In Ottawa, Carey Price made 30 saves and the Montreal Canadiens shutout the Senators, 3-0, on Saturday.
Carey Price got the shutout for the Canadiens – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“The guys played really good in front of me,” Price said. “I thought we did a great job of pressuring the puck up ice, and we really didn’t give them much. I was able to make a couple saves, so I think everybody was on point tonight.”
Max Domi scored twice in the opening frame to set the tone.
“I don’t think I have anybody tonight that I can tell you I’m disappointed in,” Montreal coach Claude Julien said. “I think we all played hard, we moved the puck quickly. … We skated well, we put a lot of pressure on them, and our backcheck was good tonight.”
Paul Byron had a single marker for Montreal.
“Take nothing away from [the Canadiens],” Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said. “They forecheck and they work really hard. It’s one of the most competitive teams that we’ve played in a while. They really come at you and then, obviously, they have good goaltending to back it up.”
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Craig Anderson made 34 saves in the loss.
“It was just the way the game flow went,” Anderson said. “They came out flying. Their forecheck was pretty strong, and we weren’t as good with the puck as we normally are back there. They took advantage of it and jumped out to the lead.”
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