MONTREAL -- Cole Caufield scored at 3:21 of overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 4-3 win against the San Jose Sharks at Bell Centre on Thursday. Caufield dragged the puck between his legs to get around Macklin Celebrini in the left face-off circle before shooting over Alexandar Georgiev ’s right pad.

After a pretty offensive first period, the Montreal Canadiens earned a 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks in overtime on Thursday night at Bell Centre. It was the team’s third straight win coming out of the 4 Nations Face-Off break.

MONTREAL — Cole Caufield's overtime goal propelled the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 win over the visiting San Jose Sharks on Thursday.

Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach will miss the rest of the season following right knee surgery, the team announced Friday. Dach, 24, is expected to be ready for the start of next season. He tallied 22 points (10 goals,

An underwhelming season and another injury should make it clear that Dach does not check the box of No 2 centre for the Canadiens.

The Montreal Canadiens were briefly in the Eastern Conference’s Stanley Cup Playoff race, but have since lost ground to the top teams. With a little over 20 games remaining in the season, the Canadiens have announced that they will be without a key forward for the remainder of the year.