Immediately after being named the Rookie of the Month in March, Cole Caufield began April on a four-game goal-scoring streak. On Saturday night, he not took the team lead in goals, but added one more to complete his first NHL hat trick. All told he scored nine times in the 14 games played, which projects to about a 53-goal pace over a six-month regular season.
Cole Caufield (22-20—42) finishing his rookie season strong.
Only two @CanadiensMTL rookies in the past 30 years had more goals in a campaign: Michael Ryder (25 in 2003-04) and Chris Higgins (23 in 2005-06).