Habs beat Rangers 5-1 after Price exits

Bishop stood tall against the Kings, stopping all but one of the 38 shots he faced to help his Bolts to a 2-1 shootout win. Buffalo goalie Linus Ullmark was pulled after allowing three goals on eight shots. Pick: Canadiens 4, Devils 1. 890 save percentage this season.

If there’s one lesson to be learned from this game, it’s that they can not rely on Henrik Lundqvist to bail them out every game, because there will be times like this when teams capitalize on the turnovers and other mistakes that the Rangers make.

After aggravating a lower body injury, which appears to be his left leg, on Wednesday, Carey Price is set to miss at least another week of play for Montreal. The Habs were being prudent, Therrien said. They probably won’t even get to really celebrate turkey day tomorrow, especially considering how frustrated Alain Vigneault must be with the Rangers’ sloppy defensive and neutral zone play from this game.

The Canadiens will now travel to New Jersey to face the Devils on Friday night. We’ll see what the update is on Price later Thursday. Condon started all nine games that Price missed and went 5-2-2 with a 2.39 goals-against average. They beat the Rangers (16-4-2) twice this season by a combined 8-1, although Therrien didn’t apply any meaning to the dominance.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots for the Blue Jackets.

“I think there’s a cause behind what we’re trying to do here”. The short answer: Darn right the Canadiens should be anxious.

Lundqvist kept it a one-goal deficit as he stuck out his right pad to deny Dale Weise at the post, then got a piece of David Desharnais’ open look at 6:28 after Weise collected the puck behind the crease.

Montreal will likely ask the 25-year-old to shoulder the load again until Price returns. He’s learning the game.

Being without Price for this much time a year ago would have been a devastating blow for the Canadiens, but they really haven’t slowed down without him this season which is a testament not only to the play of Condon, but also the play of the entire team.

NOTES: Before the game, Montreal general manager and executive vice president Marc Bergevin was given a multiyear contract extension through the 2021-22 season…. What about the Calgary Flames, with Jonas Hiller on the mend, giving them a surplus of goalies? “It’s still early in the season, so it’s important for us that when he plays he’s got to make sure he’s healthy”.

Dan Rosen of NHL.com reported the injury was the same as the one Price suffered earlier this season. “Obviously, we knew they were going to come out hard in the third and with a big push and we’d have to score early and kind of take the wind out of them”.