He recorded an assist in the opening match of the Eastern Conference semifinals, but his Montreal team lost 2:4 on the ice of Buffalo and is losing 0:1 in the series. Anaheim triumphed in the second semifinal of the Western Conference over Vegas 3:1 and leveled the series at 1:1. Slafkovský entered the Canadian scoring for the first time after the opening meeting of the quarter-final series against Tampa Bay, in which he scored a hat trick.
In the 20th minute, in the power play, he passed for Nick Suzuki’s goal, with which the Canadiens reduced the score to 1:2. However, in the middle period, the home team bounced back after strikes from Jordan Greenway and Bowen Byram, and Kirby Dach only corrected for the guests. Slafkovsky he played 19:41 minutes, in addition to an assist, he recorded a minus point, four shots on goal and a point in the statistics.
