France edged Hungary 2-1 in a women's international friendly, with the game settled in a shootout after neither side could separate itself across 60 minutes and overtime. The only goal of the skills competition went France's way, worth the extra point in a game that otherwise read like a stalemate.
France took the opening period 1-0 and carried that lead to the first intermission. Hungary answered in the middle period, tying it at 1-1 after 40 minutes, and that was the last goal of regulation — the third period finished scoreless, as did the overtime.
The decisive number is the shootout line: 0-1. Neither team found a goal over the final 20 minutes of regulation or in the extra session, leaving the goaltenders to carry it, and France's finish in the shootout was the difference.
