In Montreal, Carey Price made 31 saves and the Canadiens shut out the visiting Calgary Flames, 2-0, on Monday night.
Price is now third in Montreal record books for shutouts.
Carey Price made 35 saves in shutout win over Flames – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“That’s another pretty cool milestone,” Price said. “I’m just looking forward to the next one.”
Jordan Weal opened the scoring with a first period goal.
“I saw him coming for the wraparound and I just tried to get to the net,” Weal said. “That’s where a lot of things are happening right now, and the coaching staff just brought it to our attention that we just need to get to the net a little more. I saw he was going for the wraparound; he likes that play and he’s got great speed and can make that play, and the puck just popped out to me.”
Ryan Poehling struck for a goal in the third period.
“It was a big reliever for myself, I think, but even more importantly it was perfect timing,” Poehling said. “We had a one-goal game, and I think it was big to extend that and give the guys a breather and kind of play the right way to close out that game.”
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David Rittich made 35 saves in the loss.
“They pushed us in the first two periods and we answered in the third, but it wasn’t enough,” Rittich said. “That streak is [over], but we’ve got an opportunity Thursday to start a new one.”
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