Cole Caufield becomes first Canadiens player to score 50 goals in a season in 36 years

MONTREAL — Cole Caufield became the first Montreal Canadiens player to score 50 goals in a season in 36 years on Thursday.Caufield is only the seventh player in Canadiens history to reach 50 goals in one season, and the first since Stéphane Richer scored 51 in 1989-90His goal at 6:30 of the second period against the Tampa Bay Lightning gave the Canadiens a 1-0 lead. And it was fittingly set up by captain Nick Suzuki on the rush, as he dished to Caufield on the right wing and his quick wrist shot beat Andrei Vasilevskiy inside the far post, sending the Bell Centre into a frenzy. Caufield had gone three games without goal, and the pressure was starting to mount.Advertisement