When Martin St. Louis took over behind the bench of the Montreal Canadiens, one of the first players to immediately look rejuvenated was Cole Caufield. He scored in St. Louis’s coaching debut and had a goal disallowed as well, before following that up with another goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Then in an overtime win over the St. Louis Blues, the Canadiens blue-chip prospect scored to force overtime, and then closed things with the winning goal to secure two points.
Fast forward to Sunday and Monday this week. Caufield scored on a cold-blooded shootout attempt on Long Island, and tallied three more points against the Leafs in a lopsided win on Monday night.