Cup playoffs, with Tampa Bay winning the series in six games; they would go on to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup. They met again in the Second Round of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs. This time, the Lightning swept the Panthers, sending them to the Conference Finals. As of the end of the 2021–22 season, Florida leads the regular season series 73–50–10–19 while Tampa leads the 8–2 in the playoff record. Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators (original and modern) The rivalry between Montreal Canadiens and the original Ottawa Senators & later the modern Ottawa Senators began, just like Toronto and Ottawa, in the early days of the NHL. The first National Hockey League game was between the original Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens on December 19, 1917. Also, in 1927, the two teams faced each other in the second round, Ottawa won that series and they went on to win the Stanley Cup. The Canadiens and the modern Senators face each other often as they are both in the Atlantic Division and there is only a two-hour drive from Montreal to Ottawa via Quebec Autoroute 40 and Ontario Highway 417. The modern Ottawa Senators' first NHL game was held in Ottawa on October 8, 1992, where the expansion Senators beat the Canadiens 5–3. That victory was one of the only Senators' highlights of their inaugural season; they won only nine more games the rest of the season to finish with ten wins and 24 points (tied for the NHL's worst record with the San Jose Sharks; but San Jose had a better regular-season record, having won one more game – 11 to 10; it should also be noted that San Jose lost 71 games, one more than Ottawa's 70), while the Canadiens won their 24th Stanley Cup that season. The modern Senators and the Canadiens faced each other in the playoffs for the first time in 2013. In that series, there were a large amount of controversial events. In game one, Ottawa's Eric Gryba laid out Montreal's Lars Eller in an open ice hit. After the game, the Senators' head coach Paul MacLean blamed Raphael Diaz for a suicide pass. Later, Canadiens' coach Michel Therrien responded and said that what Maclean said was a "lack of respect." Ottawa won that game 4–2; Brandon Prust later insulted MacLean after the game, saying that he doesn't care what that "bug-eyed, fat