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One day after posting his second consecutive Olympic shutout and winning gold with Team Canada in Sochi, Carey Price was already back with the Montreal Canadiens. Bill Torrey Jersey . Price addressed the media at the teams practice facility in Brossard on Monday and said that the relief and satisfaction from winning Olympic gold will be short-lived. „The pressure is off for now.“ he said. „It will last until probably the next game.“ When asked about his teammate P.K. Subban dressing just once for Canada at the Olympics, Price commended the Norris Trophy winner for putting the team ahead of himself. „He definitely carried himself very well,“ he said. „He handled himself with the utmost professionalism.“ „It was a complete effort from everybody, no matter what position guys were put in,“ Price added. „Everybody contributed in some way and I think that was probably the most special feeling. Because everybody out on that ice when our anthem was played had a part in it in some way.“ Price did not participate in the Canadiens Monday practice and will also have Tuesday off.  Price said he does not know when hell return to the net for the Canadiens, but said Team Canada head coach Mike Babcock jokingly encouraged him to have „a few more beers“ after the teams gold medal victory. The Canadiens host Babcocks Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday. Brett Connolly Jersey . Carey Price made 27 saves for Montreal (30-21-6) for his fourth shutout of the year and second in four games. David Desharnais added an empty netter for the Canadiens. Reto Berra stopped 25 shots for Calgary (21-28-7). Derek MacKenzie Jersey . Louis Blues and Buffalo Sabres came to an agreement on a big trade that may only offer incremental improvement to the Blues in their quest for a Stanley Cup.NEW YORK, N.Y. – On the morning of June 7, the Toronto Blue Jays were 38-24 and led the AL East by six games. Since then theyve sputtered to a 39-51 record and have little chance to end their two-decade-plus post-season drought. The faded Blue Jays tied their longest losing streak of the season at five games Thursday night, losing to the New York Yankees 3-2 when first baseman Adam Lind allowed Chase Headleys two-hop grounder in the ninth inning to bounce under his glove and through his legs for a game-ending error. „It happened so fast. Basically, I didnt make the play,“ Lind said. „I thought I was focused on the ball. He hit it pretty hard, almost right at me.“ New York (78-74) moved ahead of Toronto (77-75) for sole possession of second place in the AL East, and the Blue Jays are six games back in the wild card race with 10 games left. Toronto hasnt made the playoffs since winning consecutive World Series titles in 1992 and 93. The hope of spring has long since evaporated. „Its disappointing for everybody. Theres no way around that,“ said R.A. Dickey, who stretched his scoreless streak against the Yankees to 19 innings before allowing Stephen Drews RBI double in the fifth and Derek Jeters home run in the sixth. „Weve been a streaky team all year, both bad and good, and right now were in the middle of a bad streak.“ Toronto tied the score in the eighth when Jose Reyes singled with two outs and Jose Bautista homered off Shawn Kelley on an 0-2 pitch, slamming his bat as he neared first base. Bauttista homered in his fourth straight game against the Yankees and has hit seven of his 33 homers this year against New York. Evgenii Dadonov Jersey. „Any time you come back late and tie it up, youve got a good feeling,“ Toronto manager John Gibbons said, „but weve been having trouble scoring runs.“ The Blue Jays went on to lose for the 18th time in their last 20 games at Yankee Stadium. Not the season Gibbons was hoping for in the second season of his second stint as Toronto manager. „Its frustrating, but in this game the best teams go and the ones that arent good enough, they dont go. Its that simple,“ Gibbons said. After David Robertson (3-6) pitched a perfect ninth, Chris Young singled off Aaron Sanchez (2-2) leading off the bottom half. Speedy pinch-runner Antoan Richardson stole second, Brett Gardner sacrificed him to third on a 3-2 pitch and, with the infield in, Headley hit the bouncer to Lind. „Defence matters in this game,“ Gibbons said. „Then they put a guy on there that could fly. Its a tough way to lose a game. No doubt. Theyre all tough.“ LONG OUTINGS Toronto starting pitchers have gone six innings or more in a team-record 24 consecutive games, five more than the previous mark in 1998. TRAINERS ROOM Blue Jays: C Dioner Navarro pinch-hit and stayed in after missing Wednesdays game because of dizziness. He was hit on the mask by a foul tip Tuesday. UP NEXT LHP Mark Buehrle (12-9) starts the second game of the series Friday against Yankees RHP Hiroki Kuroda (10-9). ‚ ‚ ‚