The Montreal Canadiens rallied late to secure a 5-4 overtime win against the Utah Mammoth at the Bell Centre on Thursday. Cole Caufield scored 30 seconds into the extra period to clinch the victory for Montreal.
Logan Cooley led the Mammoth with a hat trick, marking his second hat trick in four games. Cooley opened the scoring at 1:42 of the first period following a stretch pass from Mikhail Serghev, and later added a power-play goal at 9:24 of the first period. Cooley completed the hat trick with another power-play goal at 11:05 of the second period. Nick Schmaltz also scored for the Mammoth, and the team holds a 10-6-1 record, going 2-1-1 over the first four games of a six-game road trip.
Nick Suzuki contributed one goal and two assists in his return from an upper-body injury. Suzuki's first goal of the game came at 15:25 of the first period on a cross-ice feed from Juraj Slafkovsky. Adam Engstrom tied the game at 4-4 with 5:06 remaining in the third period. Other Montreal scorers included Kirby Dach and Arber Xhekaj, with Xhekaj tying the game 2-2 at 17:10 of the third period via a slap shot. Dach scored his first goal of the season at 1:09 of the third period following a return from a two-game illness. Sebastian Cossa made 30 saves for Montreal, while Jakub Dobes made 16 saves for the Mammoth.
The Canadiens (10-3-3) have won six of their last seven games. This performance follows a 5-4 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, a game in which Montreal lost a 4-0 lead with 2:39 remaining in the third period, representing the latest four-goal comeback in NHL history.
