Canadiens goalie Price uncertain to play after taking shot off mask
BROSSARD, Que. — Goaltender Carey Price missed practice Wednesday as Montreal Canadiens medical staff checked him out a day after he was struck on the mask by a shot in Philadelphia.
Coach Claude Julien said Price did not suffer a concussion but more would be known about his condition after tests are taken.
It is uncertain whether he’ll play Thursday night when the New York Rangers visit the Bell Centre. The Canadiens recalled goalie Charlie Lindgren, along with defenceman Noah Juulsen, from the AHL’s Laval Rocket.
“It has to do with the puck he got hit in the mask with, but that’s all we know now,” Julien said of Price, who was struck by a short from Shayne Gostibehere in the second period of a 3-2 overtime defeat in Philadelphia on Tuesday night.