Price makes 29 saves, Canadiens beat Golden Knights 3-2
Associated PressLAS VEGAS — The Montreal Canadiens vowed to adapt after looking out of sync in the first game of their Stanley Cup semifinal series with the Vegas Golden Knights. We gotta do a better job with our starts and we gotta find our preparation.” With Vegas missing top-line center Chandler Stephenson, and third-line center Nick Roy skating in his place, Montreal opened the game with a first-period advantage in shots-on-goal, shot attempts, scoring chances, and high-danger chances. “Hit a post and had a chance in the slot, we had lots of chances to score, power play needs to score.” Vegas was finally able to solve Price when Pietrangelo held the puck at the blue line long enough to find a right lane to the net, bringing the deficit back down to two goals late in the second. Vegas cut the lead to one with a little more than five minutes left in the game when William Karlsson won a faceoff to the right of Price, Jonathan Marchessault gathered the puck and fed Pietrangelo, whose wrist shot from the circle gave him his second goal of the night. You just know Carey’s going to be locked in and he’s going to do his job, and it’s up to the rest of the team to win their battles, try to get the puck out of your zone, play some time in their zone and things will happen.” STREAKING HABS With his assist, Caufield became just the second 20-year-old Canadien to post a playoff point streak of at least four games.. Toffoli has recorded a point in each of his last five road games.