Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price stopped all 29 shots he faced in Saturday's 2-0 win over the San Jose Sharks, putting up a shutout in back-to-back games for the second time this season, per Sportsnet Stats.
Saturday's victory was preceded by Thursday's 4-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, with Price blocking all 31 Carolina shots in the blowout.
The 27-year-old Vezina Trophy front-runner has nine shutouts this season, tying him with Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury for tops in the NHL.
Price is all but a lock to be named the league's top goaltender, as he leads the NHL in all three major netminding categories, with 40 wins, a .938 save percentage and a 1.86 goals-against average.
As he closes in on the so-called goaltending triple crown, Price is earning serious consideration for the Hart Memorial Trophy, given annually to the NHL's most valuable player.
The award has only gone to a goaltender seven times, most recently to the Canadiens' own Jose Theodore in 2001-02. Dominik Hasek won the award in back-to-back seasons (1996-97 and 1997-98) while playing for the Buffalo Sabres, making him the only ...
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Carey Price Notches Consecutive Shutouts for 2nd Time This Season
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