Erik Cole recorded two third-period goals as the Montreal Canadiens trounced the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Saturday night. It would be easy to expect a team that's in the cellar of the Eastern Conference to lie down on the road after giving up the first goal of the game against a one of the league's best, but credit the Habs for doing none of that. Blake Geoffrion's first at the end of the second period tied it, then Montreal added three in the third period to run away with it. P.K. Subban, on the power play, notched his seventh. Cole's goals were his 25th of the season. He has a slim chance of topping his career-high of 30 this year. Subban has six points over his last four games.

Erik Cole scored his 23rd goal of the season in a 3-1 loss Saturday. David Desharnais and Max Pacioretty each registered an assist. For Desharnais, it extended his point streak to four games.

Erik Cole scored a goal and registered an assist in a 4-3 shootout defeat Wednesday night. Mathieu Darche and Max Pacioretty accounted for Montreal's other two regulation time goals. P.K. Subban and David Desharnais each registered an assist for the Canadiens.

Right winger Erik Cole scored a goal and added an assist as he and the Montreal Canadiens dropped a 5-4 shootout decision to the Penguins in Pittsburgh Friday night. Cole, the Habs' leading scorer, produced his 18th goal of the season. He has a six-game points streak. Andrei Kostitsyn also had a goal and an assist in the losing cause. It was Kostitsyn's 11th goal of the season. The Habs had 3-1 and 4-2 leads in this one before allowing two goals in the third period and the shootout winner by Evgeni Malkin.

Erik Cole logged 27:04 minutes on Wednesday, which is the most ice time he's ever gotten in a regulation contest. Cole also registered two assists to extend his point streak to four games. He currently leads the Canadiens with 16 goals and is in second place with 29 points in 40 games this season.

Erik Cole netted his 16th goal of the season in a 3-2 loss Saturday night. Cole had nine goals and 13 points in 14 December games. Unfortunately, the Canadiens haven't been able to capitalize on his stellar play and they ended up with just four wins this month. Travis Moen accounted for Montreal's other goal in the losing effort.

The NHL will not suspend Erik Cole for his hit on Adam Larsson. In fact, the league decided it wasn't even necessary to hold a hearing regarding what has been called a head shot. After a slow start, the solid power forward has been playing very well. He has 22 points in 33 games overall.

Erik Cole wishes the crowds in Montreal would boo the home team less often. "Some nights we're in a game that's still to be decided (and) it's not always the most motivating factor to hear the crowd boo you for an extended period of time," Cole said. He went onto say that other teams he played for were aware of this and talked about turning the Montreal crowd against the Canadiens. For that reason, Cole feels "it's important for us to have better starts and gain the momentum." Cole is on a four-game goal scoring streak.

Erik Cole scored his 11th goal of the season in the Canadiens' 5-3 win over the Islanders Tuesday. Cole has arguably been the Canadiens' best player this season and his 11 goals tie him with Max Pacioretty for the team lead. Andrei Kostitsyn, Petteri Nokelainen, Mathieu Darche and Hal Gill also found the back of the net in the Montreal victory.

Erik Cole scored a goal and also registered an assist in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Vancouver Thursday night. Cole has been pretty decent with the Canadiens this season, scoring eight goals and 18 points in 29 games. He has also found excellent chemistry with Max Paccioretty who also added an assist in the loss.