ManitobaCole Caufield scored the shootout winner after a frantic overtime period as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 in a back-and-forth game on Wednesday night.Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele score in 3-2 loss to Montreal CanadiensDaniel Rainbird · The Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 03, 2025 11:20 PM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes celebrates after making the game-winning save against Winnipeg Jets forward Gabriel Vilardi to secure a 3-2 shootout victory on Wednesday night. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press)Cole Caufield scored the shootout winner after a frantic overtime period as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 in a back-and-forth game on Wednesday night.Juraj Slafkovsky and Oliver Kapanen had goals in regulation as Montreal (14-9-3) snapped a two-game skid, including a 5-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.Jakub Dobes stopped 29 shots and all three shootout attempts.Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist each for Winnipeg (13-12-1), which lost for the sixth time in seven games at the end of a five-game road trip.Eric Comrie made 29 saves — including multiple desperation stops — for the Jets after being pulled in Monday’s 5-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.Winnipeg Jets captain Adam Lowry hits Montreal Canadiens defenceman Alexandre Carrier during first-period NHL action in Montreal on Wednesday. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press)Scheifele opened the scoring with 1:25 remaining in the first period, firing a shot past Dobes glove side after Connor chased down the puck and set him up in the slot.Slafkovsky finished off a tic-tac-toe play with Caufield and Nick Suzuki on the power play to even the score midway through the second period.Winnipeg and Montreal then traded goals. Connor’s top-corner wrist shot ended a hectic offensive sequence that featured a broken Montreal stick and a lengthy puck battle outside Dobes’ crease, then Ivan Demidov set up fellow rookie Kapanen to tie again with six minutes left in the period.TakeawaysJets: Comrie was solid in his fifth start since Connor Hellebuyck’s minor knee surgery on Nov. 22. Winnipeg welcomed back defenceman Neal Pionk, who missed four games with a lower-body injury.Canadiens: A strong night from Demidov. The 19-year-old Russian set up Kapanen with a slick pass, pushing his season total to 20 points in 26 games, and looked dangerous with the puck on his stick much of the night.The Canadiens honoured longtime defenceman Andrei Markov with a pre-game tribute. The Bell Centre crowd serenaded Markov with a more than two-minute ovation — and a chorus of “Ole, Ole” chants — before the soft-spoken Russian made a speech. Markov played all 16 of his NHL seasons in Montreal.
Cole Caufield’s shootout winner sends Winnipeg Jets to 6th loss in 7 games
