The Penguins narrowly missed out on a top-four seed in the East that would have avoided the Qualifying Round altogether while the Habs had sold several veterans around the trade deadline, knowing they weren’t playoff-bound. Now, Montreal is indeed officially heading for the postseason while Pittsburgh’s season is over. Here’s a look back at the series.

It took until late in the third period for the scoring to be opened but Artturi Lehkonen’s first goal of the series was the difference maker as the Habs eliminated Pittsburgh with a 2-0 victory on Friday.

In the grand scheme of things, a fourth line winger isn’t going to make much of an impact in a series. Even knowing that, it’s time for Claude Julien to see what everyone else has known for quite some time now and pull Dale Weise out of the lineup.

After a quick start, the Habs found themselves down by two on Wednesday night. However, a very strong second half of the game led Montreal to a massive 4-3 win to give them a 2-1 lead in the series with a shot at ending it on Friday afternoon.

It was another gigantic night on Monday for Carey Price, only this time he didn’t get quite enough support as he Habs lost 3-1 to Pittsburgh to even their Qualifying Round series at one apiece.

Carey Price was the best player on the ice for much of the evening and it still required overtime to get the Habs a Game 1 win against the Penguins after Jeff Petry scored in the extra frame to give Montreal the 3-2 victory.