Canadiens' Price regrets playing through injury sustained in warmup

It appears Carey Price has learned his lesson.

For the the second time in three seasons, Price suffered an injury during pregame warmup, but opted to play through the pain instead of pulling himself immediately following the injury.

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Ahead of his first start in nearly a month, Price admitted that playing through the injury wasn't the smartest decision.

"I think the damage was already done at that point. By that time, it was already the end of warmup and I didn't want to throw Monty (backup goalie Al Montoya) under the bus at the end of warmup," Price told reporters, according to the club's official website. "It probably wasn't the greatest idea to go, but what are you going to do now."

Luckily for Price and the Canadiens, he only missed 10 games with the lower-body injury. In 2015-16, he was limited to just 12 games all season after suffering an injury under similar circumstances.