Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Lights lamp twice in loss
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Caufield scored two goals on five shots on net, adding a block and a hit in Sunday's 6-3 loss to Boston.
Caufield found the back of the net for a third straight game. An Arber Xhekaj shot caromed in off Caufield's leg, and the winger later snuck a shot through Jeremy Swayman's legs to cut the deficit to 5-3. The two goals increased Caufield's season total to 16 (tied for third in NHL) through 24 outings.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Scores in loss
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Caufield scored a goal on three shots and assisted on another in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Rangers. He also blocked a shot.
Caufield controlled a loose puck off the boards and beat Jonathan Quick five-hole from a severe angle. The tally was the 14th of the season for Caufield, who leads Montreal in that category and is tied for sixth in the NHL.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Tallies on power play
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Caufield scored a power-play goal, had five shots on net and recorded two hits in Wednesday's 4-3 overtime win in Columbus.
Caufield raced to the Columbus end after Juraj Slafkovsky forced a turnover and led Caufield to a breakaway for the Canadiens' second goal of the game. He beat Elvis Merzlikins low to the stick side. It was the first goal in six games for Caufield and seventh overall on the power play. He leads Montreal with 13 goals through 22 outings, a far quicker pace than last season when he needed 43 games to reach that many tallies.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Garners assist Tuesday
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Caufield produced an assist and three shots on goal in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime loss to Utah.
Caufield set up a Jayden Struble tally in the second period. It's been a little bit of a quiet stretch for Caufield -- he has two goals and four helpers over his last 10 contests, which followed a run of six goals over six games to close out October. The 23-year-old winger is still one of the most dynamic talents in Montreal's lineup, and he ranks second on the team with 17 points (12 goals, five helpers) to go with 50 shots on net and a minus-5 rating through 21 appearances this season.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Helps out in win
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Caufield recorded an assist, one shot on net, one blocked shot and one hit in Monday's 3-0 win over the Oilers.
Caufield did the heavy lifting to set up Montreal's second goal. His hip check dislodged a puck in the Edmonton end and led to a quick, in-tight passing sequence that resulted in a Kaiden Guhle tally. Since moving to the second line four games ago, Caufield has two goals and three assists, pushing his point total to 16 through 19 outings.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Two helpers against Jackets
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Caufield picked up two assists, one on the power play, in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Blue Jackets.
It's the second time in three games that Caufield has produced multiple points, although those are his only points so far in November through seven contests. The 23-year-old has only three helpers in 18 appearances this season, but his 12 goals put him on pace to shatter the career-high 28 he pocketed in 2023-24.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Nets two power-play goals Monday
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Caufield scored a pair of power-play goals in Monday's 7-5 win over the Sabres.
Caufield's 11th goal of 2024-25 ended his four-game scoring drought, and his second in Monday's game held up as the game-winner. Caufield has a league-leading 12 goals this campaign. He has added one assist and 41 shots on net through 16 outings.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Scores 10th goal of season
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Caufield scored a power-play goal and had two shots on net in Thursday's 6-3 loss to Washington.
Caufield, who recorded his fourth man-advantage tally, wristed a laser past Charlie Lindgren to tie the game at one goal per side. It was the 10th goal of the season for Caufield, who kept pace with New Jersey's Nico Hischier atop the NHL's goal leaders. Caufield has goals in four straight games and six over his last six outings.
Caufield scored a goal on four shots in Tuesday's 8-2 loss to Seattle.
Caufield banged a rebound home for Montreal's first goal, which briefly stemmed the onslaught by the Kraken. The tally was Caufield's ninth of the season, leaving him tied with New Jersey's Nico Hischier for tops in the NHL. Caufield has scored in three straight games and seven of 10 thus far.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Nets power-play goal in win
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Caufield scored a power-play goal on four shots in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Flyers.
Caufield scored for the second game in a row and the fourth time in his last four outings. The winger is up to eight goals this season, second in the league only to Nico Hischier (nine goals), who has played three more games. Caufield is at nine points, 26 shots on net, seven hits and an even plus-minus rating while filling a top-line role. His career high in tallies is 28 from last season, but he's setting himself up to smash that mark in 2024-25.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Tallies in win
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Caufield scored a goal on one shot and had one hit in Saturday's 5-2 win over St. Louis.
Caufield entered the neutral zone with speed and took advantage of a large gap given to him by St. Louis defender Philip Broberg. Caufield's laser beat Jordan Binnington to the far side for the forward's seventh tally on 22 shots (31.8 shooting percentage) this season.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Lights lamp twice in shootout loss
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Caufield scored two goals, one on the power play, in Saturday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Islanders.
The 23-year-old winger earned the Canadiens a point with his tying tally late in the third period, but Caufield couldn't solve Semyon Varlamov in the shootout. Caufield is off to a blistering start this season. racking up six goals and seven points in six games, and he seems headed for a breakout after posting a career-high 28 goals and 65 points in 2023-24.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Records helper in loss
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Caufield had an assist, three shots on goal, one block and one hit in Thursday's 4-1 loss to Los Angeles.
Caufield logged his first assist of the season, picking up the primary helper on Justin Barron's first-period goal. Caufield has four goals and an assist through his first five appearances of the season.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Snipes twice in win
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Caufield scored two goals on three shots and blocked one shot in Saturday's 4-1 win over Ottawa.
Caufield scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal from the left wing circle in the first period and later finished the scoring cleaning up a rebound of a Nick Suzuki breakaway bid. It was the fourth tally in three games for Caufield, who's scored 12 goals over the last 12 games dating back to April.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Strikes again
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Caufield scored a goal on three shots and picked up two penalty minutes in Thursday's 6-4 loss to Boston.
Caufield scored his second goal in as many games when he found an unattended spot near the goal and finished a feed from Kaiden Guhle. Montreal's shot leader (314) in 2023-24 has seven SOG through two games and should see ample shooting opportunities while skating on the top line and first power-play unit.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Pots only goal in Wednesday's win
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Caufield scored the game-winning goal on the power play in Wednesday's 1-0 win over the Maple Leafs.
The 23-year-old wired a one-timer past Anthony Stolarz midway through the first period, and it was all the offense Sam Montembeault would end up needing. Caufield played a full 82-game schedule for the first time in 2023-24, but a decline in his shooting to 8.9 percent meant he only managed 28 goals, still a career high. More puck luck in 2024-25 should lead to Caufield's first 30-goal campaign, and he has the talent to reach an even higher plateau.
