Katie Chan scored her first PWHL goal in front of a hometown crowd and her Vancouver Goldeneyes edged the Ottawa Charge 2-1 on Tuesday.
Chan, who hails from the Vancouver suburb of Richmond, B.C., swatted a puck in from mid-air to give the Goldeneyes (3-3-0-0) the lead 7:40 into the game.
Fellow local product Jenn Gardiner of Surrey, B.C., doubled the lead 3:36 into the second, stealing a puck in the neutral zone, sprinting in for a breakaway and pinging a shot in off the crossbar for her second goal of the campaign.
Kristen Campbell stopped 32 of the 33 shots she faced and collected her first win in a Vancouver jersey.
Anna Shokhina scored the lone goal for the Charge (1-4-0-0), shovelling a shot in from the top of the crease 14:17 into the third.
Ottawa got 27 saves from Gwyneth Philips as they lost their third straight game.
The Charge’s last victory was a 5-1 home win over the Goldeneyes on Nov. 26.
Goldeneyes: After getting outscored 13-6 over their first three games, Vancouver’s defence has posted back-to-back wins behind solid defence and stellar goaltending. The team has outscored its opponents 6-1 across the two victories.
Charge: Pushed to level the score early in the third, outshooting the home side 4-1 over the first five minutes of the final frame. Despite the offensive onslaught, Ottawa couldn’t get a puck past Campbell until Shokhina scored late in the period.
Ottawa got a prime chance to get on the board midway through the third when Rory Guilday got a short-handed breakaway. Campbell slid across her crease and took Guilday’s shot off the shoulder 8:17 into the final frame.
The victory made the Goldeneyes the first team in PWHL history to win the first three home games of their inaugural season.
Charge: Continue a five-game road swing Wednesday against the Seattle Torrent.
Goldeneyes: Host the Montreal Victoire on Saturday.
