Alex Newhook broke a tie with 8:53 left and the Montreal Canadiens outlasted the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Game 7 on Sunday night to end the thrilling first-round series.

The Lightning have lost in the first round in four consecutive seasons, so they need to trade a couple of veterans

At the end of last season, Nikita Kucherov stood at the podium and said one area he wanted to improve on in the 2025-26 postseason was his ability to “execute under pressure.” The Panthers were all over him in last year’s series,

The Tampa Bay Lightning were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 2-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference First Round on Sunday,

The Montreal Canadiens visit the Tampa Bay Lightning in game seven of the first round of the NHL Playoffs. The teams met Friday for the 11th time this season. The Lightning won 1-0 in overtime in the previous matchup.

The Lightning lost a heartbreaker in Game 7 against the Canadiens in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The most compelling second-round series is definitely the Montreal Canadiens facing the Buffalo Sabres. It is the first time these Atlantic Division rivals have met in the playoff

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens will play the 202nd Game 7 in Stanley Cup Playoff history for the right to face the Buffalo Sabres in the Eastern Conference Second Round. Through the first six games of this best-of-7 series,