The Lightning dominated from start to finish inside Amalie Arena onTuesday night,closingout the Canadiens with a 4-1victory in the second round of Cedric Mullins Jersey the Stanley Cup playoffs.The win puts the Lightning into the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2011, when they lost to Boston in seven games.MORE: | PHOTOS: Lightning 4,Canadiens 1(Tampa Bay wins series 4-2)Takeaway:The Lightning struck first onNikita Kucherov's redirect of anOndrej Palat shotin the opening period. The Lightning dominated the first period, out-shooting the Canadiens 13-6. Tampa capitalized on a Montreal turnover early in the second with a Steven Stamkos wrister that got by Montreal goalie Carey Price.Tampa's excellent puck movement led to a Palat goal, thanks to nifty pa ses from Kucherov and Anton Strlman, with 1:04 remaining in Adam Jones Jersey the second period.The Lightning took their 3-0 lead into the final period and never looked threatened.As good as the Tampa offense looked, Lightning goalie Ben Bishop was even better, John Means Jersey making18saves before Max Pacioretty finally got the Canadiens on the board with 4:57 remaining.Any momentum the Canadiensmay have gatheredwas short-lived, asKucherov addedan empty-net goal with 2:01 remaining.Quotable:"We didn't panic," Stamkos told NBC Sports Network after the game. "We played pretty decent in the first few games, but that was probably the best game we've played in the playoffs."Highlight: Stamkos' second-period goal may have been the one that really electrified the Lightning.Next up:Tampa advances to the Eastern Conference finals and will faceeither the Rangers or the Capitals.Three stars3. Ben Bishop, G, Lightning: Despite playing in the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in his career,Bishop stopped 18 of 19 shots to continue his impre sive play this postseason.2. Ondrej Palat, LW, Manny Machado Jersey Lightning: Palat scored a power-play goal and added an a sist with six hits and a block to help Tampa cruise.1. Nikita Kucherov, RW, Lightning: Kucherov scored the game's first and last goals, and added an a sist in between.Injury report:The Lightning were playing without forward , who had to undergo an emergency appendectomy on Monday. Callahan was replaced on the roster by centerJonathan Marche sault, who was making his Stanley Cup Anthony Santander Jersey playoffs debut after getting called up from Syracuse.Wednesday's game: