MONTREAL – Cole Caufield scored the winner with 15 seconds remaining to elevate the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night time.
Caufield took a go from Nick Suzuki and fired a shot from the highest of the fitting circle for his twenty fifth of the season.
Phillip Danault — together with his first of the season — Alexandre Provider and Lane Hutson additionally scored for Montreal (28-15-7).
Rookie winger Ivan Demidov supplied two assists and Jakub Dobes made 16 saves on the Bell Centre.
Vladimir Tarasenko replied with two targets, with Brock Faber offering the remainder of the offence for Minnesota (28-14-9), which beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Monday.
Jesper Wallstedt stopped 29 pictures.
Tarasenko opened the scoring with a power-play purpose at 10:44 of the primary interval, beating Dobes on Minnesota’s second shot with a one-timer.
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Danault jammed in a rebound to interrupt his purpose drought and tie the sport at 15:22. The Bell Centre unleashed a roar for the veteran centre, who rejoined the Canadiens through commerce from the Los Angeles Kings on Dec. 19.
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Provider doubled the lead with 52 seconds remaining within the opening interval, redirecting Mike Matheson’s level shot after carrying the puck into Minnesota’s zone.
Faber equalized with a wrist shot from the purpose that trickled underneath Dobes’ left pad at 10:16 within the second, however Montreal regained the lead when Hutson hammered residence a Demidov go from a pointy angle at 12:35.
Penalties to Hutson and Matheson put the Wild on a 5-on-3 energy play with 8:11 remaining in regulation, and Tarasenko transformed his second of the sport moments after Hutson exited the field to make it a 5-on-4.
TAKEAWAYS
Canadiens: Kirby Dach returned to the lineup for the primary time since breaking his foot from blocking a shot on Nov. 15, skating on Montreal’s high line with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield. Winger Alexandre Texier missed the sport with a lower-body damage.
Wild: Performed with out 5 regulars — forwards Marcus Johansson, Joel Eriksson Ek and Matt Boldy, and defencemen Jonas Brodin and Zach Bogosian. The Wild confirmed fatigue on the second night time of a back-to-back. The Canadiens, who’d final performed Saturday, dominated the shot depend 15-2 within the first interval.
KEY MOMENT
Demidov held the puck within the slot whereas followers yelled “shoot!” earlier than fooling the Wild and discovering Hutson open close to the purpose line to make it 3-2. The followers adopted with “Olé, Olé” chants after the slick play.
KEY STAT
The Canadiens beat the Wild for the primary time since Oct. 17, 2019, ending a nine-game streak. Nick Suzuki, now Montreal’s captain, scored his first NHL purpose that night time and Carey Value posted a 17-save shutout in a 4-0 win.
UP NEXT
Wild: Host the Detroit Purple Wings on Thursday.
Canadiens: Host the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 20, 2026.
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