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Canadiens vs Lightning

NHL • R2 • May 3 2026

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Probably will never see a team win with 9 shots on goal ever again

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO!!! BONNE NUIT TAMPA. We 100% did not deserve to win that game with only 9 shots but holy did Dobes show up tonight. Suzuki with a nice tip to get it started for the Habs. Lane Hutson with the assists on that one, he has just been incredible this series, the best player so far for Montreal. Newhook with a weird goal from behind the net but we'll take it. Esti que je suis fier de nous quand même. Je veux battre Buffalo mais je suis juste content pour le moment que le crisse de Lightning de marde est éliminé. Go Habs Go.

@pepperoninipples

Insane ending... Watching Tampa choke brings a tear to my eye 🥲☺️ We’ll see ya in Buffalo, Montreal 😈😈

@calwatchinsports

Good game. Tampa was a lot worse in the 1st and the much better team in the 2nd. Montreals goaltender shut the show down in the third. Great series with 7 close games. Lightning played well in all but game 5.

You need more then 9 shots to win an hockey game imo

Wow, the Lightning dominated that game. It sucks they couldn't pull through. Only 9 shots on goal for the Habs? So bizarre, but that's game 7 in the NHL for you. Tough break for the Bolts.

What a game What a series Absolute cinema

@FlameRaptorRaven

We somehow got the most fitting and ironic ending to this incredible matchup. In a series where the margins for error were razor thin and the play on the ice has been mostly close, it is ironic that this series ends with a game completely dominated by one team on the ice. Fittingly, the score was still close. The Habs got outshot so badly in this game. They didn’t have a shot on goal in the 2nd for gods sake. How on earth did they even have a chance? 1 man: Jakub Dobes. The rookie netminder just played the best game of his life in the most important game of his career (for now). When Montreal couldn’t get any traction, let alone momentum in the offensive zone, they needed Dobes to neutralize Tampa’s offense and he did it nearly every single time. The Bolts did not make this easy at all for Montreal. They remained scrappy to the very last second, but nobody knows more about returning to Tampa for game 7 like Martin St. Louis. Changed from 9.0 to 8.5 because I was beating between 8 and 9

Such a strange game, but I’m so happy with the result.

@LoggieBigPieogi

Man look at this series man. Every game decides by only 1 goal. 7 games 7 GD combined. Tremendous. This game was something nutty. Canadiens won with the lowest amount of SOG by a team that won a game with 9. They didnt have one sog the second period. And yet they still won even with the Lightning out shooting them on net by 20. This was the best series of the first round by far.

@sylentfeedback

Lets fuckin go!!! Dobes is the player of the game and the player of this series. This dude is a star in the making and his performance this game was amazing. Idk how the Habs won that game on only 9 SOG but they did it in Tampa. I can’t believe Slaf missed that empty netter tho 😆

@simonmarrii2001

KUCHEROV THE GHOST IN THE AMALIE LIBRARY HAHAHAHA!!! TAMPA WE SAVED YALL A SPOT ON THE COUCH BUMS 🐀. 4th straight year getting tossed in the first round 💯💯💯Anyways Montreal in the 2nd period was the worst playoff team I’ve ever seen and they better not make those mistakes if they want to survive in the playoffs.

How the fuck did the canadiens win this game

@no1haventseenit

Dude cmon 9 shots and they score on 2 of them? Props to the Canadiens and their goalie but that’s a tough pill to swallow especially at home. I hate game 7s with ALL of my heart.