The news
By the Wire Report team.
Per @CanadiensMTL, Adam Engstrom’s first career NHL goal brought the Montreal Canadiens level in the third period, and Cole Caufield’s 11th goal of the season won the game in overtime. Montreal finished with a 5-4 comeback victory Thursday night. The two goals gave the finish its shape: Engstrom kept the game alive, then Caufield ended it.
Engstrom’s goal was a career first, and it arrived with Montreal still needing to erase a deficit. Caufield’s winner completed a five-goal performance for the Canadiens. The account of the game identifies the tying and winning goals, but does not specify when Montreal fell behind or how the earlier goals were scored.
The win came at home and gave Montreal two points in the regular-season standings. Its opponent received one point after the game reached overtime. Those are the immediate standings consequences of a finish decided only after Engstrom had pulled Montreal even.
Prior context
The game was played Thursday, ahead of this Saturday account. It came in the opening month of the 2026-27 campaign, a period in which Caufield’s scoring pace has been central to Montreal’s offense. His overtime goal brought his season total to 11.
Engstrom’s contribution had a different significance: it was his first NHL goal. The available account describes it as a breakthrough from the blue line and a source of secondary scoring for Montreal. It gives no basis for measuring that contribution against a longer run of games, so the significance here rests on the goal itself and the moment in which he scored it.
What it means
Montreal needed both parts of this finish to turn the game into a win. Engstrom’s third-period goal changed the situation from a deficit to a tie; Caufield’s overtime goal turned that tie into a 5-4 result. The sequence matters because the winning goal depended on the Canadiens first getting back on level terms.
Caufield’s goal also adds a concrete marker to the scoring pace that has anchored Montreal’s offense early in the campaign. Eleven goals is his stated season total after the winner. The account supplies no league ranking or comparison with other players, so the clearest measure of his contribution in this game is the decisive overtime goal.
For Engstrom, the goal shows how scoring beyond Caufield helped deliver this particular result. His first NHL goal did not itself win the game, but it created the tied score from which Montreal could do so. The result supports a narrower conclusion than a trend: secondary scoring contributed to this comeback, while its effect on future games remains to be seen.
The standings outcome is similarly specific. Montreal collected two points from the home win, and its opponent collected one for reaching overtime. The victory gives the Canadiens something to build on, but a single comeback does not establish how they will fare in their next game.
What reporters are saying
The reported finish centers on Engstrom’s third-period equalizer and Caufield’s overtime winner, per @CanadiensMTL. The 5-4 comeback and Caufield’s winning goal were also reported, per @TSNHockey. Those reports establish the outcome and the two decisive scoring moments without supplying a fuller account of the earlier scoring.
What to watch next
Montreal has an upcoming weekend matchup, giving the club a chance to carry forward the offense that produced five goals in this win. The account does not identify that opponent or give a result to anticipate. The useful question for the next game is whether Montreal again gets contributions beyond Caufield while he continues his early-season scoring pace.
Both clubs continue their regular-season schedules after Thursday’s overtime result. For the Canadiens, the next game will offer another look at whether the scoring that completed this comeback can carry into a new contest. For now, the recorded outcome is a home win secured by Engstrom’s late tying goal and Caufield’s overtime finish.
Companion to our earlier report: Caufield lifts Canadiens in overtime after Engstrom ties game late.