The Canadiens’ Carey Price showed again Saturday night in Washington why he’s the best goalie in the world.
Less than 24 hours after getting pulled in a 4-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks at the Bell Centre, Price made 20 saves in a 2-1 victory over the Capitals, improving his record to 17-4-2 with a 1.90 goals-against average and .936 save percentage. It was Price’s 250th career regular-season win, joining Jacques Plante (314), Patrick Roy (289) and Ken Dryden (258) as the only Canadiens goalies to reach that milestone.
Price’s goals-against average and save percentage are both better now than they were two seasons ago when he won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player with a 1.