Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens will miss at least a week because of a nagging lower-body injury.Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will miss at least a week because of a nagging lower-body injury.
Price played the first 40 minutes in a 5-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night but did not return for the third period.
Head coach Michel Therrien said Thursday that Price has been put on the injured list.
On Wednesday night, the coach said the lower-body injury was the same one that kept Price out for nine games earlier this season.
The injury news wasn't good out of Edmonton, either. Oilers forward Nail Yakupov is expected to miss two to four weeks after spraining his left ankle in a 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.
Price won the Ted Lindsay, Jennings, Vézina and Hart trophies last season. He was the first goaltender in NHL history to win all four awards in the same campaign.
He has a 10-2-0 record this season with two shutouts and a goals-against average of 2.06.
Price gave up one goal on 23 shots against the Rangers.
The Canadiens will rely on Mike Condon to minimize the impact of Price's absence. The rookie has a 7-2-2 mark and a GAA of 2.16.
Montreal (17-4-2) visits New Jersey on Friday night and will play host to the Devils on Saturday at the Bell Centre.