Montreal Canadiens: 3 Keys To Victory vs Winnipeg Jets

The Montreal Canadiens will face the Winnipeg Jets at the Bell Centre tonight.

It will be the fourth meeting of the season between the two teams and it hasn’t gone well for the Canadiens to date.

Winnipeg has come out on top in all three previous meetings, and they have all come in the past nine days. The Jets won 6-3 on Thursday, February 25th before a pair of overtime wins on Saturday and Thursday night.

So the Canadiens have snuck away with two points in the three contests, but are yet to win one against the Jets. Winnipeg is a strong team, sitting second in the Canadian Division with a strong 15-7-1 record. They are seven points back of the Toronto Maple Leafs for first in the division, but have played two less games so they will be looking to take advantage of those games in hand and try to reel in the Leafs.

This will be the Habs last home game before another lengthy road trip out west. They will play six games over the next two weeks on their road trip with a pair of games against the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames and the Jets again in Winnipeg.

It would be terrific if they could finish off their home stand with an elusive victory against the Jets before heading on the road for the foreseeable future.

How can they pull that off? Let’s take a look at their three keys to victory tonight.