FOG BLOG SPORTS LOG: MONTREAL CANADIENS EXTEND PLAYOFF STREAK TO 7, SWEEP JETS IN 4 AND TAKE SERIES:

Toffoli scores in OT as Canadiens complete sweep of Jets in final North Division title........Montreal extends playoff win streak to 7 games.....also, 406 playoff minutes not trailing in a game......3rd all time!......Tyler Toffoli and his teammates knew they weren't given much of a chance heading into the playoffs.

And, quite frankly, with good reason.

The last of 16 clubs to qualify, the Montreal Canadiens suffered through a condensed schedule because of a COVID-19 outbreak and won just one of their final nine regular-season games inside 60 minutes.

• BOX SCORE: Canadiens 3, Jets 2 (OT)

Now — improbably — they're the first team moving onto the semifinals of the Stanley Cup tournament in the NHL's craziest campaign to date.

Toffoli scored at 1:39 of overtime Monday as the Canadiens defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 to complete a surprising four-game sweep of their second-round series.

The sniper, who found the back of the net 28 times during the pandemic-shortened season, buried the winner after taking a cross-ice pass down low from rookie Cole Caufield and firing his fourth of the playoffs past Connor Hellebuyck.

"It kind of feels like nobody believes in us," Toffoli said. "The only people we have are ourselves and our fans ... and our friends and family.

"We're sticking together."