Pacioretty scores winner, Canadiens pick up sixth win in a row
MONTREAL — Carey Price’s teammates are no longer amazed when the Canadiens goaltender makes an impossible save look easy.
Price made a game-changing stop in the third period, one of his 30 saves on the night, to lead Montreal to a 3-1 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, extending the club’s winning streak to six games.
Down 1-0 to start the third, Price kept his side in the game by robbing Ondrej Palat from close range with a lightning-fast right-leg kick. The puck, destined for the back of the net, went off Price’s toe and bounced into the boards. The Canadiens netminder called it a “lucky” save.
“It’s the norm now with him,” said forward Torrey Mitchell. “You’re almost not even surprised by it. Most goalies, it’s in the back of the net. That just gives us that momentum, it gives us such a big boost. You see the confidence that we come out with on the next two or three shifts after those types of saves.”