MONTREAL -- Cole Caufield had an assist to extend his point streak to nine games, and scored the lone goal in the shootout for the Montreal Canadiens in a 3-2 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Bell Centre on Wednesday.

Caufield, who has the longest active point streak in the NHL, snapped a shot inside the right post on Montreal’s first shot attempt, and Jakub Dobes stopped all three Winnipeg shooters.

Juraj Slafkovsky and Oliver Kapanen scored, and Dobes made 29 saves for the Canadiens (14-9-3), who had lost consecutive games following a three-game winning streak.

Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each had a goal and an assist, and Eric Comrie made 29 saves for the Jets (13-12-1), who are 1-5-1 in their past seven games.

Scheifele gave Winnipeg a 1-0 lead at 18:35 of the first period. H

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