Cole Caufield scored with two seconds left in overtime after tying it with 19.5 to go in regulation, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night

The Canadiens have achieved the start they desired through five games, but that is less about their record than it is how they got there.

The Canadiens should bet on this early-season heater by adding a defenseman like Rasmus Andersson before the NHL trade deadline.

Canadiens' Cole Caufield breaks NHL record that had been set by Senators' Frank Finnigan from 1923-37 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Before Cole Caufield came around, this NHL record had stood for nearly a century.

With the Canadiens, his bare face was split open on Nov. 1, 1959, by a shot from Rangers’ Andy Bathgate. While he was stitched in the Madison Square Garden clinic, the game paused, Plante told Canadiens coach Toe Blake that he’d return only if he wore the fiberglass mask he’d been experimenting with in practice.

Coming off a late surge to reach the playoffs last spring, the Montreal Canadiens entered this season looking to take a step forward with their young core.

Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes were signed to contract extensions Tuesday morning, and their work was endorsed by their fans Tuesday night.

MONTREAL -- Cole Caufield scored his second goal of the game with three seconds left in overtime, and the Montreal Canadiens rallied for a 3-2 victory against the Nashville Predators at Bell Centre on Thursday. Caufield won it with a one-timer from between the circles off a backhand pass from Nick Suzuki.

Some Oilers fans wonder if their club might poach a star from a struggling team. Meanwhile, some Canadiens fans ponder the futures of Brendan Gallagher and Jayden Struble.