Thursday Habs Headlines: Nick Suzuki’s reaction to Carey Price’s miraculous save

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Nick Suzuki marvelled at Carey Price’s divine interventions:

• Last night’s Game 1 was hardly as lopsided as some had predicted. [Sportsnet]
• Despite everyone being in the bubble, coaches are still trying to play their cards close to the vest. Claude Julien and Alain Vigneault are no exception. [LNH.com]
• Pre-series predictions, and last night’s result, suggest the Habs and Flyers are going to have to work for their goals. [Journal de Montreal]
• Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s progression has been incredible to watch. [Montreal Gazette]
• In case you don’t want to wait almost two days to see the Canadiens again,, this is how the team prepared fans for a first playoff game in three years:

Around the league and elsewhere

• The Penguins lacked the winner’s mentality versus Montreal, and the GM says that needs to change. [NHL.com]
• The first moves were to not renew the contracts of the assistant coaches. [PensBurgh]
• The Penguins have also decided to keep their 15th overal pick in this year’s draft, hoping they have a later selection next year to give to the Minnesota Wild. [Hockey Wilderness]
• How the crowd noise is being added to these playoff broadcasts. [ESPN]
• Rod Brind’Amour was fined $25,000 for his criticism of the officials yesterday. [Canes Country]
• The Maple Leafs losing a round of hockey before the playoffs even began? “Pretty embarrassing,” says Auston Matthews. [NHL.com]
• In his own opinion, Alexis Lafrenière is now an NHL player, and he’s not going to start the 2020-21 season in any other league before training camp with his new team. [NHL.com]