2-0 against Pittsburgh means that the 24-ranked Montreal, who most likely had not reached the playoffs under normal conditions (as only 16 teams go on) wins the playoff series with 3-1 in matches and is now set against Tampa Bay or Philadelphia.

- It naturally feels good to win this series. But it was just a playoff round. Now we will enjoy this for a while and then move on, says Artturi Lehkonen, who scored Montreal's first goal, according to the Canadian Press.

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The match lasted a long time and weighed. Birthday child Sidney Crosby, 33, on Friday, dotted the crossbar in the third period, but Pittsburgh never came closer than that.

Instead, his teammate Brandon Tanev in the Montreal defense zone invited the puck, and when four Pittsburgh players chased the puck in a tangled situation, Artturi Lehkonen was able to poke it into an abandoned goal. There were then four minutes left to play and when Pittsburgh chased an equalizer, Shea Weber put the final score 2-0 in the empty net.

- The series was played in the best of five matches and then anything can happen. We did some good things but we did not do enough. You have to give them "cred". They played really well, says Sidney Crosby.

With the victory, Montreal is the lowest ranked team that has ever won a playoff round in the NHL.