RECAP | Flames – Canadiens: Price Win Ties Roy for 2nd on Habs All-time List

Rick Stephens

October 24, 2018

FINAL \| Game 8, Home Game 5 \| Tuesday October 23, 2018 Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
CANADIENS Montreal	3-2	FLAMES Calgary
Carey Price (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)
Lineup Forward lines and defense pairings [one_half]Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Drouin – Domi – Lehkonen Byron – Kotkaniemi – Armia Deslauriers – Peca – Shaw [/one_half] [one_half_last]Benn – Petry Reilly – Juulsen Mete – Ouellet [/one_half_last] Goaltenders Price Niemi Scratches Alzner, Scherbak, Hudon Injuries Weber, Schlemko, Plekanec Game Report The Montreal Canadiens picked up their 5th win of the season on Tuesday night to move into first place in the Eastern conference with 12 points. After the Flames took a 1-0 lead to the dressing room after the first period, the Canadiens came out guns a-blazing in the second. Three goals, two on the power-play, turned the contest in the Habs favor. Montreal decided to put their feet up on the bench and turn the third period over to their Vezina-caliber goaltender (or so it seemed.) Carey Price didn’t disappoint. And like so many contests before, Price carried the team on his shoulders for the final frame. In doing so, Price notched win 289 moving him into second place in franchise history tying with Patrick Roy. #Habs Price doesn’t often look backward, but he did about prospect of tying & passing Patrick Roy for 2nd in franchise Ws: “That’s what I dreamt of when I was a kid — was being like Patrick — and, obviously, to make it this far in my career is definitely something I’m proud of.” — John Lu (@JohnLuTSNMtl) October 19, 2018 Tonight, Price set another Canadiens record moving into first place for minutes played ahead of Jacques Plante. With Price slaying franchise records and on pace to set more this season, it is predictable that the knives have been out for him from certain quarters, heaping all sorts of unfair criticism. Truth is, Price has been solid to spectacular once again this season and is a big reason that the Canadiens are off to another strong start in October. === ▲ Carey Price, Artturi Lehkonen, Max Domi ▼ Phillip Danault, Jordie Benn, Nicolas Deslauriers, Andrew Shaw, Tomas Tatar, Matthew Peca

Statistics
CANADIENS		FLAMES
40	Shots	23
54	Face-offs	46
2-for-5	Power Play	0-for-5
10	Penalty Minutes	10
35	Hits	23
63	Corsi For	54

Scoring

FINAL	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
Canadiens (5-1-2)	0	3	0	–	–	3
Flames (5-4-0)	1	0	1	–	–	2

Scorers	Goalies
MTL: Petry (1)-PPG, Gallagher (5)-PPG, Drouin (3) CGY: Frolik (4), Lindholm (6)	MTL: Price (W) 3-1-2 CGY: Rittich (L) 2-1-0

NHL Three Stars
	Jonathan Drouin MTL Max Domi MTL Jeff Petry MTL

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Post-game Press Conference

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“It was a great night. We went through a little bit of adversity in the third, but I thought it was a great effort by everybody.”

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