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Canadiens Continue to Defy Logic on the Road to the Stanley Cup Final

If you had the Montreal Canadiens as your Stanley Cup pick, you're either lying or you're a psychic. And if it's the latter, well, let's talk lottery numbers.

The Habs knocked off the Vegas Golden Knights, one of the heavy favorites to win it all, in overtime of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Semifinal on Thursday at Bell Centre to reach their first Stanley Cup Final in 28 years. They will face either the New York Islanders or the Tampa Bay Lightning.

At some point, it was unthinkable that a franchise among the most storied in the world would go 28 years without competing in the final round.