Marie-Philip Poulin played hero yet again Saturday night after some trial and error.
The Montreal Victoire captain scored the shootout winner in a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Charge in a thrilling PWHL season-opener for both teams.
Poulin, who was otherwise held off the scoresheet, missed a breakaway in the dying seconds of overtime and another attempt earlier in the shootout.
Head coach Kori Cheverie was confident the third time would be the charm when she sent her superstar out again in the fifth round.
“We did the math quickly, and she’s not going to miss three in a row,” Cheverie said. “I just did some quick math in my head on that one.”
Poulin deked to the forehand and finally beat Ottawa netminder Emerance Maschmeyer low to the blocker side as a raucous 10,033 towel-waving fans at Place Bell exploded out of their seats. Victoire goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens then …