LAVAL, Quebec (AP) — Ann-Renée Desbiens made 17 saves for her fourth shutout of the season and the Montreal Victoire beat the Minnesota Frost 4-0 on Sunday to take the PWHL lead. Montreal moved a point ahead of Boston in the standings. The Victoire have won five straight and eight of nine to impr ove to 9-3-0-5. Maureen Murphy had a goal and an assist, Maggie Flaherty, Dara Greig and Laura Stacey also scored and Hayley Scamurra added two assists. Montreal captain Marie-Philip Poulin returned after missing a game because of a lower-body injury sustained in the Olympics. She assisted on Stacey’s goal. Nicole Hensley made 29 saves for Minnesota. The Frost (7-2-3-4) were playing their first game since the Olympic break. Minnesota was 0 for 4 on the power play, including 54 seconds of 5-on-3 in the third period. The Frost return to Canada next weekend for a game at Toronto at noon on Sunday. The game will be televised on FDSN. Related Articles Olympic success has led to surge in PWHL ticket sales Frost place leading scorer Kendall Coyne Schofield on long-term IR Olympic hockey: They didn’t appreciate the joke, but U.S. women felt men’s respect Canada enters women’s Olympic hockey quarterfinals beating Finland, rebounding from loss to US Finally, Taylor Heise, Grace Zumwinkle are Olympic teammates ...read more read less