Schedule and 2020-21 Results
Regular Season Records: Winnipeg 30-23-3=63pts, Montreal 24-21-11=59pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 2 June: Montreal wins at Winnipeg, 5-goals-3
Game 2 on Friday, 4 June: Montreal wins at Winnipeg, 1-goal-nil
Game 3 on Sunday, 6 June: Winnipeg loses at Montreal, 5-goals-1
Game 4 on Monday, 7 June: Winnipeg loses at Montreal, 3-goals-2(OT)

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Montreal Canadiens hosted and defeated the Winnipeg Jets (II) 3-goals-2(OT) to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1463 victory. With the series 1463 win, the Montreal Canadiens improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 79-42 overall and 17-13 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1463 loss, the Winnipeg Jets (II) see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Montreal Canadiens in series 1463 was WWWW: Series 1463 thus becomes the 42nd NHL Quarterfinals-round series, the 124th NHL series (all rounds), and the 242nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Series 1463 becomes the 23rd best-of-7 NHL playoff series sweep achieved by the Montreal Canadiens, and their first since series 1222 (over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2014 NHL Preliminary round). Series 1463 is the 19th best-of-7 NHL playoff series annihilation (the swept team never once held an in-game lead), and the first in the NHL since the Chicago Blackhawks achieved it against the Minnesota Wild in the 2015 NHL Quarterfinals; it is the seventh achieved by the Montreal Canadiens, and their first since the 1978 NHL Semifinals against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The most recent best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series annihilation had been achieved by the Washington Nationals against the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2019 MLB Semifinals (in the 2019 National League Championship Series).

After Game 3: The Montreal Canadiens hosted and defeated the Winnipeg Jets (II) 5-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1463 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Montreal Canadiens have a series record of 32-0 and a Game 4 record of 22-10. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Winnipeg Jets (II) have a series record of 0-1 and a Game 4 record of 0-1. Series 1463 becomes the 379th best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series to stand 3-games-nil after three games, and Winnipeg will attempt to become the sixth team to surmount the 3-games-nil deficit for a 4-games-3 series victory. Series 1463 becomes the 198th best-of-7 NHL playoff series to stand 3-games-nil after three games, and Winnipeg will attempt to become the fifth NHL team to surmount the 3-games-nil deficit for a 4-games-3 series victory. Since the last team surmounted a 3-games-nil deficit for a 4-games-3 victory (in best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1228, won by the Los Angeles Kings over the San Jose Sharks in the 2014 NHL Preliminary round), teams leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil have won sixty consecutive series.

After Game 2: The Montreal Canadiens visited and shut out the Winnipeg Jets (II) 1-goal-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1463 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Montreal Canadiens have a series record of 50-5 and a Game 3 record of 32-23. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Winnipeg Jets (II) have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 3 record of 1-1. Series 1463 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series beyond the Preliminary round led 2-games-nil by the Montreal Canadiens since 1993, when Les Habitants led their NHL Quarterfinals and Semifinals series 2-games-nil en route to their last NHL championship.

After Game 1: The Montreal Canadiens visited and defeated the Winnipeg Jets (II) 5-goals-3 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1463 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Montreal Canadiens have a series record of 62-11 and a Game 2 record of 55-18. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Winnipeg Jets (II) have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 2 record of 0-2.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2020-21 NHL regular season, the Winnipeg Jets (II) finished four points ahead of the Montreal Canadiens. From 1939 through the 2021 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by four regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 14-21 (.400, with an active six-series losing streak) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1463 is the seventh best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Winnipeg Jets (II), and the 121st for the Montreal Canadiens. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Winnipeg Jets (II) have an all-rounds series record of 3-3, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 1-0, and a Game 1 record of 4-2, while the Montreal Canadiens have an all-rounds series record of 78-42, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 16-13, and a Game 1 record of 73-47. Series 1463 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Winnipeg Jets (II) and the Montreal Canadiens.