ESPN (Scott Burnside):
Wouldn’t necessarily want to be in Guy Carbonneau’s shoes this morning. The head coach of the suddenly floundering Montreal Canadiens has to decide whether to go back to rookie netminder Carey Price in Game 4 on Wednesday night after Price was torched for three goals on six shots in the second period Monday as Philadelphia downed Montreal for the second straight time by a 3-2 count. The Flyers now lead the series 2-1, and Price has allowed 10 goals on 68 shots and simply isn’t playing well enough to give the Habs a chance to win. Perhaps more troubling, Price has given up seven even-strength goals and one short-handed goal in a series in which the Habs have owned a huge territorial advantage. The alternative to Price is another rookie, Jaroslav Halak, who got his first taste of NHL playoff action in the third period Monday. He faced two shots. Given that Price is the goalie of the future, expect him back between the pipes, but both his confidence and the confidence of his teammates to get the job done has to be waning.
