Muller: Canadiens touching base with Julien daily

As Claude Julien recovers at home, fill-in head coach Kirk Muller said the club is in contact with him every day.

"We're touching base daily," Muller said at his press conference Sunday, per TSN. Yesterday was a good day for him to rest up, which was important. It was a day for us to rest up, it was an emotional few days around here."

Julien was hospitalized Wednesday night after experiencing chest pains and had a coronary artery stented on Thursday afternoon. He's now home recovering in Montreal, and the Canadiens don't expect him back for the club's first-round series versus the Philadelphia Flyers.

Muller has been an assistant with the Canadiens since 2016, and Montreal rallied to a 5-0 victory in Game 2 Friday under its interim bench boss.

They will play Game 3 Sunday at 8:00 p.m. ET.