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Series previews
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...-vs-lightning/
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl...view-1.6082542
https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2021/06/27...ning-will-win/
https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2021/06/27...final-preview/
https://www.espn.com/nhl/insider/sto...real-canadiens
https://www.si.com/hockey/news/stanl...real-canadiens
https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey...ghtning-series
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All games are at 1800h Mountain except for game 7


Monday, June 28: at Tampa Bay on CBC, SN, NBCSN, and TVA Sports
Wednesday, June 30: at Tampa Bay on CBC, SN, NBCSN, and TVA Sports

Friday, July 2: at Montreal on CBC, SN, NBC, and TVA Sports
Monday, July 5: at Montreal on CBC, SN, NBC, and TVA Sports

*Wednesday, July 7: at Tampa Bay on CBC, SN, NBC, and TVA Sports

*Friday, July 9: at Montreal on CBC, SN, NBC, and TVA Sports

*Sunday, July 11: at Tampa Bay on CBC, SN, NBC, and TVA Sports 1700h/5:00 pm



Canadiens: 24-21-11, 59 points (18th in the overall standings)
Lightning: 36-17-3, 75 points ​(eighth in the overall standings)


Regular-season series: the teams did not play each other in the regular season due to the pandemic division based schedule.


This will be the fourth time these two teams will play each other in the playoffs. The Lightning have won two of the series.

The previous playoff series were in 2004, 2014, and 2015 in the second, first, and second rounds respectively.