The Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning open Game 1 of their first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series Sunday in Tampa, in one of the most evenly matched series in the Eastern Conference. MORE: 5 first-round bold predictions for the

It’s now confirmed; the Montreal Canadiens will face the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The two teams met four times this season, and each won twice. Montreal won the last two meetings but was outscored 13-11 in the ...

Cole Caufield scored his 47th goal of the season in the Canadiens' win over the Lightning. Mike Carlson / Getty Images TAMPA, Fla. — When the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Montreal Canadiens in the 2021 Stanley Cup Final to win their second straight ...

Claude Lemieux a four-time Stanley Cup champion and once one of the NHL's most infamous antagonists, has died at the age of 60.

Down but not out, the Vegas Golden Knights return to T-Mobile Arena for a critical Game 3. Can they keep this series interesting, or are the Colorado Avalanche clicking on too many levels right now? Meanwhile, after an unsettling end to Game 1, the ...

Heading into action on Saturday, the Montreal Canadiens own an 8-3 record. That’s notable for a few reasons. For example, they co-lead the Atlantic Division (Detroit Red Wings), when some analysts didn’t so much as have them returning to the Stanley ...

The Canadiens lead the best-of 7 Eastern Conference First Round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 following a 3-2 win at Benchmark International Arena on Wednesday. Montreal can advance to the second round with a win in Game 6 at home on Friday (7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, ESPN2, The Spot).

That Montreal rapidly shifted from a full-scale rebuild to a contender almost overnight is uniquely impressive in today's league.

“It’s not the end of the season," Alex Newhook adds about Habs being on brink of playoff elimination. "We’re confident.”