2018-19 Winnipeg Jets Game Information
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2018-19 WINNIPEG JETS GAME INFORMATION WINNIPEG JETS DIGITAL MEDIA PORTAL -- NHL.COM/JETS/MEDIA RUNDOWN GAME THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2018 WINNIPEG JETS 2018-19 Record 13-8-2 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Division Place 4th in Central 24 VS. BELL MTS PLACE • 7:00 P.M. • TSN3/TSN 1290 2017-18 vs. CHI 2-3-0 All-Time vs. CHI 14-17-5 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS GAME NOTES 2018-19 Record 9-11-5 Division Place 6th in Central TOMORROW’S GAME 2017-18 vs. WPG 3-2-0 The Winnipeg Jets host the Chicago All-Time vs. WPG 22-14-0 Blackhawks tomorrow in the second game of a two-game homestand…The Jets started the homestand with a 4-3 loss TALE OF THE TAPE to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night…After tomorrow’s game, the Jets Jets Blackhawks begin a three-game road trip on Saturday 8-3-2 Home 5-4-3 against the New Jersey Devils. 5-5-0 4-7-2 Road RARITY 8-4 W at STL Last Game 8-3 L vs. VGK The Jets enter tomorrow’s game having 2-3-0 (1L) Last 5 2-3-0 (1L) lost three of their last four games in 5-4-1 Last 10 3-5-2 regulation…The last time the Jets lost Wheeler (29) Points Kane (28) three of four games in regulation was Laine (19) Goals Kane (13) a three-game losing streak from Mar. Wheeler (25) Assists Kane (15) 6-11/17…Since that losing streak, the Jets are 75-30-13, which is the third-best record in the NHL. AGAINST THE CENTRAL GAME BROADCASTERS The Jets are 4-3-0 against Central Division teams this season…The Jets wrap up TV: TSN3 playing three of their last four games in Play-By-Play Dennis Beyak November against Central Division teams Colour Commentary Kevin Sawyer after playing just one Central Division team in their previous 11 games…Since Radio: TSN 1290 the start of the 2016-17 season, the Jets Play-By-Play Paul Edmonds are 38-20-4 against teams within their Colour Commentary Brian Munz own division, which is second behind the Nashville Predators (39-19-4)…In that same time frame, Blake Wheeler leads CONTACT INFORMATION all NHLers in scoring against the Central Division with 78 points (26G, 52A) in 62 games, while Mark Scheifele is second Scott Brown with 71 points (29G, 42A) in 54 games. SENIOR DIRECTOR FEELING THE POWER HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS Despite not scoring a power play goal in back-to-back games (0-for-3), Winnipeg still leads the NHL Cell: 204-799-6392 in power play scoring percentage at home this season at 36.4% (12-for-33)…This is the first time this Email: [email protected] season the Jets have gone consecutive home games without a power play goal…Patrik Laine and Mark Scheifele lead the Jets in power play goals at home this season with four goals each. Greger Buer TOP LINE MANAGER The Jets top line of Mark Scheifele (2G), Blake Wheeler (2A) and Nikolaj Ehlers (2A) each had a pair of HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS points on Wednesday…It was Scheifele’s third multi-goal game of the season, which is second on the Cell: 204-299-4846 Jets to Patrik Laine’s four multi-goal games…It was Blake Wheeler’s team-leading eighth multi-point Email: [email protected] game of the season. Scott Unger COORDINATOR HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS Cell: 204-330-6322 Email: [email protected] 2018-19 SEASON • GAME 24 JETS VS. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOVEMBER REIGN INJURY LOG Jets captain Blake Wheeler is tied for sixth in NHL scoring in November with 18 points (2G, 16A) in 11 games…However, he’s second in assists with PLAYER INJURY DATE INJURED DATE RETURNED GAMES MISSED 16 and points per game with 1.64…Patrik Laine has racked up 16 goals in Dustin Byfuglien Upper Body Oct. 13 Oct. 18 2 November, which leads the NHL and has established a franchise record for Dmitry Kulikov Upper Body Nov. 9 8 most goals in a calendar month…Since the 1987-88 season, the most goals scored in a calendar month by an NHL player in happened in March of 1993 Andrew Copp Upper Body Nov. 23 2 when Teemu Selanne scored 20 goals in 14 games playing for Jets 1.0 en route to setting the NHL rookie goal scoring record with 76 goals. FIRST STAR RECENT TRANSACTIONS After racking up 11 goals in four games last week, Patrik Laine is the NHL’s First Star of the Week…He opened the week with a hat trick in a 6-3 DATE PLAYER ACTION victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday before scoring