Tampa Bay finishes off Montreal in six to move on to East Finals

Canada's last hope to bring home the Stanley Cup has fallen. Nikita Kucherov had two goals & an assist and Steven Stamkos & Ondrej Palat also scored to help the Tampa Bay Lightning earn a 4-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens and win their Eastern Conference semifinals, 4-2.

Lightning goalie Ben Bishop stopped 18 shots to outperform Montreal's goalie Carey Price, who finished with 24 saves.

Now in the East Finals, Tampa Bay awaits the winner of the N.Y. Rangers-Washington series, which will be decided this Wednesday night in Game 7.