The Montreal Canadiens season has gotten off to a pretty good start, but today may be the most exciting day of the new season as Carey Price will be making his first start of the season tonight.
Head coach Michel Therrien confirms that Carey Price will get the start tonight against Arizona. #GoHabsGo
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) October 20, 2016
Price, who was dealing with a severe flu, has been skating all week and met the media yesterday. He will be activated from Injured Reserve and Charlie Lindgren will be sent down to St. John’s of the AHL.
The IceCaps released goaltender Bryan Pitton from his PTO earlier today, foreshadowing both the arrival of Yann Danis and Lindgren.
#Habs Carey Price taking early shots. A sign he will most likely start tonight pic.twitter.com/9fvkQ12CEw
— John Bartlett (@BartsBytes) October 20, 2016
Al Montoya has done an incredible job in the Habs first three games, but the Canadiens will no doubt be buoyed by the return of Price who has played only one game since backstopping Canada to a championship at the World Cup of Hockey.
This will be Price’s first regular season start for the Canadiens since November 25, 2015 which is 331 days ago.
