Nashville Predators at Montreal Canadiens

· National Hockey League

Nashville Predators

2-1-2

Final
2 - 3

Montreal Canadiens

4-1-0

Caufield scores tying and winning goals in the Canadiens' 3-2 OT victory over the Predators

Cole Caufield plays hero for Canadiens in overtime thriller

Caufield scored in overtime for the second straight game. On Tuesday night, he also scored in regulation and overtime against Seattle. He has five goals this season.

Rookie Oliver Kapanen also scored to help Montreal win its fourth straight game. Backup netminder Jakub Dobes stopped 17 shots in his second start of the year.

Steven Stamkos and Nick Perbix scored for Nashville. Juuse Saros made 27 saves.

Montreal improved to 12-0-2 in its last 14 regular-season games at the Bell Centre. The Canadiens haven’t lost a regulation game on home ice since Feb. 9.

Up next Predators: At Winnipeg on Saturday night.

Canadiens: Host the New York Rangers on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

MTL leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	2nd Period 11:36	Steven Stamkos Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Roman Josi (3), Luke Evangelista (3)
Goal	3rd Period 6:02	Oliver Kapanen Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (3), Kaiden Guhle (1)
Goal	3rd Period 11:21	Nick Perbix Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Michael McCarron (1)
Goal	3rd Period 19:40	Cole Caufield Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (4)
Goal	4th Period 4:57	Cole Caufield Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (7), Mike Matheson (3)

Statistics

NSH		MTL
12	Blocked Shots	17
16	Hits	13
4	Takeaways	5
19	Shots	30
1	Power Play Goals	0
2	Power Play Opportunities	3
50.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
26	Faceoffs Won	21
55.3	Faceoff Win Percent	44.7
16	Giveaways	12
3	Total Penalties	2
6	Penalty Minutes	4