Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Two points including winner
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Caufield scored an even-strength goal and added a power-play assist in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Panthers.
After helping to set up Patrik Laine for the game's opening tally early in the first period, Caufield found the back of the net himself later in the frame. The 24-year-old has gotten onto the scoresheet in nine of 10 games since the 4 Nations Face-Off, delivering seven goals and 12 points over that span with 26 shots on net and a plus-9 rating. His efforts have led a charge up the Eastern Conference standings for the Canadiens that has them one point back of the Rangers for the final wild-card spot.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Sends helper Wednesday
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Caufield recorded an assist and went plus-2 in Wednesday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Kraken.
Caufield continues to excel on the Canadiens' top line. The winger set up a Juraj Slafkovsky go-ahead goal in the second period Wednesday, giving Caufield at least one point in eight of his last nine games. In that span, he's earned six goals and four assists. The 24-year-old is up to 32 goals, 27 helpers, 194 shots on net, 52 hits and a plus-4 rating across 65 appearances. He's six points back of matching his career-best 65 from last season, which took him all 82 contests to achieve.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Two-point effort in win
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Caufield recorded a goal and an assist in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Canucks. He also recorded three shots on goal, two hits, a blocked shot and a plus-3 rating.
Caufield has cracked the scoresheet in all but one of his last eight appearances, with the lone one being the 1-0 loss to Calgary on Saturday. The winger has nine points in eight contests, with six goals and three helpers since the regular season resumed following the 4 Nations break. He's already established a new career-high mark in goals with 32 and is on pace to post a new personal best in points as well.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Extends goal, point streaks
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Caufield scored a goal on five shots and added two hits in Thursday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Oilers.
Caufield scored for the fourth game in a row, and he has five tallies and two assists during a six-game point streak. The 24-year-old winger's tally tied this contest at 1-1 in the first period. Caufield is up to 31 goals, 56 points, 184 shots on net, 49 hits and a minus-1 rating over 62 appearances. While he's shooting a career-high 16.8 percent, he's been near that level before in 2022-23 with a 16.5 percent mark. He's also been a little more selective in 2024-25, averaging around three shots per game compared to just under four shots per game in 2023-24, when he shot just 8.9 percent.
Caufield scored a power-play goal on three shots and blocked two shots in Monday's 4-3 overtime win over the Sabres.
Caufield reached the 30-goal mark with the opening tally in this contest. He surged to the milestone mark -- the American winger has four goals and two assists over his last five games. For the season, the 24-year-old is up to 55 points, 179 shots on net, 47 hits, 26 blocked shots and a minus-2 rating. His goal-scoring is fueling a career year, and he's still got time to take a run at the 40-goal mark.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Tallies power-play goal
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Caufield scored a power-play goal in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Sabres.
Caufield's tally was the first of five goals scored in the second period. The 24-year-old winger's performance Saturday raised his season totals to 29 goals, 54 points and 176 shots on net in 60 games this season. His goal Saturday helped him set a new career high in goals, passing last season's total of 28. Not playing in the 4 Nations Face-Off has paid dividends for the 2019 first-rounder, as he has scored three goals in four games since NHL action resumed. With 22 games left this season, Caufield is set to challenge the 70-point mark for the first time in his career and is an exciting player to watch in the future of fantasy hockey.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Two points including OT winner
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Caufield scored the game-winning goal in overtime and added an assist in Thursday's 4-3 victory over the Sharks.
It was Caufield's fifth game-winner of the season, and the tally gave him 28 goals on the campaign, tying his career high. The 24-year-old winger has gotten onto the scoresheet in all three games since the 4 Nations Face-Off, and on the season, he's accumulated 53 points over 59 appearances, putting him on pace to reach 70 points for the first time.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Finds twine early Saturday
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Caufield scored a goal on two shots in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Senators.
Caufield has gone eight games without a multi-point effort. He was still able to make an early impact, giving the Canadiens a 2-0 lead at 4:28 of the first period. Caufield is up to 27 goals -- one shy of his career high -- and 50 points while adding 173 shots on net, 43 hits and a minus-3 rating over 57 appearances. He's well on his way to a career year, which could see him push for the 40-goal and 75-point marks if he finishes strong.
Caufield notched an assist and two shots on goal in Wednesday's 6-3 loss to the Kings.
