It’s been a familiar sight for the Montreal Canadiens this season and Tuesday night was no different.

The Nick Suzuki – Cole Caufield connection was at the forefront of the Habs attack once again as Montreal held off a furious third-period rally from the Seattle Kraken to earn a 4-3 overtime win.

Caufield was the hero against Seattle once again, as he scored the OT winner for the second time in as many matchups against the Kraken this season. With a pair of tallies on Tuesday night, the 24-year-old winger is up to nine goals in 11 games and is tied with Nathan MacKinnon and Jack Hughes for the league lead.

Caufield also set a franchise record Tuesday in Seattle, scoring his 11th career overtime goal, passing Howie Morenz and Max Pacioretty for the most in Canadiens’ history.

“Hockey happens fast, and I saw a hole there, and luckily it went in. I [made it look] like I was going behind the net, and I just stopped up. I’ve never played goalie before, but that can’t be too easy to grab the post there. So, I just made a read,” Caufield said of his overtime winner.

The Mosinee, Wisconsin native scored a career-high 37 goals last season and is on pace to shatter that mark with his hot start.

Not to be outdone by his linemate, Suzuki is also racking up points at a torrid pace. The 26-year-old has two goals and leads the NHL with 14 assists. His 16 points are tied for the fourth-most in the league, trailing only Jack Eichel (19), Nick Schmaltz (17), and MacKinnon (17).

The Habs’ captain had three assists against the Kraken, as he also assisted on Caufield’s first goal of the evening, and Juraj Slafkovsky’s power play marker in the first period. Suzuki’s point streak has now reached 10 games, the longest of his career.

Since the Four Nations break last season, Suzuki has 53 points in 37 games and continues to make a strong case to make Team Canada at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

“Our collective game’s helping me out a lot,” Suzuki said on Tuesday. “Playing, obviously, with Cole and ‘Slaf,’ and we’ve got a lot of chemistry. We’re a dangerous offensive line, and the power play’s been working a lot better recently, so that’s helped a lot.”

Slafkovsky, the third member of the team’s first line, has gotten off to a strong start in his fourth NHL season. The 21-year-old is second on the team with five goals as he looks to shake off the slow starts that plagued him the past two seasons.

The strong play of the Canadiens’ top line propelled the team to a 3-1 record on their four-game Western road trip and they now sit atop the Atlantic Division with an 8-3-0 record.

“It’s a good road trip, not only for me, but we got six out of eight points going out west,” Slafkovsky said. “That’s always good, so yeah, we’re all happy and can’t wait to go home.”

The Canadiens will now head back East to play six of their next season games at the Bell Centre, starting on Saturday against the Ottawa Senators.