CALGARY – The University of Alberta Pandas were opportunistic on Saturday evening as they extended their hot streak and sneaked past the University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey team 2-1 at Father David Bauer Arena.

The Pandas have now won 10 games in a row and improved their record to 18-2-2 – good enough for second place in the Canada West standings behind the UBC Thunderbirds.

Calgary had plenty of positives on Saturday, outshooting a veteran Alberta squad 30-14. Misty Rey was superb in the Pandas' net and dropped the Dinos to 8-12-2 on the season. They remain in fifth place with six games remaining.

The first period saw the Dinos leading in shots 12-4, but Rey and Gabriella Durante kept the offences off the scoreboard.

That trend looked to continue into the middle stanza before a late goal by the Pandas broke the deadlock. Natalie Kieser carried the play into the offensive zone where she placed a perfect shot into the far right corner to open the scoring.

Still dominating on the shot clock, the Dinos fought back to tie the game with a power play marker eight minutes into the third period. A cross-ice pass by Elizabeth Lang was deflected by an Alberta stick but managed to still find Sydney Mercier and her quick release beat a screened Rey.

With a power play goal of their own, Alberta regained the lead four minutes later though. Jadynn Morden deked past a defender and loaded up a heavy backhand shot that barely got past Durante.

Calgary pulled their goaltender for an extra attacker but were unable to get an equalizer.