20-year old Rookie goaltender Carey Price put two hard to swallow losses behind him to save the Montreal Canadiens‘ playoff run and destroy the Boston Bruins’ hopes of an unlikely comeback. Price stopped 25 shots, including 11 in the opening period. Price had allowed a combined 10 goals in two losses after he got his first playoff shutout in a 1-0 victory in Game 4.

Price posted his second shutout and Andrei Kostitsyn scored twice to lead Montreal to a 5-0 victory over Boston last night in the deciding game of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. The Canadiens took control of the game in the second period, outshooting the Bruins 17-6 while building a three-goal lead by Mark Streit halfway through the period and Kostitsyn’s second goal of the series at 15:13.

Montreal, the East’s top seed, will face either the New York Rangers or Philadelphia in an East semifinal series.

Chris Chelios of the Detroit Red Wings made his 248th post-season appearance on Saturday afternoon, finally overtaking the NHL record held by Montreal Canadians goaltender Patrick Roy. He skated 17 shifts as Detroit prevailed 4-2 over the Nashville Predators for a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final.

Chelios draws nearer every year to another NHL record - that of the oldest player in NHL history. At 46 years of age, Chelios has to play for another 7 years to take the long-standing record held by Hall of Fame forward Gordie Howe, who played at age 52 for the Hartford Whalers in 1979-80.