The Montreal Canadiens will be without the services of Carey Price for their next two games, Martin St-Louis revealed on Sunday.
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The Habs head coach confirmed the news during a press conference held before the Boston Bruins’ visit to the Bell Centre.
“We are going to give Carey a rest, he justified. He played a lot of games for a guy who didn’t play a lot. He may play the last [partie].»
Price will not accompany the team on their trip to New York on Wednesday, where they will face the Rangers.
The Canadian thus proceeded to the emergency recall of its young goalkeeper Cayden Primeau. He will assist Samuel Montembeault, he who will be the man of confidence between the posts against the “Oursons”.
Primeau defended the cage for the Laval Rocket on Saturday. He stopped 34 of 38 shots aimed at him in a 5-1 loss to the Syracuse Crunch.
This season, with the CH, the American goalkeeper posted a record of 1-7-1, a save percentage of .868 and a goals against average of 4.62.
In addition, the Habs have confirmed that Laurent Dauphin and William Lagesson will be added to the lineup on Sunday. They will replace Ryan Poehling and Chris Wideman.
The Canadiens will pay tribute to Guy Lafleur at the Bell Center before facing the Bruins.
It will be the first home game for the Habs since the passing of the Blond Demon, who lost his battle with lung cancer on Friday. Thus, all team players will wear a crest with the famous number 10 on their jersey. A pre-game ceremony will also take place.
“It’s a very important evening for the organization,” noted St-Louis. There are matches that stick in the memory for certain circumstances. Tonight is one of those games.”
Sainte-Flanelle will certainly seek to feed on this tribute to put an end to a nasty sequence of eight losses. On Saturday, the Ottawa Senators had the upper hand 6-4.
“The evening will be very emotional, chained the head coach. We hope to make Guy and the whole province proud.”
After this duel against the Bruins, the CH will travel to New York to face the Rangers on Wednesday, then will conclude its season on Friday in Montreal against the Florida Panthers.
The Montreal team is guaranteed to finish at best in 31st place in the general classification of the National League. Their 51 points tie them with the Arizona Coyotes, but the tiebreaker currently favors the desert club.
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