Canadiens Caufield Made History On Thursday Night

While most of the Montreal Canadiens’ offense came from depth players in Thursday night's 5-2 win over the Boston Bruins, one member of the first line got on the boards: Cole Caufield. The American sniper, picked 15th overall in the 2019 draft, found the back of the net for the eighth straight game against the Habs’ divisional rival. That’s an impressive feat on its own, but he’s the first player in Sainte-Flanelle history to do it.

That’s right, no Canadiens player had ever scored in eight consecutive duels against the Bruins before Caufield on November 12, 2026. That’s a first in nearly 102 years. The Habs may be nearly 117 years old, but the Bruins will “only” turn 102 years old on December 1, 2026.

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Caufield now has 14 points in 15 games against Boston, including 12 goals. The sharpshooter is at his best against the Bruins; the only teams he’s scored more goals against are the Ottawa Senators and the Buffalo Sabres, with 13 lamplighters against both. However, he’s faced the Senators 17 times and the Sabres 20 times, giving him more opportunities to find the back of the net.

His least frequent victims? The Los Angeles Kings (a single goal in eight games), the Winnipeg Jets (two goals in 13 games, both in the same game 10 days ago), and Saturday’s visitors at the Bell Centre: the Colorado Avalanche (two goals in eight games). It’s interesting to see he has so few goals against the Jets, even though he played them so many times in 2020-21, when the league realigned its divisions because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Given his knack for finding the back of the net on Saturday night, Mr. Saturday night, as many call him, may add to his total against Colorado. Although the Habs' next visitors are only 11th in the league with 25 points in 20 games, the Canadiens have only won four of their last 10 games against Jared Bednar’s team. They could definitely use some goals from their scoring ace Saturday night, even if the Avs are without Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon, who both exited the game against the Senators on Thursday night. 

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