Music: {allcanada} CANADIENS (46-20-8) at JETS (38-24-12)

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

{allcanada} CANADIENS (46-20-8) at JETS (38-24-12)

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Thursday, March 26, 2015

8:00 PM ET

CANADIENS (46-20-8) at JETS (38-24-12)

TV: RDS, SNE, TSN3

Season series: Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price had 29 saves in shutting out the Winnipeg Jets earlier this season. Lars Eller had the decisive goal.

Canadiens team scope: Goaltender Dustin Tokarski will start, coach Michel Therrien announced Wednesday after practice according to the Canadiens website. Tokarski made 41 saves in his most recent start, a 3-2 road win against the Florida Panthers on March 17. "We've got a plan in place when it comes to [Price]," Therrien said of his schedule for his No. 1 goaltender as the Canadiens prepare for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Therrien said he will not make any changes to the lineup he used in a 3-2 overtime road loss against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday. Montreal became the first team in the NHL to reach 100 points. The Canadiens have the third-best road record (22-12-3) in the League, and their 22 road wins rank second. The power play is 3-for-32 in its past 14 games and has not scored in the past four games. The Canadiens return home against the Florida Panthers on Saturday to begin a three-game homestand.

Jets team scope: Center Bryan Little and defenseman Dustin Byfuglien each have missed nine consecutive games because of upper-body injuries; Winnipeg did not practice Wednesday, and a further update on each player's status will not be available until Thursday. The Jets start a four-game homestand in which they will face three of the top seven teams in the League. A 5-2 loss against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday ended a five-game winning streak; Winnipeg went 1-1-0 on its two-game road trip. Winnipeg holds the second wild card into the playoffs from the Western Conference and trails the Minnesota Wild by one point; the Los Angeles Kings are two points behind Winnipeg and hold a game in hand. The Jets had gone five games without allowing a power-play goal (15-for-15) before Vancouver scored on its only chance Tuesday. Winnipeg's homestand continues against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.

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