Price feeling better, but will not be ready for Canadiens’ home opener
BROSSARD, Que. — Neither Carey Price nor Sidney Crosby is expected on the ice for the Montreal Canadiens’ home opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins, but there are plenty of story lines nonetheless.
It starts in goal, where Al Montoya will make a third straight start in place of the ailing Price when the teams meet Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.
Montoya will almost certainly be up against Mike Condon, the man he beat out for the job as Price’s backup in training camp. Condon was claimed off waivers by Pittsburgh at the end of camp to fill in for the injured Matt Murray.
“We’ll see how that goes,” Montoya said with a laugh.