Canadiens’ Cole Caufield reaches Montreal milestone not done since 1980
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Cole Caufield used the Madison Square Garden stage on Thursday night to make some Montreal Canadiens history.
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He’s been good on the road all year, and that continued with a historic goal against the New York Rangers.
Caufield’s final tally at MSG marked his 25th road goal of the season.
According to Sportsnet, he’s the first Canadiens player to reach 25 road goals in a campaign since Guy Lafleur in 1979-80.
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Caufield is a 25-year old American who is having a massive campaign. Through 74 goals, he has 49 goals and 34 assists for 83 points.
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And yep, his next goal will be 50, an amazing milestone.
Caufield scored two goals against the Rangers, and in each of the three games before that he had a goal, too. He has raised his goal total in each season of his NHL career — 4 to 23 to 26 to 28 to 37 to 49.
Joining the company of Lafleur is pretty cool, too. Lafleur was the No. 1 overall pick in 1971 and made it to the Hall of Fame after winning five Stanley Cups.
Caufield would certainly take a career that looks like that one. For now, he’ll settle for matching a little bit of history.
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