MONTREAL — Cole Caufield finished a dizzying overtime sequence with a highly skilled shot that beat Joey Daccord and stamped a dramatic 5-4 win over the Seattle Kraken in the Montreal Canadiens‘ home opener at Bell Centre on Tuesday.

He had rifled home the goal that made it 2-1 Canadiens in the eighth minute of the second period, too. The puck came to him and was off his stick in a millisecond, uncorked in a way few in the NHL could replicate.

That was 30 minutes of game action before Ivan Demidov produced his second highlight-of-the-night-candidate — a gorgeous move that froze Daccord and tied the game 4-4.

The fifth pick in the 2024 NHL Draft produced his first with a high-speed, pull-up-and-pass play to Alex Newhook for a tap-in that opened the scoring.

Yes, fans in attendance were

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