Montreal Eliminates Tampa Bay in NHL Playoffs as Slafkovsky and Cernak Fail to Score
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The Montreal Canadiens eliminated the Tampa Bay Lightning from the first round of the NHL Western Conference playoffs with a 2-1 victory in the decisive Game 7 of their series. Slovak players Juraj Slafkovsky of Montreal and Erik Cernak of Tampa Bay both failed to register any points in the series-clinching game. The victory advances Montreal to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs while ending Tampa Bay's postseason run.