After overcoming the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 7 on Monday night, the Montreal Canadiens turned their playoff push further west, into Manitoba for a series with the Winnipeg Jets.
Going into Game 1, Dominique Ducharme had no reason to make any changes to his lineup and so kept the same one that closed out the series with Toronto. There was good news however, in that Artturi Lehkonen was given the green light to play, but the team didn’t want to rush him back.
For the Jets, they were dealt a blow before he series even started as Paul Stastny wasn’t fit to play, leaving them without their usual second-line centre to start the series.