It wasn’t an easy start to the season for 2014-15’s Hart Trophy-winner. In the first year of a contract that sees him among the top earners in the league, he was struggling to keep the puck out of the net, looking nothing like the goaltender who single-handedly won games for the team over the last decade.
After a save percentage of .886 in November, he rebounded with a .916 mark from 12 games (11 starts) in December. It’s not exactly a sparkling statistic, but anyone watching the games rather than simply looking at the numbers knows how critical Price has been to putting the season back on track.