BOSTON (AP) — Carey Price knew he had a lot of help in front of him and was more than willing to credit them.Price stopped 33 shots for his
first shutout of the season
Philadelphia Flyers T-Shirts Womens , collecting his 290th career win with Montreal to move into second place in team history in the Canadiens’ 3-0 win over the Boston
Bruins on Saturday night.“Shutouts should be a team stat, really,” he said.
“Everybody did an excellent job on defense tonight.”Price moved ahead of Hall of
Famer Patrick Roy and is now only behind Jacques Plante — another Hall of Famer
— who collected 314 victories with the Canadiens.Brendan Gallagher and Max Domi
scored 1:21 apart midway into the first period and Price took over from
there.“We did what we had to do in the third period to protect the lead and get
the win,” said Canadiens coach Claude Julien, who coached Boston’s 2011 Stanley
Cup-winning team.The Canadiens snapped a six-game losing streak against the
Bruins, with the last victory coming at home on November 8, 2016. It was Price’s
41st career shutout.“It’s always nice to get that,” he said of the shutout. “A
little bit of icing on the cake.”The Bruins lost for the first time at home this
season after winning their first four – all in regulation. They were the last
NHL team to lose at home. Tuukka Rask made 20 saves.Gallagher gave the Canadiens
a 1-0 lead 9:18 into the game when he beat Rask on a tough-angle shot. The
winger fired a wrister from the right circle that slipped into the net between
Rask’s left arm and the post.During a delayed penalty, Domi’s hustle led to his
goal that made it 2-0 at 10:39. Artturi Lehkonen was hooked breaking in alone
and the puck slid behind the net where it collected it and sent it out front.
Domi charged in
Philadelphia Flyers Hoodies Womens , got the puck and shifted Rask out of position before firing it into the net under the cross bar.The game lacked any real
intensity in the first meeting of the season between the longtime rivals; mainly
because Montreal dominated defensively, limiting Boston’s chances with tight
defense.“There’s a lot of things that we didn’t do,” Boston’s Patrice Bergeron
said. “Obviously, he’s a great goalie, but I don’t think his job was very hard
tonight.”The Bruins pulled Rask with just under three minutes to play for an
extra skater, and even that didn’t get them any good scoring chances before
Jordie Benn banked home any empty-netter with 29 seconds left.Boston’s Ryan
Donato had a goal waved off early in the second period after a coach’s
challenge.
