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Canadiens goalie Carey Price out at least 1 week

MONTREAL (AP) - Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will be out at least a week with a lower-body injury.

Canadiens coach Michel Therrien said that Price suffered the injury in Montreal's 4-3 loss in Edmonton on Thursday.

The Canadiens start a four-game homestand against Winnipeg on Sunday.

Price is 7-2 with a 2.01 goals-against average this season for Montreal, which leads the Eastern Conference. He won the Hart Trophy last season as the regular-season MVP and Vezina Trophy winner as best goalie.

Rookie Mike Condon will make his second consecutive start, and Dustin Tokarski was recalled from St. John's of the American Hockey League to be the backup.

Condon is 3-0 with a 1.67 GAA and a .944 save percentage. He was in net for Montreal in a 6-2 win in Calgary on Friday night.

"(Condon) has a lot of pressure on him, but he's been flawless in every start so far," Therrien said.

Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price (31) makes the save on Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid (97) during second period NHL action in Edmonton, Alberta, on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP) The Associated Press
Vancouver Canucks' Radim Vrbata (17), of the Czech Republic, scores against Montreal Canadiens' goalie Carey Price as Alexei Emelin (74), of Russia, watches during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press
The puck deflects off the glove of Montreal Canadiens' goalie Carey Price and drops behind him before being put in the net for a goal by Vancouver Canucks' Jared McCann during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press
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