Cole Caufield and the Montreal Canadiens have responded to their season-opening loss with a flourish.

Fresh off capping his two-goal performance by scoring in overtime, Caufield will look to continue to heat up on Thursday when the Canadiens host the Nashville Predators.

Caufield scored from a sharp angle at 3:25 of overtime for his second goal of the game in Tuesday's 5-4 home victory over the Seattle Kraken. His team high-tying third goal of the season came after a nifty feed from defenseman Lane Hutson, who skated in his first game since signing an eight-year, $70.8 million contract extension.

"That's why he's Lane. I mean, there's really no other words," Caufield said of Hutson's play on the scoring sequence. "His ability to create like nobody else is pretty special, and you've alwa

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