Friday Habs Headlines: Carey Price explains the incident with Palmieri

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• Philip Danault was a game time decision yesterday after being sick (and opened the scoring with a sweet assist by Nathan Beaulieu), and the Habs were down two centres and a defenceman. They sailed to a decisive win vs. the Devils registering 48 shots, and remain in first place overall. [NHL]
• Carey Price has had enough, and he’s not taking it anymore! [EOTP]/

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— manu 🎨 (@MoeninGlory) December 9, 2016

• But seriously, he was just defending himself. Homer alert: I approve. [Sportsnet]
• Cory Schneider on Price’s ‘meltdown’/

@NJDevils Cory Schneider on Carey Price's meltdown "a lot riding on that knee- for him and his team" Pretty forgiving

— Deb Kaufman Placey (@DebPlacey) December 9, 2016

• And Palmieri didn’t seem too upset about it either/

Palmieri on the end of the first period: "It's a hockey play. It is what it is. He [Price] was protecting himself. It happens." #NJDvsMTL

— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) December 9, 2016

• Anyway happy wife, happy life, am I right?/

😍 https://t.co/oU4bUAOM2z

— Angela Price (@ByAngelaPrice) December 9, 2016

• Don’t forget to buy your tickets to see Les Canadiennes take on the Inferno Saturday at the Bell Centre. [NHL]
• Max Pacioretty scored unassisted last night, continuing his point streak. Oh yeah, and he also played with a fractured foot in November. [SN]
• The Habs can survive without Galchenyuk but not without a complete team effort, and why is Lefebvre still coaching IceCaps? [TSN690]
• Alex Radulov has grown a lot since his last NHL career, and has become a leader on the Canadiens [The New York Times]
• Adding to the injury list, Greg Pateryn will miss eight weeks due to a broken ankle. [RDS]
• Last night’s win marked the Habs’ 2000th on home ice. They are 13-1-1 at home so far this season. [Canadiens]
• Can we talk about Scorrey Mitchell?/

Around the League and elsewhere

• The Vancouver Canucks chased Ben Bishop out of his net last night. Yep. The Vancouver Canucks. [CBC]
• Connor McDavid does not like Brandon Manning./

McDavid calls out Manning for being classless. VIDEO: https://t.co/V5YB6M2VsW pic.twitter.com/E2gB3hjzZw

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) December 9, 2016

• The Leafs are using the P Word regarding players falling short of Babcock’s points standards [National Post]
• Chris Neil will play his 1000th game as an Ottawa Senator on Saturday night [Globe and Mail]/

"Nope!" pic.twitter.com/nl2EwRjO0D

— Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) November 23, 2016

• Will John Scott be naming names in his new book? [SN]
• Gary Bettman clarifies 2018 Olympic participation for CBA extension [Yahoo]/