US EditionCanadiens Are Heading to the Second Round of the NHL Playoffs After Going Through a Rebuild
Alex Newhook scored the winner and Jakub Dobes stopped 28 shots as Montreal won a seventh straight one-goal game.
- On Sunday, May 3, 2026, the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in Game 7 at Benchmark International Arena, eliminating the Lightning from the Stanley Cup playoffs.
- Montreal Canadiens centre Alex Newhook scored the deciding goal slightly more than 11 minutes into the third period, while goaltender Jakub Dobes held the Lightning scoreless for the final 26:33.
- The Canadiens won 53.3 per cent of their faceoffs and outhit the Lightning 43-30, with every game in the series decided by a single goal.
- "I'm happy for our players and our fans who have supported us," head coach Martin St. Louis said, as the team faces Buffalo in the second round beginning Wednesday.
- No Canadian club has won the Stanley Cup since Montreal in 1993, and this matchup marked the 202nd time in league history a series reached a seventh game.
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Canadiens are heading to the second round of the NHL playoffs after going through a rebuild
Martin St. Louis pounded his chest in the locker room, Jakub Dobes received a shaving cream pie in the face from his fellow goalies and the Montreal Canadiens celebrated a long-awaited series victory. Indeed, the Canadiens are heading to Buffalo…
On Monday's press review, Paul Arcand comments on the Montreal Canadiens' accession to the second round of the playoffs, after his 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday night.
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Alex Newhook broke a third-period tie with the game-winning goal to give the visiting Montreal Canadiens a 2-1 Game 7 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday. Nick Suzuki also scored for the Canadiens, who were outshot 29-9 and outplayed for much of the deciding game, but now face the Buffalo Sabres, who finished
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