twice in a Oct. 1 F - Michael Spacek Reassigned to the Manitoba Moose (AHL) 6-3 loss to the Calgary Flames on Monday and scoring in a 4-2 loss to the Oct. 2 D - Logan Stanley Reassigned to the Manitoba Moose (AHL) Minnesota Wild on Friday…Laine capped the week by setting a franchise record with five goals in a 8-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday… D - Tucker Poolman Reassigned to the Manitoba Moose (AHL) This is the fourth time in his career that Laine has been selected as one D - Simon Bourque Reassigned from the Manitoba Moose (AHL) of the NHL’s Three Stars of the Week and is the third Jets player to be to the Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL) selected in 2018-19 after Winnipeg had eight appearances in the Three F - Nic Petan Moved to non-roster status Stars of the Week last season…Laine joins Blake Wheeler (Nov. 12 – Second Oct. 14 F - Marko Dano Placed on waivers (Claimed by Colorado) Star) and Mark Scheifele (Oct. 29 – Second Star) as members of the Jets Oct. 15 F - Nic Petan Moved to the active roster that have earned NHL Three Stars of the Week honours this season. Oct. 19 F - Kristian Vesalainen Reassigned to the Manitoba Moose (AHL) CLOSING IN ON 100 Oct. 27 D - Tucker Poolman Recalled from the Manitoba Moose (AHL) Laine enters tomorrow’s game with 99 career goals in 178 games…Laine Nov. 11 D - Sami Niku Recalled from the Manitoba Moose (AHL) is poised to become the 10th player to score 100 goals with the Jets franchise…Currently, the fastest player in franchise history to score 100 F - Logan Shaw Signed to a one year, two-way contract games is Ilya Kovalchuk, who did so in 209 games…Only six players in NHL D - Dmitry Kulikov Placed on injured reserve history have scored 100 goals before reaching the age of 21. F - Logan Shaw Assigned to the Manitoba Moose (AHL) Nov. 14 F - Dennis Everberg Contract terminated FEWEST GAMES TO REACH 100 GOALS WHEN Nov. 16 F - Kristian Vesalainen Recalled from the Manitoba Moose (AHL) STARTING CAREER WITH THE JETS FRANCHISE Nov. 20 F - Kristian Vesalainen Reassigned to the Manitoba Moose (AHL) PLAYER GP G A PTS Nov. 22 F - Kristian Vesalainen Reassigned to Jokerit (KHL) Ilya Kovalchuk 209 100 86 186 Nov. 23 F - Marko Dano Claimed off waivers from the Colorado Mark Scheifele 322 100 147 247 Evander Kane 330 100 103 203 Avalanche and assigned to the Manitoba Bryan Little 405 100 128 228 Moose Patrik Laine 178 99 57 156 UPCOMING MILESTONES Dustin Byfuglien • Needs one shorthanded assist to tie Marty Reasoner and Patrik Stefan (7) for the second-most shorthanded assists in franchise history. Nikolaj Ehlers • Needs eight penalty minutes to reach 100 for his career. Adam Lowry • Needs four points to reach 100 for his NHL career. Blake Wheeler • Needs one multi-goal game to pass Marian Hossa and take sole possession of third in multi-goal games in franchise history. They are both currently at 21. • Needs one shorthanded point to reach 15 as a member of the Jets and establish the franchise record for most shorthanded points. He is currently tied with Eric Perrin and Marian Hossa. • Needs one shorthanded assist to tie Marty Reasoner and Patrik Stefan (7) for the second-most shorthanded assists in franchise history. UPCOMING SCHEDULE 29 30 1 2 3 THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY Morning Skate Practice Morning Skate Jets at Rangers Practice 10:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. ET Madison Square Garden 12:00 p.m. ET Bell MTS Place Bell MTS Iceplex Prudential Center 6:00 p.m. ET Amerihealth Pavilion Jets vs. Blackhawks Jets at Devils TSN3/TSN 1290 Bell MTS Place Prudential Center 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. ET TSN3/TSN 1290 HNIC/TSN 1290 2 2018-19 SEASON • GAME 24 JETS VS. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS JETS VS. BLACKHAWKS NOTES JETS VS. BLACKHAWKS ALL-TIME RECORDS CAREER JETS PLAYERS VS. BLACKHAWKS Overall: 14-17-5 At Bell MTS Place: 4-6-2 Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG At United Center: 8-8-1 Blake Wheeler 28 9 11 20 -4 16 1 1 0 Dustin Byfuglien 25 5 11 16 -2 20 4 0 0 2017-18 GAME LOG VS. BLACKHAWKS Bryan Little 24 7 9 16 -7 2 2 0 2 Mark Scheifele 22 5 5 10 -4 4 0 0 1 Date Location Score Rec Scorers Goaltender Nikolaj Ehlers 14 1 7 8 -1 0 1 0 0 Dec. 14 Winnipeg 5-1 L 0-1-0 (18-9-5) Ehlers (15) Hellebuyck (25 sv, 5 ga) Andrew Copp 14 4 3 7 2 4 0 1 1 Jan. 12 Chicago 2-1 L 0-2-0 (26-12-7) Laine (20) Hellebuyck (25 sv, 2 ga) Patrik Laine 10 3 4 7 1 2 1 0 0 Mar.