Decisions loom for Canadiens as lack of scoring punch leads to early playoff exit
MONTREAL — General manager Marc Bergevin likes to say that as long as they have goalie Carey Price, the Montreal Canadiens have a chance to win the Stanley Cup.
But when his team scored only 11 goals in six games against the New York Rangers, even solid play by Price wasn’t enough to keep the Canadiens from being eliminated from the first round of Stanley Cup playoffs.
The series ended with a 3-1 defeat in New York on Saturday night, the Rangers’ third straight win after falling behind 2-1 to start the best-of-seven series.
Price allowed only 12 goals and had an excellent .933 save percentage, but a team that laboured to score in the regular season couldn’t get enough offence going in the playoffs.