3 Keys: Jets at Canadiens, Game 4 of second round

No. 3 Jets at No. 4 Canadiens
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Montreal leads best-of-7 series, 3-0

Jeff Petry will not play for the Montreal Canadiens when they look to sweep the Winnipeg Jets in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Second Round at Bell Centre on Monday.
The defenseman left with an upper-body injury in the second period of a 5-1 victory in Game 3 on Sunday. Alexander Romanov will replace Petry in the lineup.
Petry has three assists and is averaging 23:52 of ice time in 10 Stanley Cup Playoff games. He led Canadiens defensemen and was tied for seventh among NHL defensemen with 42 points (12 goals, 30 assists) in 55 games during the regular season.
The Canadiens have not won two playoff series in the same season since 2014, when they lost in the Eastern Conference Final to the New York Rangers in six games.
Teams that have a 3-0 lead are 194-4 (.980) winning a best-of-7 NHL playoff series, including 2-0 this season. Montreal is 33-0 when leading 3-0 in a best-of-7 series, including 22 sweeps. Winnipeg is 0-2 when trailing by that margin.
The Jets have scored one goal in the past two games after scoring 14 in a four-game sweep against the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup First Round. Forward Adam Lowry's goal at 17:51 of the second period in Game 3 ended a drought of 99:31 for Winnipeg.
Though they have been outscored 11-4 in the series, Jets coach Paul Maurice said the margin is not indicative of the play.
"The highs and lows are probably not nearly as evident in our room as they are everywhere else," he said.
Here are 3 keys for Game 4:

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1. Canadiens must remain focused

The prospect of the Canadiens reaching the third round has elicited memories of Montreal's 1993 run to the Stanley Cup. But can Montreal players shield themselves from it long enough not to be distracted?
"[1993] was a great team," Canadiens coach Dominique Ducharme said. "The team really jelled together and went through some adversity against [the] Quebec [Nordiques] before getting on a roll. But every year is different and we're not thinking about that kind of thing inside. We're focused on the moment. I know from the outside maybe you can see some things that are the same. But we have a long way to go."

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2. Jets need net-front presence

One reason the struggling Jets offense has scored four goals in three games is a failure to get bodies in front of Canadiens goalie Carey Price. On the other hand, Montreal has done a good job of causing havoc around Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck, specifically forwards Corey Perry and Brendan Gallagher.
"This series is blue paint," Maurice said. "They've gotten to ours and we haven't gotten to theirs and that's an absolute fact."

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3. Quick start for Montreal

The Canadiens have won six consecutive games and have not trailed in the series. They have not been behind in a game since Game 4 of their Stanley Cup First Round against the Toronto Maple Leafs. One of the keys to that success is they've opened the scoring in each of their past six games.

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Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Paul Stastny -- Blake Wheeler
Andrew Copp -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Mathieu Perreault -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton
Kristian Vesalainen -- Nate Thompson -- Trevor Lewis
Josh Morrissey -- Neal Pionk
Derek Forbort -- Tucker Poolman
Logan Stanley -- Jordie Benn
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched:Jansen Harkins, Dominic Toninato, Ville Heinola, Sami Niku, Eric Comrie, Mikhail Berdin, David Gustafsson, Cole Kehler, Joona Luoto, Dylan Samberg, Marko Dano, Nelson Nogier, CJ Suess
Injured:Dylan DeMelo (lower body), Nathan Beaulieu (hand)
Suspended: Mark Scheifele

Canadiens projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Tyler Toffoli -- Nick Suzuki -- Cole Caufield
Paul Byron -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Josh Anderson
Joel Armia -- Eric Staal -- Corey Perry
Ben Chiarot -- Shea Weber
Brett Kulak -- Joel Edmundson
Alexander Romanov -- Erik Gustafsson
Carey Price
Jake Allen
Scratched:Tomas Tatar, Michael Frolik, Alex Belzile, Jon Merrill, Alexander Romanov, Xavier Ouellet, Cayden Primeau
Injured: Jake Evans (concussion), Jeff Petry (upper body)

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Status report

The Jets are expected to use the same lineup from Game 3.