Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price suffered an upper-body injury in Monday's loss to the Edmonton Oilers, head coach Dominique Ducharme said postgame, according to TSN's John Lu.

Ducharme also confirmed that the ailment occurred when Oilers forward Alex Chiasson bumped Price in the first period. The bench boss had no further details on the netminder's condition.

Jake Allen replaced Price to start the second period. Price stopped all seven shots he faced in the opening frame.

The 2014-15 Vezina Trophy winner was making his second appearance back following a six-game absence due to a lower-body injury.

The 33-year-old entered Monday's game with a .900 save percentage and 2.67 goals-against average in 24 starts this season.

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John Tortorella is sending a message to Max Domi.

The Columbus Blue Jackets head coach made the forward a healthy scratch Monday night for the 4-2 loss against the Florida Panthers.

Tortorella didn't specify his reasoning for the move, but it would appear to be a response to a pair of recent incidents.

Domi was assessed a 10-minute misconduct in addition to minor penalties for high-sticking and slashing for his actions toward Dallas Stars forward Rhett Gardner late in the second period Saturday. Gardner was assessed a slashing minor of his own.

Five nights earlier, Domi went after Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Connor Murphy, earning a 10-minute misconduct as well as minor penalties for hooking and cross-checking.

Domi has collected only seven goals and 12 assists over 46 games for the Blue Jackets this season in his first campaign with Columbus. The team landed him along with a third-round pick in a trade with the Montreal Canadiens for forward Josh Anderson in October.

The 26-year-old signed a two-year, $10.6-million contract with the Blue Jackets one day after they acquired him.

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San Jose Sharks winger Patrick Marleau eclipsed Gordie Howe's all-time record for NHL games played Monday night versus the Vegas Golden Knights, lacing up the skates in his 1,768th career contest.

Here's a look at the leaderboard:

* - active player

Howe had held the record since 1980. Mr. Hockey played until he was 51, but he was a member of the World Hockey Association for six years.

Marleau, 41, is in his 23rd NHL season. He's played 21 of those with the Sharks, and he also had stints with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins.

He was drafted second overall in 1997 and sits 23rd all time with 566 goals. In 2021, Marleau's notched eight points in 44 games.

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Toronto Maple Leafs winger Zach Hyman will miss a minimum of two weeks with a sprained MCL, head coach Sheldon Keefe said Monday, according to TSN's Mark Masters.

The 28-year-old was involved in a knee-on-knee collision with Vancouver Canucks defenseman Alex Edler on Sunday night.

Hyman has registered 15 goals and 18 assists in 43 games while averaging 19:22 of ice time per contest.

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Vancouver Canucks defenseman Alex Edler is suspended two games for kneeing Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman during Sunday's contest, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced.

Hyman exited the game and didn't return. Edler was assessed a five-minute major and game misconduct on the play.

This marks the third time Edler has been suspended during his 15-year NHL career. He missed three games for a hit to the head of San Jose Sharks forward Tomas Hertl during the 2013-14 campaign.

The 34-year-old was also suspended while representing Sweden at the 2013 world championships for kneeing Canadian forward Eric Staal. The ban carried over to the 2014 Sochi Olympics, causing Edler to miss the opening contest of the tournament.

Hyman, 28, is playing at a personal-best 29-goal pace over a full 82-game season. He's also averaging a career-high 19:22 of ice time per game and leads all Maple Leafs forwards with 69 hits.

"We just hope (Hyman) is ok," Maple Leafs captain John Tavares said after the game, according to Postmedia's Lance Hornby. "The elements he brings to our team, you can't replace.

"He's battled through so many things since I've been here. He was optimistic in the room (after), hopefully it's not serious."

The Canucks - who were playing their first game in nearly a month due to a COVID-19 outbreak - won the contest 3-2 in overtime.

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Patrick Marleau is set to eclipse Gordie Howe on the NHL's all-time game's played list Monday night. Marleau will suit up for the 1,768th time, and setting the new benchmark will be the legacy-defining achievement for a 23-year career that's included two Olympic gold medals, over 500 goals, and nearly 1,200 points.

