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Cole Caufield and Jakub Dobes took matters into their own hands Saturday night to help the Canadiens sweep the Sabres in a critical win for the standings.
With this 4–2 victory, Martin St-Louis’s group officially moves ahead of Buffalo in the Atlantic Division with a total of 69 points.
Jakub Dobes is simply on fire these days in front of his net.
The Czech goaltender stopped 36 shots, a season high for the 5th-round pick in the 2020 draft.
He had to come up big often, especially when the defense showed some obvious breakdowns in the second period.
Dobes has now won his last six starts in goal for Montreal.
His 8-0-1 record over his last nine appearances is worthy of an unquestioned number-one goaltender in today’s NHL.
Cole Caufield and Jakub Dobes lead the Canadiens on the ice and in the locker room
An incredible moment caught everyone’s attention after the win, when Nick Suzuki handed the wolf head to Cole Caufield, calling him Mr. Saturday Night in front of the entire locker room.
Caufield’s response in the locker room had everyone bursting out laughing after the game.
“We only get one Saturday night a week.”
– Cole Caufield
You can finally feel that this team has a knife between its teeth and refuses to lose an important game.
On the other side of the rink, Cole Caufield once again proved that he loves playing on Saturday nights.
The sharpshooter scored two goals to bring his total to 32 this season.
Only Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid are doing better than him across the entire league right now.
It’s unbelievable to watch him produce with such consistency night after night.
By scoring on a pass from Nick Suzuki, the 2022 first overall pick surpassed the legend Henri Richard.
He now has 63 goals before the age of 22, sitting alone in second place in franchise history.
The contribution of the “new” veterans was also felt when it mattered most.
Noah Dobson delivered an incredible pass to Caufield for the tying goal in the third period.
That vision completely changes the Canadiens’ offensive dynamic from the blue line.
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