Coach Therrien may be sick, but he's not so ill that he wouldn't be behind the bench in Carolina tonight.  Nor would he start any stomach-wrenching goalie controversy.

Therrien and the Habs will ride their Cowboy Goalie Carey Price for a 2nd straight game despite Price having given up 12 goals his last 2 starts.  That's plummeted his season save percentage to just 25th, though 7th among goalies who've hit double-digit wins already.

Price has admitted he needs to be more "competitive" even though there are only 5 goalies in double-digits victories who have lower goals-against averages (and 2 of those 5 are on Chicago).

Some Canadiens fans continue to obsess over Price-vs-Halak: the Blues' goalie has only an .884 to Carey's .908 even after the slump.  Jaroslav is 13th overall in GAA, Carey 14th (2.31-2.35).