Canadiens win a playoff game like none other in NHL history, and it's Game 7 to advance and meet Sabres

Canadiens win a playoff game like none other in NHL history, and it's Game 7 to advance and meet Sabres originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Montreal Canadiens played 60 minutes of the grittiest hockey imaginable.

Along the way, they scored two goals, and the Tampa Bay Lightning scored one, and so that means the Habs are moving on. It was Game 7 on Sunday night, and Montreal was 2-1 winners. They'll play the Buffalo Sabres in the Eastern Conference semifinal starting on Wednesday.

And they needed every little bit of that grit. MORE: Sabres' storybook season is real, and Stanley Cup dreams are valid On this night, the Canadiens fired just nine shots on goal. It's the fewest shots on goal in a playoff win in NHL history, according to Sportsnet.

Canadiens set a Stanley Cup Playoffs record for the fewest shots on goal in a win with 9 #GoHabsGo — Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) May 4, 2026 MORE: Sidney Crosby is a bad omen for Connor McDavid That's more than 100 years of NHL history that this had never been done. Shoot, the Canadiens have won more Stanley Cups than anyone. They're right in the thick of lots of huge playoff moments.