{"id":417296,"date":"2026-01-18T11:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417296\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:56:07","slug":"cole-caufield-scores-in-overtime-as-montreal-canadiens-sink-ottawa-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417296\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole Caufield scores in overtime as Montreal Canadiens sink Ottawa Senators"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTTAWA \u2014 Montreal scored three straight goals, including Cole Caufield<\/a>\u2019s second of the game 33 seconds into overtime, to give the Canadiens a 6-5 come-from-behind win over the Ottawa Senators<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The division rival matchup gave fans from both teams plenty to cheer about.<\/p>\n

Trailing 5-3 late in the third period, Montreal pulled goaltender Samuel Montembeault and got within one with 4:40 remaining when Slafkovsky tipped a Lane Hutson<\/a> shot for his second goal of the game. Alexandre Carrier<\/a> tied it 65 seconds later when he beat Leevi Merilainen glove side.<\/p>\n

Jake Sanderson<\/a>, who also had three assists, had given the Senators what appeared to be insurance when he scored his 10th at 7:55 of the third, beating Montembeault short side to give the Senators a 5-3 lead.<\/p>\n

Brady Tkachuk<\/a>, Tim Stutzle, Dylan Cozens<\/a> and David Perron<\/a> also scored for the Senators (22-19-6). Merilainen stopped 13 shots.<\/p>\n

Josh Anderson<\/a> also scored for the Canadiens (27-15-7).<\/p>\n

The Senators started the second period with a two-man advantage. Tkachuk scored his 10th of the season just 42 seconds in. Ottawa tied it 2-2 on an incredible solo effort by Stutzle who dropped it back between his legs and backhanded it upstairs over Montembeault.<\/p>\n

The Canadiens regained the lead when Anderson beat Merilainen blocker side, but Ottawa tied it back up. On the power play Stutzle found Cozens in the slot and he wristed a shot through traffic.<\/p>\n

With 1:36 remaining, Artem Zub<\/a> fired a shot from just inside the blue line and it went off Perron\u2019s skate in the crease to give Ottawa its first lead.<\/p>\n

Montreal took a 2-0 lead after the first.<\/p>\n

The Canadiens opened the scoring on the power play when Caufield found Slafkovsky at the edge of the circle and ripped a shot high glove side.<\/p>\n

Montreal had a goal called back midway through the period but got it back late in the period, on the power play again, when Nick Suzuki<\/a> won a puck battle along the boards and fed Caufield who wristed a shot past Merilainen.<\/p>\n

TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Canadiens: The Canadiens struggled with Ottawa\u2019s pushback in the second but came back late in the third.<\/p>\n

Senators: After falling behind 2-0 in the first the Senators pushed back hard to get back in the game.<\/p>\n

KEY STAT<\/p>\n

Lane Hutson<\/a> passed Henri Richard<\/a> (101) for the most assists by a Canadiens player at age 21 or younger in franchise history.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Canadiens: Host the Minnesota Wild<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Senators: Visit the Detroit Red Wings<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 17, 2026.<\/p>\n

Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 Montreal scored three straight goals, including Cole Caufield\u2019s second of the game 33 seconds into overtime,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-417296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}