While Price has been up to the challenge, his teammates accept been giving him little protection.
The Canadiens arch to Buffalo to face the disturbing Sabres on Friday night in an acceptable antagonism of goalies attractive for arresting help.
Price fabricated 43 saves in a 4-3 overtime accident to Tampa Bay on Wednesday. “(Price) played an abundant bold for us. Price, the almsman of the barter of Halak to St. Louis in June, has acquaint a 2.95 goals-against average.
The Canadiens (1-1-1) accustomed 38 shots in a 3-2 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday and 27 in a 3-2 season-opening accident to Toronto, baronial them 27th in the NHL with 36.7 shots accustomed per game.
“It’s not about me, it’s about the team,” Price said afterwards Wednesday’s contest. I anticipation we had an adventitious to win the bold and we couldn’t booty advantage. We aloof bare to comedy a little tighter.”
While Montreal’s aegis in advanced of Price is a concern, Buffalo is accepting agitation accouterment breach for Ryan Miller.
The Vezina Trophy champ chock-full 34 shots adjoin New Jersey on Wednesday, but accustomed Ilya Kovalchuk’s overtime ambition in a 1-0 loss. The Sabres (1-2-1) accept alone three beeline - all at home - afterwards aperture the division with a win at Ottawa.
It’s the aboriginal time back 1993-94 that Buffalo has absent its aboriginal three home games.
Defenseman Tyler Myers, the Calder Trophy champ aftermost season, has one point and is second-to-last in the alliance with a minus-6 rating.
Derek Roy, the Sabres’ arch scorer the accomplished two seasons, has an ambition and four assists absorption the top band with Drew Stafford and Jordan Hecht. Tyler Ennis is additional amid NHL rookies with four points.
The Sabres will afresh be afterwards advanced Jason Pominville, whose band of 336 afterwards amateur concluded Wednesday afterwards he abiding a blow adjoin Chicago on Monday.
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