Not many pundits had this one correct the No. 5-seeded Penguins have beeneliminated by the12th-seeded Canadiens.Led by the Vezina and Hart Trophy-winning Carey Price's sixth career postseason shutout, Montreal skated away witha 2-0 win and advanced to the Stanley Cup playoffs first round Friday. Price turned aside 22 shots while Artturi Lehkonen potted the game-winner against Pens Game 4 starter Tristan Jarrywith le s than five minutes left in regulation. Habs captain Shea Weber then sealed the victorywith a shot that rang around the boards from behind his own net.Despite it being Sidney Crosby's 33rd birthday, the Penguins came out flat and didn't have much offense in this one outside of a few sporadic moments. In fact, the high-powered offense was held to just three high-danger chances for (). Montreal took advantage of the lackluster effort Dave Winfield Jersey to move on.While the qualifying round was expected to be unpredictable, this result is a surprising one. The Canadiens didn't even have a sniff of the playoffs when the season was paused.Back on March 12, Claude Julien's squad had a 31-31-9 record and were nine points out of the postseason with three teams between them and the last wild-card spot. They were tied for 18th in goals for (212), tied for 23rd in goals against, in the bottom third on special teams, and in the midst of a three-game losing streak. When the June 26 draft lottery happened, everyone was gearing up to potentially see Qubcois star Alex Lafreniere get drafted by Quebec's team.Now, there's a chance Lafreniere will be skating with fellow Rimouski Oceanic alum Sidney Crosby.MORE: The Canadiens will have to wait until Chase Headley Jersey Saturday to find out who they'll face. It'll either be the Lightning or Flyers, who meet in their respective final round-robin game.Sporting Newshadall the action as theCanadiens eliminated Sidney Crosby on his birthday and his Penguins in four games.Penguins vs. Canadiens scores, updates, highlights(All times are Eastern) Final score: Canadiens 2, Penguins 0Third period: Canadiens 2, Penguins 06:27 p.m. GOAL. Shea Weber sends it 200 feet as he rings it around from behind his own net and it caroms into the empty net. Canadiens lead 2-0. 6:27 p.m. Schultz with a shot that's turned away.6:25 p.m. Penguins pull Jarry.6:25 p.m. Malkin with a sharp-angle shot that is stopped by Price.6:21 p.m. Crosby gets a chance but his shot is deflected into the seats by Ben Chiarot. A lucky fan will get that one.6:20 p.m. For a team that entered the game facing elimination, there hasn't been much urgency thus far from the Penguins. Will they be able to turn it on now?6:19 p.m. GOAL. Canadiens take the lead on a delayed call. Byron gets hooked as he takes the puck around the net and feeds it in front toArtturi Lehkonen, who buries it with just over four minutes remaining. Canadiens take a 1-0 lead. The break the deadlock late in the 3rd! #StanleyCup Qualifiers on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) 6:02 p.m. Crosby rings one off the pipe. No birthday luck here as he looks skyward.Crosby rings iron on the PP. Here's Your Replay (@TheReplayGuy) 6:01 p.m. Penguins get their second power play of the day. They had zero shots during their first man advantage.5:57 p.m. Brendan Gallagher gets the spring pa s from Tatar and is robbed by the glove of Jarry. He was also stopped by Jarry le s than a minute into the period on a shot from the right circle.YOU SHALL NOT PASS! Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) 5:55 p.m. Canadiens swarming and controlling play. Paul Byron with a shot that goes San Diego Padres off the outside of the post.Paul Byron rings iron. Here's Your Replay (@TheReplayGuy) 5:53p.m. Third period is underway. Who will score first?Gro se 3e priode.Huge 3rd period. Canadiens Montral (@CanadiensMTL) Second period:Penguins 0, Canadiens 05:34 p.m. Double eggs still in Toronto as the second period flies by. Penguins still with the shots advantage (13-11). Per Natural Stat Trick, the ice was more tilted in the Canadiens' favor as the second period wore on;they had a 70 percent CF%.5:27 p.m. Canadiens will head back to the power play. Can they get their first power-play goal of the postseason?5:25 p.m. Nick Suzuki with a short-handed chance. The kid is flying.5:21 p.m. Penguins will head to the power play. Pittsburgh 3-for-15 entering Game 4.5:17 p.m. Nick Suzuki comes close.5:15 p.m. Maybe he was just giving him a birthday present.Carey to ses the puck at Sid after that save Here's Your Replay (@TheReplayGuy) 5:15 p.m. Off a bad line-change, Penguins break out 2-on-1, but Petry doesn't give Guentzel a chance to shoot. Guentzel finds Crosby, who gets robbed by Price on the bad angle. So far, no birthday goals for the birthday boy. On the flip side, Petry does it all.Price save on Crosby. Here's Your Replay (@TheReplayGuy) 5:09 p Ozzie Smith Jersey .m. Jarry has to make a tricky save off a faceoff. Still 0-0 in Toronto.5:08 p.m. This game is must-see TV.Let's Go Pens! Pirates (@Pirates) 5:06 p.m. The second period started three minutes ago but NBCSN had a live look-in ofPredators-Coyotes. Spoiler alert: Predators tied it with 31.9 seconds left to keep their season going.First period: Penguins 0, Canadiens 04:45 p.m. First period comes to a close goalle s and the Penguins outshot the Canadiens 8-5. , Pittsburgh controlled play with a Corsi For of 60.61 percent but it was Montreal that had the only high-danger chances (two) in the game.A look at the numbers after the 1st frame Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) 4:42 p.m. Canadiens with some good pre sure with under a minute left as Rollie Fingers Jersey Victor Mete gets a couple of looks.4:37p.m. Montreal is 0-for-10 on the power play in the series entering Game 4...and are now 0-for-114:34 p.m. Evgeni Malkin gets called for high-sticking and the Canadiens will head to the power play.4:31 p.m. Canadiens get a few chances including a Shea Weber shot which, let's be honest,no one wants to stand in front of.4:19 p.m. Hornqvist rings one off the post. There was a little bit of daylight above the glove of Price and he was millimetersoff.4:16 p.m. Penguins controlling the puck down low and Dumoulin's shot can't find its home.4:14 p.m. The birthday boy, Sidney Crosby, rifles off a shot that Carey Price g