Tuesday Habs Headlines: First in their Harts

Montreal Canadiens News and Notes

• Carey Price has many, many fans, including Flyers’ goalie Carter Hart, who had the chance to talk to him for the first time with both teams in the bubble. [Twitter]
• Phillip Danault’s three-penalty game earned him some good natured ribbing from Brendan Gallagher, but he’s not the only one taking more penalties this post season. [Yahoo Sports]
• Members of the Montreal media took a knee during the anthems to show their support for the Black and indigenous communities who face systemic racism and racially motivated violence. Disappointingly, there was no on-ice support to back up all the statements made on the subject earlier this spring. [Twitter]

Around the League and Elsewhere

• Matt Dumba was the first player to kneel during the national anthem. While the Wild head coach said that they have discussed wanting to eliminate racism, the fact that there has been no discussion about joining Dumba is also disappointing. [Sportsnet]
• Ryan Reaves, Robin Lehner, Tyler Seguin, and Jason Dickinson were the first players to follow Matt Dumba in kneeling to protest racism and systemic violence against the Black community during the anthems. [Sportsnet | NBC Sports | NHL | Twitter| Twitter | Twitter | Twitter]

• Michael Ferland fined after spearing Ryan Hartman. [TSN]
• With Toronto dropping the first game of the series against Columbus, pressure is turning up on Mitch Marner to make a difference. [Sportsnet]
• Andrei Svechnikov helped the Hurricanes push the Rangers to the brink of elimination with his hat trick in game two of the series. [NBC Sports]
• Some good news, after the opening week of hockey, there are no positive COVID-19 test results among the teams in either bubble. [Sportsnet]
• Brent Sopel talks about his own struggles with dyslexia throughout his life as he promotes his foundation for others who also struggle with it. [ESPN]