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Game Notes June 2 - Game 1 vs Montreal Series Schedule Series Date Loc Time/Res /Broadcasters June 2 WPG 6:30 p.m. Sportsnet/680 CJOB June 4 WPG 6:30 p.m. Sportsnet/680 CJOB June 6 MTL 5:00 p.m. Sportsnet/680 CJOB June 7 MTL TBA Sportsnet/680 CJOB June 9 WPG TBA Sportsnet/680 CJOB June 11 MTL TBA Sportsnet/680 CJOB June 13 WPG TBA Sportsnet/680 CJOB Season Series Date Loc Sc Res Feb. 25 WPG 6-3 W Feb. 27 WPG 2-1 OTW Mar. 4 MTL 4-3 OTW Mar. 6 MTL 7-1 L Mar. 15 WPG 4-2 L Mar. 17 WPG 4-3 OTW Apr. 8 MTL 4-2 W Apr. 10 MTL 5-0 W Apr. 30 MTL 5-3 L Playoffs By Game… Game 1: 4-3 Broadcast Game 1 at Home: 2-2 Overtime: 4-2 Information Home OT Games: 2-1 TV: SPORTSNET Road OT Games: 2-1 Play-By-Play: Chris Cuthbert Analyst: Craig Simpson Rinkside: Scott Oake First Sweep The Jets swept the Edmonton Oilers in four games in the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Radio: 680 CJOB/Power 97 Playoffs…It’s the first time in franchise history the Jets have swept a playoff series…This is also Play-By-Play: Paul Edmonds the second time in franchise history the Jets have advanced past the first round of the playoffs, Analyst: Jamie Thomas joining the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs when the Jets advanced to the Western Conference Final. Studio Host: Kelly Moore Overtime a Good Time The Jets won their last three games against the Oilers in overtime…The Jets have won four Upcoming consecutive playoff overtime games, dating back to the 2019 playoffs…It’s the longest active Media Schedule overtime winning streak in the NHL. Date Event Time June 2 Morning Skate 9:30 a.m. Helle Good Jets vs. Montreal Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck posted a 1.60 goals-against average and .950 save percentage in Canadiens 6:30 p.m. the four wins in the first round…He had a shutout in Game 2 for his third career playoff shutout… June 3 Practice 12:00 p.m. June 4 Morning Skate 9:30 a.m. He stopped 151 of 159 shots in the series and faced 33 shots or more in each of the four games… Jets vs. Montreal He’s started 31 consecutive playoff games for the Jets, dating back to the First Round of the Canadiens 6:30 p.m. 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs…During his career, Hellebuyck has a .936 save percentage in 19 playoff June 5 Practice 11:00 a.m. games when he’s faced 30 shots or more. Comeback In Game 3 against the Oilers, the Jets erased a three-goal deficit, which marked the second time in franchise history Winnipeg did so in a playoff game…The Jets trailed 3-0 to the Nashville Predators in Game 3 of their 2018 second round series…The Jets were third in the NHL during the regular season when trailing after the first period at 8-14-0 and ninth when trailing after the second at 4-17-0. One-Goal Games The Jets have won the past three games by one goal, while their 4-1 win in Game 1 against Ed- monton was buoyed by two empty-net goals…The Jets went 12-6-3 in one-goal games during the regular season. First Round Producers May 21, 2021 Paul Stastny WPG EDM 1-0 W 4:06 Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler led the Jets in scoring the first May 23, 2021 Nikolaj Ehlers WPG EDM 5-4 W 9:13 round with five points (2G, 3A) each in the four games…Kyle Connor May 24, 2021 Kyle Connor WPG EDM 4-3 W 46:52 and Nikolaj Ehlers also produced two goals, while Josh Morrissey and Neal Pionk had three assists…Morrissey led the Jets in aver- All 56 age ice time in the series with 29:57. Eight members of the Jets played all 56 games during the regular season…Josh Morrissey and Derek Forbort were the only defence- The Hits on Repeat men to reach that mark, while forwards Mason Appleton, Kyle The Jets dished out 213 hits in the four games against Edmonton… Connor, Trevor Lewis, Mathieu Perreault, Mark Scheifele, and Paul Winnipeg had 68 hits in Game 1, which is a franchise record in the Stastny also accomplished the feat…The eight players playing 56 regular season and playoffs…Winnipeg’s averaging 55.3 hits per games led the NHL. game in the playoffs, which leads the NHL…The most hits the Jets had in a game in the regular season was 43. 