Marleau will accomplish the feat versus the Vegas Golden Knights, who won't play their 1,768th regular-season game as a franchise until the 2039-40 season, as The Athletic's Jesse Granger pointed out.

When a single career spans a generation, there's no shortage of mind-bending stats like the one above to marvel over. But perhaps the most ridiculous is the fact Marleau has appeared in at least one game with 37% of players in the 104-year history of the league.

But rather than dive into all the numbers, let's take a broader look back and remember what the world looked like when Marleau's career started.

The NHL landscape

Oct. 1, 1997, is when it all began. The San Jose Sharks had drafted Marleau second overall a few months prior on the strength of his 125-point season with the WHL's Seattle Thunderbirds. At barely 18-years-old, Marleau cracked the Sharks' opening night roster, going pointless in 12:15 against the Edmonton Oilers in his NHL debut.

The NHL was in a drastically different spot back then: The league was at the peak of the dead-puck era, and franchises were being relocated or introduced left, right, and center. Marleau's career began the same year the Carolina Hurricanes debuted in their migration from Hartford. The Colorado Avalanche were only two years removed from being the Quebec Nordiques, and the Phoenix Coyotes were in their inaugural season after their previous stint as the Winnipeg Jets 1.0. The Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Atlanta Thrashers (later Jets 2.0) didn't even exist yet.

The Detroit Red Wings entered Marleau's first season as defending champions, finally getting over the hump and winning their first of three Stanley Cups in a five-year span.

Meanwhile, the reigning individual award winners and all-star teams were stacked with Hall of Fame talent.

* - The Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy wasn't officially introduced until the 1998-99 season*

To go from sharing the ice with so many legends who are now years removed from the current game to currently sharing a line and forging a friendship with Toronto Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews - who wasn't even one month old when Marleau started - is a testament to the 41-year-old's unparalleled longevity.

Marleau ultimately finished his rookie season with 32 points in 74 games, good for sixth in Calder voting. Joe Thornton, the only player drafted before Marleau in 1997 and his longtime Sharks teammate, mustered only seven points in his freshman year.

The rest of the sports scene

Marleau's NHL debut, while fun to look back on now, hardly registered in the grand scheme of the sports world at the time. The Florida Marlins were weeks away from shocking the baseball universe and winning their first World Series, while Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, and co. were preparing to embark on "The Last Dance" of the Chicago Bulls dynasty. Brett Favre and Barry Sanders were authoring MVP performances in the NFL, while a young Peyton Manning played out his final NCAA season for Tennessee, dominating the rest of the SEC before being drafted first overall early in 1998.

Elsewhere, the stacked United States Ryder Cup team was reeling after a single-point loss to a savvy European squad at the 1997 event in Spain. USA's squad featured a baby-faced Tiger Woods fresh off his first Masters win, Phil Mickelson, Fred Couples, and Jim Furyk, among several other high-profile names.

Pop culture

Outside the world of sports, some huge names and releases in entertainment headlined late 1997.

As Marleau got started in the pros, Jerry Seinfeld and his pals were freshly into the final season of their hit sitcom. "Seinfeld" would finish the 1997-98 television season atop the charts with a 21.7 rating, edging out "ER," "Veronica's Closet," "Friends," and "Monday Night Football."

The top movie in American box offices during Marleau's debut was "The Peacemaker" - an action thriller starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman. The film raked in $12 million in its opening weekend and was followed up by some huge flicks in the following months, including "I Know What You Did Last Summer," "Scream 2," and the critically-acclaimed drama "Titanic."

Boyz II Men's "4 Seasons of Loneliness" overtook Mariah Carey's "Honey" for the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of Marleau's debut. Usher ("You Make Me Wanna..."), LeAnn Rimes ("How Do I Live"), and the Backstreet Boys ("Quit Playing Games") rounded out the top five, while The Notorious B.I.G., Spice Girls, and Third Eye Blind were other prominent names near the top of the charts.

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