The Montreal Canadiens’ hopes of making it to their first Stanley Cup Final since 1993 have taken a huge blow. Goalie Carey Price will miss the rest of the Eastern Conference Final versus the New York Rangers, who already lead the series 1-0.
"Carey Price will not be available tonight, nor for the rest of that series"-Michel Therrien
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) May 19, 2014
"Looking at the incident, it's a reckless play. That's the truth." Therrien is angry. I'd be angry too if my best player was out.
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) May 19, 2014
Therrien would not say who would start in goal tonight in Game 2 at the Bell Centre. His options are Peter Budaj and Dustin Tokarski, neither of whom are as effective as Price, nor have the big-game experience.
Here’s the play on which Price was injured:
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