Jets stun Canadiens with epic rally in 5-4 OT win to snap nine-game losing streak

Cole Caufield scored twice, while Owen Beck and Josh Anderson also found the net as Montreal (9-3-3) lost for the first time in six games. Juraj Slafkovsky added two assists.

Fowler stopped 42 shots.

Bauer scored his first career goal with 2:39 remaining in regulation, and Barron tallied another 42 seconds later to cut the lead to 4-2. Connor then scored on a pair of one-timers with an extra attacker 27 seconds apart to tie the game.

Beck had opened the scoring 3:05 into the game with his first goal of the season, beating Skinner glove-side with a wrist shot after Oliver Kapanen and Arber Xhekaj had their chances thwarted.

Anderson recovered his own dump-in before flicking a backhand shot into the top-right corner to double Montreal’s lead at 18:18 of the first period.

The Jets surrendered a 75-second, two-man advantage early in the second period after Elias Salomonsson and Barron took consecutive penalties for interference.

Caufield made them pay, burying a rebound into the open net after defenceman Noah Dobson uncorked a one-timer from the point to give Montreal a 3-0 lead four minutes into the period.

Caufield made it 4-0 with his 10th goal of the season 46 seconds into the third period, roofing a shot from a tight angle after Scheifele was called for tripping.

TAKEAWAYS

Canadiens: Nick Suzuki missed his sixth consecutive game with a hand injury. The Canadiens captain had played 546 straight regular-season games to begin his NHL career. He appears close to returning after practising without any obvious limitations Monday and Tuesday morning.

Jets: Winnipeg reunited its prolific top line of Scheifele, Connor and Gabriel Vilardi in search of a spark. The Jets piled on the shots and eventually broke Fowler late in the game.

KEY MOMENT

Fowler had a few, including reaching back to rob Cole Perfetti’s backhand on the doorstep late in the third period. But Winnipeg’s comeback was definitely the story of the night.

KEY STAT

On Beck’s opening goal, Arber and Florian Xhekaj became the first pair of brothers to record a point on the same Canadiens goal since Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn on Jan. 17, 2009. Both bruising brothers also fought late in the third period, much to the crowd’s delight.

UP NEXT

Jets: Host the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.

Canadiens: Host the Utah Mammoth on Thursday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 3, 2026.

Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press

by The Canadian Press

Jets stun Canadiens with epic rally in 5-4 OT win to snap nine-game losing streak

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