Canadiens edge Islanders in Price's return
Jeff Petry had his first two-goal game to lead the Montreal Canadiens over the New York Islanders 5-3 on Friday night in Carey Price's return from a lower-body injury.
Price, the NHL's reigning MVP and Vezina Trophy winner, had missed eight games. He made 33 saves to help Montreal win for the second time in three games.
Per @EliasSports: @CP0031 (8-2-0) is 1st @CanadiensMTL goalie to earn 8 wins in his 1st 10 GP of a season since K. Dryden (8-1-1) in 1977-78
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Tomas Fleischmann, Nathan Beaulieu and Brendan Gallagher also scored, and the Canadiens improved to 15-4-2. Montreal's 32 points are tied with Dallas for most in the NHL.
Despite two goals from Brock Nelson, New York fell to 10-7-3. The loss snapped the Islanders' two-game winning streak.
Travis Hamonic added a goal for New York.
Montreal won the first two games of the regular-season series against New York. The teams will meet Sunday in Montreal for the third and final time this season.
- With files from theScore