Lane Hutson had a goal and an assist, Phillip Danault and Alexandre Carrier scored, while Ivan Demidov had two assists and Jakub Dobes made 16 saves for Montreal (28-15-7), which has won consecutive games.
Vladimir Tarasenko had two power-play goals, Brock Faber also scored, and Jesper Wallstedt made 29 saves for Minnesota (28-14-9), which had won consecutive games, including 6-3 at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.
Caufield gave Montreal its third and final lead when he one-timed a pass from Nick Suzuki past Wallstedt’s glove from the top of the right face-off circle to make it 4-3 at 19:45 of the third period.
Tarasenko gave Minnesota a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 10:44 of the first period. He got the pass from Mats Zuccarello and snapped it past Dobes stick side from the top of the right face-off circle.
Danault tied it 1-1 at 15:22, when he batted a rebound of Kaiden Guhle’s point shot between Wallstedt’s pads for his first goal in 52 games, including his previous 13 games for Montreal since he was acquired in a trade with Los Angeles on Dec. 19. Danault last scored on March 30, 2025 as a member of the Kings.
Carrier put Montreal up 2-1 at 19:08 when he tipped the puck past Wallstedt stick side after crossing through the lane of Mike Matheson’s shot from the point. It was his fourth goal in five games.
Faber evened it at 2-2 at 10:16. He tipped Vinnie Hinostroza’s shot from the left point past Dobes after it was first deflected by Kirill Kaprizov.
Hutson made it 3-2 at 12:35 when he scored on a one-timer from low in the right face-off circle on a pass from Demidov.
Minnesota had a 5-on-3 advantage for 44 seconds after Matheson was called for tripping at 8:11 of the third with Hutson already in the penalty box for hooking.
Tarasenko tied it 3-3 at 12:40 with his second power-play goal of the game, scoring from the right side of the net seven seconds after Hutson’s penalty expired.
Canadiens forward Kirby Dach played his first game since he broke his foot on Nov. 15.
