Price remains tied with Jacques Plante for most wins in Montreal history (314). He matched his NHL career-high by allowing eight goals on 29 shots against Anaheim, which is last in the NHL in scoring (2.26 goals per game).
"They saved him for tonight, so we took that as a challenge," Henrique said, referring to Antti Niemi playing in place of Price for the Canadiens in a 5-2 loss at the San Jose Sharks on Thursday. "You never want to be the team that somebody thinks they can come into your building and win."
Shea Weber had a goal and an assist, and Paul Byron scored for Montreal (36-26-7), which is two points ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference and tied in points with the Carolina Hurricanes for the first wild card.
"It's going to sting for a little bit here," Weber said. "We're fortunate we have some time to digest it and get a little work in before Tuesday (at home against the Detroit Red Wings) because that was obviously not good enough."
Daniel Sprong gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead in the first seven minutes for the fourth straight game, scoring over Price's right shoulder from the right face-off circle at 6:39.
Henrique made it 2-0 at 17:17. He got the puck along the wall just above the goal line and skated through the bottom of the right circle and to the front of the net before scoring while surrounded by three Canadiens.
Byron scored 30 seconds later to make it 2-1. Weber's point shot was deflected by Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf's stick. The puck went into the slot, where Andrew Shaw swept a backhand at the net. Gibson stretched out his left pad to make the save, but the rebound went straight to Byron, who made it 2-1 at 17:47.
