Overview
- In Tampa on Sunday, Montreal edged Tampa Bay 2-1 in Game 7 to clinch the series and set up a second-round matchup in Buffalo that starts Wednesday.
- Alex Newhook scored the winner with 8:53 left in the third period by batting a loose puck from near the goal line off Andrei Vasilevskiy.
- Rookie Jakub Dobes made 28 saves on 29 shots, holding firm as the Lightning controlled play and outshot the Canadiens 29-9.
- Montreal won despite recording only nine shots, the fewest ever in an NHL playoff win, and posted zero shots in the second period for the first time in its postseason history.
- Tampa Bay exited in the first round for the fourth straight season after a razor-thin series in which every game was decided by one goal and four went to overtime.