Caufield has two goals and three helpers over his last six outings. The 24-year-old winger continues to impress in a top-line role. He's now at 49 points, 163 shots on net and a minus-2 rating over 54 appearances. Caufield has earned 12 of his points on the power play. He's on track to top the 30-goal and 70-point marks for the first time in his career.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Finds twine on power play
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Caufield scored a power-play goal in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Sharks.
Caufield is rapidly closing in on his career high in goals, which he set by scoring 28 times in 2023-24. His goal Tuesday was his 26th of 2024-25, eight of which have come on the power play. The star winger has 48 points (12 on the power play), 161 shots on net, 42 hits and a minus-1 rating over 53 appearances in a top-line role this season.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Records goal, assist Saturday
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Caufield had a goal and an assist in Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Devils.
Caufield snapped a two-game pointless drought with this two-point effort Saturday, and the 24-year-old also ended a five-game goal drought when he found the back of the net in the latter stages of the second period. Caufield has been productive of late despite the lack of consistency and has managed to record 12 points (six goals, six assists) in 12 January games.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Provides helper in overtime win
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Caufield notched an assist and two shots on goal in Sunday's 5-4 overtime win over the Rangers.
Caufield found Juraj Slafkovsky in the third period for the Canadiens' fourth equalizer of the contest. Over nine outings in January, Caufield has racked up five goals and five assists, and only one of those points has come on the power play. The 24-year-old winger is up to 24 goals, 20 helpers, 11 power-play points, 142 shots on net, 35 hits and an even plus-minus rating through 46 outings overall.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Hits scoresheet in win
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Caufield had an assist, two shots on net and one block in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Stars.
Caufield's pretty pass from behind the goal line set up Juraj Slafkovsky, who had a wide open net to tie the game at 1-1, just 47 seconds after Dallas took the lead. Caufield has been rolling with 13 points over the last 11 outings and has not gone more than one game without a point since Nov. 11, a stretch of 29 games.
Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Keeps rolling with two points
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Caufield scored a goal on three shots, added an assist and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 5-3 win over Utah.
Caufield has scored in seven of his last nine games while adding three assists in that span. More recently, he has three multi-point efforts over his last four contests. The 24-year-old winger was excellent throughout the first half of the campaign and is showing no signs of slowing down. He's at 24 goals -- four off his career high -- while adding 18 assists, 128 shots on net, 35 hits, 14 PIM and an even plus-minus rating over 43 appearances. This is likely to be a career year for Caufield as long as he stays healthy.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Scores in fifth straight
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Caufield scored a goal on six shots, assisted on a goal and blocked one shot in Friday's 3-2 overtime win over Washington.
January is not a dry month for Caufield, who's scored in five straight contests, including four since New Year's Day. The Capitals left him open at the corner of the net, and Caufield pocketed a feed from Juraj Slafkovsky to tie the game at 1-1 early in the second period. He later assisted on Nick Suzuki's OT winner. The top-line forward is up to 23 goals and 17 assists through 41 outings.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Two points against Vancouver
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Caufield scored an even-strength goal and added a power-play assist in Monday's 5-4 overtime win over the Canucks.
The 24-year-old wasted little time extending his goal streak to four games, as Caufield snapped a shot past Kevin Lankinen from the slot just 67 seconds into the first period. Caufield hasn't gone back-to-back games without getting onto the scoresheet since early November, an impressive run of consistency, and he's racked up five goals and 13 points over the last 12 contests. He already has 22 goals through 40 appearances on the season, leaving him just six tallies shy of reaching the career-best 28 he scored in 2023-24.
Caufield scored a goal on three shots and had two PIM in Saturday's 2-1 shootout win over the Avalanche.
Caufield finished a 2-on-1 break to tie the game with 6:35 left in the third period. He also tallied during the shootout. The game-tying goal was the fourth in the last five outings for Caufield, who rediscovered his scoring touch during Montreal's road trip after a seven-game stretch without a marker. He leads the Canadiens with 21 goals (18.4 shooting percentage).
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Scores vs. Chicago
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Caufield scored a goal on seven shots in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Blackhawks.
Caufield has been playing at a high level recently and found the back of the net for the third time across his last four outings. Furthermore, he's cracked the scoresheet in all but two of his past 10 games, tallying 10 points (three goals, seven helpers) in that stretch.
