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The Canadiens are scoring more goals and the defencemen are jumping into the play more often, but coach Michel Therrien says there’s no truth to the suggestion his team has changed its system.

The Canadiens may have refined a few points and the team has developed more maturity, but Therrien insists that the overall philosophy hasn’t changed.

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“We’re a different team than we were three years ago, but 95 per cent of the things we do are the same,” Therrien said on the eve of the Canadiens’ home game against the St. Louis Blues Tuesday (7:30 p.m., CITYM, RDS, TSN Radio 690).

The philosophy has been to play solid defence and turn that into offensive chances.

“We’re able to do that because we have more speed,” said Therrien, who has seen his team stun the opposition with a wave of breakaways and odd-man rushes.

The coach also noted that the team’s depth means he is able to roll four lines and that means there are always fresh legs on the ice.