They lost the first two at home in that series, 2-1 and 4-3, but rallied to tie it with wins of 6-3 and 2-1 in overtime in St. Louis.
"You learn every single year and there's still a lot of guys that are here that played that series against St. Louis," forward Nikolaj Ehlers said. "Everyone in here knows what it takes and, like I said before, I think we played a really good game and worked our [butts] off. So we've just got to keep going."
Maurice said he's got those circumstances in mind. And even if it will be without center Mark Scheifele, who will serve the second game of his four-game suspension in Game 3, defenseman Dylan DeMelo, who's out at least a week with an undisclosed injury, and forward Paul Stastny, who missed Games 1 and 2 with an undisclosed injury, he will be pushing his team for another step up in the quality of their game Sunday.
"We feel we've got to make the same kind of improvement in Game 3, and that's the big one," Maurice said. "Obviously, a critical game for numbers, but also going into back-to-back. If we can make the same kind of improvement game over game, we've got a real good chance.
"It's a challenge, for sure. We've been a better road team than we've been a home team all year (17-10-1 and 2-0 in the playoffs on the road vs. 13-13-2 and 2-2 in the playoffs at home). We've got some confidence going into the other team's building and there's a chance we might get Paul [Stastny] back, which will probably help our group up front."