Cole Caufield scores twice to lead Canadiens over Sabres 7-5 [Video]

Cole Caufield scored twice, including the game-winner, to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 7-5 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Monday.

The win snapped a six-game losing streak for the Canadiens and ended a three-game winning streak for the Sabres.

Caufield’s two goals put him at a league-leading 12 for the season.

His second was a power-play goal with 7:02 left in the third period, putting the Canadiens ahead to stay.

Buffalo leading-scorer Tage Thompson and defenceman Mattias Samuelsson exited the game with lower-body injuries and did not return.

Rasmus Dahlin and Dylan Cozens each had a goal and an assist for Buffalo.

Thompson, Peyton Krebs and JJ Peterka also scored for the Sabres.

Nick Suzuki scored twice and had an assist, and Juraj Slafkovsky had three assists for Montreal.

Josh Anderson, Christian Dvorak and Emil Heineman also scored.

Takeaways

Sabres: Thompson scored for the fourth straight game.

Only three Sabres in the past 25 years have had longer streaks: …