Freshman Lexi Perticone’s flaming scoring hand stayed alight and that was a better thing even than it has been for DHS.

Perticone, scoring a bundle over the past several games, kept it up, getting the game-winner in a 1-0 girls Wave Hockey win over Trumbull at home on Monday.

It was Perticone’s team-topping 11th of the season. She leads the team with 16 points.

Set up by Ellie Bullitt (6-9 15) and Lauren Perkins (3-7 10), Perticone scored at 10:49 of the second period for the permanent 1-0 lead.

Darien improves to 11-3-1.

The shutout was senior Katharine Macomber’s ninth of the season — driving her goals against average further down into the pit of things you can not see shy of a microscope, at .73.