WASHINGTON -- Carey Price bounced back from getting pulled the night before, making 20 saves as the Montreal Canadiens snapped the Washington Capitals' six-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory Saturday night.
Price returned to his usual, elite form and Artturi Lehkonen and Jeff Petry scored for Montreal. The 2014-15 Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender beat last season's winner, Braden Holtby of the Capitals, who stopped 23 of the 25 shots he faced.
A day after glaring at Michel Therrien after Montreal's coach yanked him for allowing four goals on 18 shots in a lackluster home loss to San Jose, Price made big stops on T.J. Oshie, Marcus Johansson and former teammate Lars Eller. Nicklas Backstrom scored a 5-on-3 power-play goal for the Capitals, who lost for the first time since Dec. 3 and in regulation for the first time since Dec. 1.