MONTREAL (AP) — Cole Caufield is the first Montreal Canadiens player to score 50 goals in a season in greater than three a long time.
Caufield scored his fiftieth in opposition to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night time to hit the mark final reached by Stephane Richer in 1990, 35 seasons in the past.
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“Whenever he has a chance to shoot it, there’s a high chance it’s going in,” captain Nick Suzuki mentioned final week. “He’s just playing the right way, doing the right things and he’s getting rewarded for it.”
The 25-year-old from Wisconsin is the seventh player in franchise historical past to score 50 goals. Guy LaFleur did it six instances, Richer twice and Maurice (*50*), Steve Shutt, Bernie Geoffrion and Pierre Larouche as soon as every.
Caufield is true there with Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon in the NHL goal-scoring race for the Maurice “Rocket” (*50*) Trophy. His 86 factors in his first 77 video games had been already 16 away from his earlier profession excessive, and his play helps Montreal cruise into the playoffs.
“We’re focused on our team game and winning games, and I think individual stuff comes with that,” Caufield mentioned, echoing a chorus from coach Martin St Louis, a Hall of Fame player. “But doing the right things, you get more chances and opportunities.”
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