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Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final is at 8 p.m. ET in Raleigh. The matchup features the league's first-place penalty kill against a Montréal power play that has improved through the playoffs, and a goaltender duel between Sam Montembeault and Frederik Andersen that may decide the series.
The 2026 Canadian Football League preseason kicks off Saturday with Toronto travelling to Hamilton and Edmonton heading west to face the Lions in Langford. TSN broadcasts the Argonauts game; the rest stream on CFL+.
Game 1 in Raleigh on Thursday. Montréal's first Conference Final since 2014 meets a Carolina team that has won the Metro and looks structurally complete. The series will be decided in the middle of the ice and in the goaltender duel.
The Raptors moved at the margins, declined the bigger swings, and left the larger conversation for the off-season.