Looking at the positives in a sixth consecutive loss

Photo by Vitor Munhoz/NHLI via Getty ImagesSometimes you just have to remind yourself that hockey is stupid.

You have to shoot a tiny cylinder of galvanized rubber into a net with five guys trying to kill you and one guy trying to stop the actual shot. To say that there’s a little luck involved would be like saying it took “a while” to form the Grand Canyon.

Getting shut out in Carey Price’s first two games back is nothing more than a statistical anomaly. Against the New York Islanders the Montreal Canadiens had over three expected goals for, and last night versus the Minnesota Wild they had two.

Price’s performance was a pleasant surprise to say the least. He outperformed the expected goals…