Petan still waiting to see ice time with Jets

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JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILESBUFFALO — Turns out the third time wasn't the charm for Nic Petan. And his time with the Winnipeg Jets must be feeling a lot like Groundhog Day right now.

The rarely-used forward took Sunday's pre-game warm-up with the status of teammate Brendan Lemieux very much in question. Lemieux blocked a shot on the final shift of Saturday's 5-2 loss in Ottawa — just a few seconds after he'd scored his ninth goal of the season — and wasn't sure if he could play.

So Petan hit the ice at KeyBank Center as a backup plan — only to be relegated to the press box for a 20th straight game as a healthy scratch when Lemieux was able to answer the…