1,000 Paul Stastny played in his 1,000th NHL game on May 11 against the Playoff Debuts Vancouver Canucks…He was the sixth player from the 2005 NHL Defenceman Logan Stanley and forward Kristian Vesalainen made Draft class to play in 1,000 NHL games…He’s played 538 games their Stanley Cup Playoff debuts in Game 1 against Edmonton… with the Colorado Avalanche, 267 with the St. Louis Blues, 121 with the Vegas Golden Knights, and 75 with the Jets…His dad Peter Twenty-four players on the Jets playoff roster have played in at th least one playoff game. played in 977 NHL games from 1980-1995…He became the 354 player in NHL history to reach 1,000 games, joining the likes of Jets coaches Dave Lowry (1,081) and Charlie Huddy (1,017)…Stast- Team Effort th The Jets finished sixth in the NHL with a .911 save percentage ny is the 34 active player to reach the 1,000-game mark and during the regular season…It’s the fourth consecutive season the ninth this season. Jets have been in the top 10 in the NHL in team save percentage. 10 and 20 Forwards Take the Lead The Jets had eight players with double digit goals, which was tied Winnipeg’s forwards had the biggest impact on their team’s offen- for third in the NHL and one less than leaders Washington and sive production of any team in the NHL during the regular season… Colorado…Winnipeg was one of five teams in the NHL with three The forwards contributed 94.1% of the team’s goals, 75.9% of the 20-goal scorers this season. assists, and 82.5% of points…All three categories led the NHL… Winnipeg’s forwards also scored all 30 of the team’s game-win- Multi-Point Leader ning goals. Mark Scheifele led the Jets during the regular season with 16 multi-point games, which was tied for 13th in the NHL…Scheifele OT Winners tallied 38 (13G, 25A) of his 63 points during multi-point games… The Jets went 6-1 in games decided in overtime this season, which Kyle Connor (15), Nikolaj Ehlers (13), Andrew Copp (11), and Blake was tied for second in the NHL with a .857 winning percentage… Wheeler (11) also had double digit multi-point games…Scheifele Five of the six overtime wins were by a 4-3 score…Winnipeg won and Wheeler each had a team-leading six three-point games. four overtime games all of the 2019-20 season…The franchise re- cord for overtime wins in a season is 10, which occurred in Atlanta Lots of Action during the 2010-11 season…The most overtime wins in a season Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck played 45 games during the regular since relocation is seven, which occurred during the 2018-19 season, which was the most in the NHL…Since the 2017-18 season, season. Hellebuyck leads NHL goaltenders in games played with 233, 20 more than Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy…With 1,223 saves this Special Teams season, he was the only goaltender in the NHL to surpass 1,200 The Jets special teams both finished the top half of the league… saves, while his 2,603 minutes also led the league…Hellebuyck fin- The Jets had one of the best power plays in the NHL all season ished fifth in the NHL with 24 wins, marking the fifth consecutive and finished seventh at 23.0%...The team’s penalty kill came in at season he’s racked up at least 20 wins. 80.5%, which was good for 13th…It’s the first time in three seasons the Jets penalty kill finished the season at better than 80%. 300 Victories Head coach Paul Maurice won his 300th game as the Jets head Handful of Zeros coach on May 5 at Calgary…The 300 wins comprise nearly 40% of The Jets registered five shutouts during the regular season… his coaching wins in the NHL…He won 384 games coaching the Four of the five shutouts came on the road…It’s one shy of the six Hartford/Carolina franchise and 76 games with the Maple Leafs… shutouts the Jets had during the 2019-20 season…The franchise Maurice is fourth all-time among head coaches in the NHL with record for shutouts in a season is seven, which happened during 1,656 games and sixth in wins with 762…Maurice joins Scotty the 2017-18 campaign. Bowman and Joel Quenneville as the only coaches in NHL history to coach two different franchises to 300 regular season wins. Undefeated with Four Winnipeg went a perfect 24-0-0 when scoring four goals in a game Blocker during the regular season…Winnipeg was the only team in the NHL Derek Forbort finished fifth in the NHL with 115 blocked shots undefeated this season when scoring four goals or more on 16 or during the regular season…He averaged a career high 2.05 blocked more occasions…The Jets ranked 12th in the NHL this season with shots per game this season…Forbort had at least one blocked an average of 3.04 goals per game.