Caufield scores late, Canadiens beat Flyers 5-4 in SO
MONTREAL (AP) — Cole Caufield scored with three seconds left to force overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 in a shootout Saturday night.
Caufield scored his second goal of the game, beating Carter Hart with a one-timer from the left side with Montreal goalie Jake Allen off for an extra attacker.
"I feel like we've had some practice with that a little bit last year and this year, so it's something we obviously work on in practice and talk about," Caufield said about playing with the extra attacker. "But in those situations, you just have to make reads and hope for the best."
Nick Suzuki had two assists and scored in the shootout for Montreal. Allen stopped 25 shots.
Montreal coach Martin St. Louis matched up against his former Tampa Bay Lightning coach, John Tortorella.
"I support him, he's been a big supporter of mine and it was special to be behind the bench against him tonight," St. Louis said. "I'm sure he's happy about how his team played tonight and like he told me, his team works hard. They're not easy to play against.
"He's probably walking away from this game thinking he deserves a bit more but I don't feel bad about it."
Owen Tippett scored twice for Philadelphia, Travis Sanheim had a goal and an assist and Hart made 28 saves. The Flyers are 0-4-2 in their last six.
"I thought we played hard. I thought we had a ton of good hockey, we just don't know how to manage a game," Tortorella said. "We have so much to learn in momentum. Total panic with the puck when we were trying to end the game."
UP NEXT
Flyers: Host Calgary on Monday night.
Canadiens: Host Buffalo on Tuesday night to finish a two-game homestand.