After the Canadiens practised in Montreal on Friday, Julien said he didn’t know whether backup Charlie Lindgren would play one of the two games in Florida. If Julien and goaltending coach Stéphane Waite felt that Price needed a night off on the weekend, they would have recalled rookie Cayden Primeau from the Laval Rocket. Instead, they decided to keep Lindgren, who watched from a rinkside seat while Price played all four games on the team’s Western Canada swing. These are true four-point games — two points that go to the winning team and two points denied to the loser. The standard was set by the late Danny Gallivan, who had a Hall of Fame career with Hockey Night in Canada.

Source: National Post December 27, 2019 22:30 UTC