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The Montreal Canadiens aimed to continue their impressive streak when they arrived in the American capital city for a matchup against the Washington ... to the red-hot Cole Caufield, who scored ...

WASHINGTON — The Washington Capitals did what they could and escaped with a point, but recent struggles were on display again in a tough loss to the Montreal Canadiens. Lars Eller and Jakob Chychrun scored, but Nick Suzuki had the overtime winner in a 3-2 loss.

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.

The Montreal Canadiens are winners of three straight games following an overtime victory over the Washington Capitals ... strong showing from star winger Cole Caufield. Caufield is reaching ...

celebrates after his winning goal during overtime with defenseman Mike Matheson (8), right wing Cole Caufield, right, and right wing Brendan Gallagher (11) in an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington.

As much ink as there's been spilled over Lane Hutson’s offensive acumen, the kid couldn't show any of it off without doing all the stuff he barely gets credit for at the other end of the ice. So, to see it all come together on the game's final play was fitting.

Nick Suzuki scored at 1:15 of overtime to give the surging Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals ... 9-1-0 in their last 10 games. Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson also ...

WASHINGTON (AP) Nick Suzuki scored at 1:15 of overtime to give the surging Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Friday night. Suzuki got to the front and put the puck ...

The Rangers dominated the first part of overtime, including several chances on a power play, before the Avalanche capitalized in the final minute of overtime. Logan O'Connor passed it to MacKinnon above the left circle, MacKinnon sent a pass to Toews in the right circle, and he beat Shesterkin on the short side to win it for Colorado.

Kirby Dach scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Utah Hockey Club 5-3 on Tuesday night. Mike Matheson, Patrik Laine and Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal, which has won eight of its last 10.

This past weekend the NHL released its choices of Montreal Canadiens from the past 25 years to make up the organization’s first and second quarter-century teams.