The stakes are rising, the crowd is louder, and the journey continues \u2014 and fans won\u2019t have to miss a moment.<\/p>\n
The Montreal Canadiens are heading to Round 2 of the 2026 NHL Playoffs after a hard-fought 2-1 Game 7 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday night. It was a series defined by razor-thin margins, with four of seven games going to overtime and nearly every matchup decided by a single goal.<\/p>\n
Now, the Canadiens are set for a new challenge: a second-round matchup against the Buffalo Sabres.<\/p>\n
The Sabres had been waiting to learn their opponent after eliminating the Boston Bruins in six games in the first round. <\/p>\n
The series between Montreal and Buffalo is set to begin Wednesday night in Buffalo, with Game 2 on Friday. The series then shifts to Montreal for Games 3 and 4 on Sunday and Tuesday, respectively. If necessary, Game 5 will be played May 14 in Buffalo, Game 6 on May 16 in Montreal, and Game 7 on May 18 back at KeyBank Center.<\/p>\n
As the action moves forward, fans in Montreal can take in every moment together at the Casino\u2019s watch parties for every second-round game.<\/p>\n
With free admission and plenty of prizes to be won, the events offer supporters a chance to experience the intensity of playoff hockey in a shared setting as the Habs continue their postseason push.<\/p>\n
For Canadiens fans, it\u2019s more than just watching a game. It\u2019s another way to stay part of the story as it unfolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The stakes are rising, the crowd is louder, and the journey continues \u2014 and fans won\u2019t have to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-648608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}