Here is Montreal head coach Michel Therrien post-game on why he pulled Carey Price after the 2nd period...

via a transcript the NHL supplies...

Q. If you can, just what did you think of the play where Kreider slid into Carey, and was him not playing later in the game at all injury related?

COACH THERRIEN: I think it was accidental, honestly. The fact that he didn't play in the third period, that was more to protect him than anything, because we were not sharp in front of him.

Here is the play of Kreider sliding into Price...