 13,736 fans.

WATCH l Flanagan lifts Toronto over Montreal in Pittsburgh:

Kali Flanagan's game-winner pushes Toronto's PWHL record win streak to 10

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Flanagan's second period marker was enough for Toronto to get by Montreal and keep their PWHL streak alive.

Toronto will host fourth-place Boston on Wednesday at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.

Montreal, sitting in third place, will face Minnesota next Sunday at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.