Find out what the outcome of the match turned out to be.
The match ended all square after Bernardo Silva struck in stoppage time to cancel Cavani's 81st minute opener from the penalty spot after continuously impressive signing, Julian Draxler was brought down in the box.
PSG coach opted to leave Angel Di Maria, Hatem Ben Arfa and new signing Goncalo Guedes on the bench and played the trio of Lucas Moura, Cavani and Julian Draxler in attack instead.
Both Lucas and Cavani got chances to open the scoring before the break, while Radamel Falcao looked dangerous for Monaco early in the second half, but the the best actions of the game was saved till the concluding minutes of the game.
The draw leaves defending champions PSG in 3rd place, still three points adrift Monaco and Nice with Monaco topping with a commanding goal difference of +43.
Thomas Lemar aimed a free-kick from a dangerous position just wide, before Fabinho tested PSG goalkeeper Kevin Trapp with a powerful long-range strike that the German pushed over for a corner.
The champions came close to opening the scoring in the dying minutes of the first half when Lucas fired a powerful low shot from just outside the area, Danijel Subasic reacting sharply to keep out the Brazilian's attempt, before denying Cavani from the rebound, too.
The away side started the second half fast as Silva set up Falcao after a good run, but the Colombia international failed to beat Trapp from inside the area, with Lemar's attempt from the rebound blocked by Adrien Rabiot.
PSG were forced to make a change when Trapp suffered a hamstring injury and made way for Alphonse Areola, who had little trouble collecting a Tiemoue Bakayoko shot from 25 yards out on his first assignment.
Draxler could have won it for PSG when he beat his marker to Layvin Kurzawa's cross from the left with 15 minutes left on the clock, but the Germany international's header went just over the crossbar.
There would be plenty of late drama, though, as referee Frank Schneider pointed to the spot after Draxler went to ground inside the area following a challenge from Djibril Sidibe. Cavani kept his cool from 12 yards, sending Subasic the wrong way to hand PSG the lead.
But Monaco would not give up and Silva beat Areola with a low shot from 20 yards out, via a slight deflection, putting Monaco top and arguably in control of the title race thanks to their astonishing +43 goal difference.
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