5 Keys: Jets at Wild, Game 4

JETS at WILD
8 p.m. ET; CNBC, SN, TVAS2, FS-N
Winnipeg leads best-of-7 series 2-1

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild will look to even the Western Conference First Round against the Winnipeg Jets in Game 4 at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday.
Here are 5 keys to Game 4:
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1. Parise out
Wild forward Zach Parise is week to week with a fractured sternum sustained during a 6-2 win in Game 3 on Sunday. He has scored in every game of the series.
Parise, 33, missed the first 39 regular-season games because of back surgery, then had 24 points (15 goals, nine assists), including 16 (12 goals, four assists) in his final 19 games. He is the Wild's all-time leader in goals (14), power-play goals (6), points (31) and shots on goal (110) in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and is tied for first in assists with Mikko Koivu (17).

2. Myers questionable

Jets defenseman Tyler Myers didn't take part in the morning skate after leaving at 15:41 of the second period of Game 3 with an apparent lower-body injury. Coach Paul Maurice did not provide an update.
Myers has two goals in the series, tied with forward Patrik Laine for the Jets lead.
Tucker Poolman, who has played 24 NHL games, was paired with Ben Chiarot at the skate and could make his NHL playoff debut in place of Myers.
"It's exciting, kind of like playing your first game," Poolman said. "(You have to) control your emotions, and go out and play hockey like always."

3. Push the pace

The Jets pointed to a lack of quickness as the problem in Game 3. They hope to bring that element back for Game 4.
"I think just we were not playing our best game the last game here, so I think the key is just to try to be faster," Laine said. "I think all the things are going to work out well on the ice if we're just playing faster, and I think that's something we need to do tonight.
"I don't know why we were slow, but I don't have just one reason why we were slow, but we've got to be able to play better than that."

4. Dumba's response to big minutes

With Wild defenseman Ryan Suter out for the season with a broken ankle, Mathew Dumba moved to the top defense pair with Jonas Brodin. That meant taking on some of Suter's hefty minutes. The 24-year-old leads the series and is 10th in the League with 26:53 of ice time per game. Dumba also has one goal and one assist.
"I've been logging big minutes, but I think all of our defense has stepped up in that sense and contributed to the loss of [Suter], and I think we're handling it pretty good so far," Dumba said.

5. Can Hellebuyck bounce back?

Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck was pulled after allowing six goals in 40 minutes in Game 3, bringing his goals-against average up to 3.39 and his save percentage down to .847 for the series. Prior to Game 3, his GAA was 1.51 and his save percentage .919.
"Just forget about it," Hellebuyck said after practice Monday. "I watch myself nonstop ... I'm not going to let a goal here or there deter what I expect out of myself every day."
Hellebuyck is 7-1-1 after allowing four or more goals in a loss.

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Paul Stastny -- Patrik Laine
Andrew Copp -- Bryan Little -- Jack Roslovic
Brandon Tanev -- Adam Lowry -- Joel Armia
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Joe Morrow -- Dustin Byfuglien
Ben Chiarot -- Tucker Poolman
Connor Hellebuyck
Steve Mason
Scratched:Shawn Matthias, Marko Dano,
Injured:Tyler Myers (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (lower body), Matt Hendricks (lower body), Toby Enstrom (lower body), Mathieu Perreault (upper body)

Wild projected lineup

Jason Zucker -- Eric Staal -- Mikael Granlund
Tyler Ennis -- Mikko Koivu -- Nino Niederreiter
Jordan Greenway -- Matt Cullen -- Charlie Coyle
Marcus Foligno -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Daniel Winnik
Jonas Brodin -- Matt Dumba
Nick Seeler -- Jared Spurgeon
Carson Soucy -- Nate Prosser
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
Scratched:Gustav Olofsson, Tyler Ennis, Louie Belpedio, Ryan Murphy, Kyle Rau, Kurtis Gabriel, Justin Kloos, Niklas Svedberg
Injured:Zach Parise (fractured sternum)Ryan Suter (fractured right ankle), Luke Kunin (torn ACL)

Status report

Perreault is expected to miss his third straight game.