MONTREAL -- Cole Caufield scored at 3:21 of overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 4-3 win against the San Jose Sharks at Bell Centre on Thursday. Caufield dragged the puck between his legs to get around Macklin Celebrini in the left face-off circle before shooting over Alexandar Georgiev ’s right pad.

MONTREAL -- Cole Caufield scored at 3:21 of overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 4-3 win against the San Jose Sharks at Bell Centre on Thursday. Caufield dragged the puck between his legs to get around Macklin Celebrini in the left face-off circle before shooting over Alexandar Georgiev ’s right pad.

Third periods and overtime have not been kind to the San Jose Sharks all season, and that was the case again Thursday night. After allowing a game-tying goal early in the third period, the Sharks allowed a goal to Cole Caufield at the 3:21 mark of overtime and lost 4-3 to the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre.

MONTREAL — Cole Caufield scored at 3:21 of overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Thursday night for their third straight victory since the 4 Nations Face-Off break.

The Montreal Canadiens will aim to win three games in a row for the fourth time this season on Thursday when they host the San Jose Sharks. The Canadiens won three consecutive games on two occasions in December and once in January.

The Sharks next play the rebuilding Montreal Canadiens on Thursday and the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, the third and fourth legs of a season-long seven-game road trip. Other takeaways ...

Cole Caufield's overtime goal propelled the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 win over the visiting San Jose Sharks on Thursday.

Due to the 4 Nations Face-Off break, the extended time away seemed to do a lot of good for Vanecek, who looked as dialed in as he’s been all year with 10 saves in both the first and second periods and 12 more in the third.

The Sharks know that wins could be hard to come by for the rest of the regular season, particularly after they traded their leading scorer and a top pair defenseman earlier this month. But they ...