In Montreal, the Canadiens made short work of extra time on Saturday night when Cole Caufield scored the winner with 47 seconds gone in the session for a 3-2 win over the visiting Washington Capitals. 
Jake Allen made 31 saves in the Canadiens win.
Montreal took a 2-0 lead into the third period.
Sean Monahan staked the Habs to a 1-0 lead at 18:55 of the first.
Midway through the second period, Brendan Gallagher scored to push the Montreal lead to 2-0.
The Caps rallied on a double by Dylan Strome in the third.
Strome scored at 11:25 to trim the deficit to 2-1.
With two minutes left on the regulation clock, Strome hit for his double to force the extra session.
Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves in the loss for the Caps.
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