Carey Price had an eventful first two periods in the Canadiens' Stanley Cup playoffs series opener against the Flyers on Wednesday. His adventure in the second period is the one that left Canda buzzing.
The Montreal goaltender kept his team down by only a goal (and saved backchecking forward Nick Suzuki from harm) when he made a desperate stick save on Scott Laughton, who was alone in the crease and had a wide-open net after Price had slid out of the crease.
As often happens after a huge save, the Canadiens went down and scored to tie the game shortly after. Shea Weber's tally at 14:38 of the second made it 1-1.
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Problem was, the Flyers' Joel Farabee scored exactly 16 seconds later, giving Philadelphia back the lead. That turned out to be the game-winning goal as the Flyers held on for a 2-1 victory.
"Obviously I was just desperate there and Nick made himself big and I think he got a piece of it as well," Price told reporters after the game, per NHL.com.
"I wasn't quite sure what it hit when it was coming at me. I just kind of tucked my head. I was hoping it was going to hit me and [I'd] block the shot, but Carey did an unbelievable job there saving that and saving my head, for sure," Suzuki said, per NHL.com.
Price made himself an internet meme in the first period when he feigned swatting Philadelphia's Derek Grant, who crashed into him and then landed in the net after getting a shove from Habs defenseman Xavier Ouellette.
Montreal, backstopped by Price, is looking to pull another August upset in the Toronto bubble. It ousted the Penguins in the qualifying round as a 12th seed; now, as a reseeded No. 8, it's looking to take down the top seed in the East. It's down a game after Wednesday's loss, although Price did what he could as he stopped 29 of Philadelphia's 31 shots. People will remember one of those 29 saves in particular.
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