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 MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2019 WINNIPEG JETS 2018-19 Record 42-25-4 LOS ANGELES KINGS Division Place 1st in Central 72 AT STAPLES CENTER • 7:30 P.M. PT • TSN3/TSN 1290 2018-19 vs. LAK 1-1-0 All-Time vs. LAK 15-15-1 LOS ANGELES KINGS GAME NOTES 2018-19 Record 25-38-8 Division Place 8th in Pacific TOMORROW’S GAME 2018-19 vs. WPG 1-1-0 The Winnipeg Jets begin a three-game All-Time vs. WPG 16-7-8 road trip tomorrow when they visit the Los Angeles Kings…The Jets have won back-to-back games after beating the TALE OF THE TAPE Calgary Flames 2-1 on Saturday night at Bell MTS Place…Winnipeg continues Jets Kings the road trip Wednesday against the 24-9-4 Home 13-19-3 Anaheim Ducks before wrapping up 18-16-0 Road 12-19-5 against the Vegas Golden Knights on 2-1 W vs. CGY Last Game 4-3 L vs. FLA Thursday. 3-2-0 (2W) Last 5 1-4-0 (2L) PLAYOFF PICTURE 5-5-0 Last 10 2-6-2 Magic Number: 9 Wheeler (86) Points Kopitar (50) Current Point Total: 88 Scheifele (33) Goals Kopitar (20) Projected Playoff Line: 88 Points Wheeler (66) Assists Doughty (35) Soonest Jets Could Clinch a Playoff Spot: Mar. 21 at Vegas Golden Knights If the Playoffs Started Today…: The Jets (1st in the Central) would have home GAME BROADCASTERS ice against the Dallas Stars (1st in Wild TV: TSN3 Card) in the First Round of the Stanley Play-By-Play Dennis Beyak Cup Playoffs. Colour Commentary Kevin Sawyer CLOSE ONES Winnipeg’s past three games have been Radio: TSN 1290 decided by one goal, including their past Play-By-Play Paul Edmonds two wins…The Jets are 17-6-4 in one-goal Colour Commentary Brian Munz games this season, which is the fourth most wins in the NHL…Last season the Jets were 22-4-10 in one-goal games. ON THE ROAD CONTACT INFORMATION Winnipeg is 18-16-0 on the road this season and play seven of their last 11 games in the regular season on the Scott Brown road…The Jets haven’t won back-to-back SENIOR DIRECTOR road games in 2019 and their past eight HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS road games have alternated between a win and a loss…Winnipeg hasn’t lost three consecutive road Cell: 204-799-6392 games in regulation since Dec. 10-20/16…Winnipeg is 3-for-10 on the power play in their past three road Email: [email protected] games and are 5-for-5 on the penalty kill in their past two road games…The Jets have scored 23 goals in their past six road games, but have been held to two goals or less in three of the six games…Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in scoring on the road this season with 37 points (10G, 27A) in 34 games…Patrik Greger Buer Laine leads the Jets with 19 goals on the road. MANAGER PARTY IN THE PACIFIC HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS Cell: 204-299-4846 The Jets are 13-5-2 against Pacific Division opponents this season and have won eight of their past 12 Email: [email protected] games against the Pacific Division…Winnipeg is in a stretch of five of six games against Pacific Division teams…Winnipeg was a dominant 17-4-2 against Pacific Division foes last season and are on an 23-6-4 run in their last 33 games versus the Pacific…Blake Wheeler (5G, 16A) leads the Jets in scoring against Scott Unger the Pacific Division this season with 21 points in 20 games…Goaltender Laurent Brossoit is 3-2 with a COORDINATOR 1.89 goals-against average and .946 save percentage in five games against Pacific Division teams this HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS season. Cell: 204-330-6322 Email: [email protected] 2018-19 SEASON • GAME 72 JETS AT LOS ANGELES KINGS OFFENSIVE MARCH UPCOMING MILESTONES The Jets have scored 31 goals in March, which is tied for the NHL lead… Winnipeg has four goals or more in five of their eight games this month… Dustin Byfuglien Eighteen of the 19 skaters that have played for the Jets this month have at • Needs one shorthanded assist to tie Marty Reasoner and Patrik Stefan (7) least a point, led by Blake Wheeler’s 13 points (8G, 5A)…Thirteen different for the second-most shorthanded assists in franchise history. Jets players have scored this month…Mark Scheifele is averaging better than a point per game with 10 points (3G, 7A). Nikolaj Ehlers • Needs two penalty minutes to reach 100 for his career. SPRINGING AHEAD March and April have historically been successful months for the Jets, as Connor Hellebuyck the team has gone 82-54-15 in those two months since relocation…During • Needs three starts to reach 200 games started for his career. the past three seasons, the Jets are 32-11-2 in March and April, including Blake Wheeler a perfect 8-0-0 in April…Blake Wheeler is the franchise’s leading scorer • Needs one shorthanded assist to tie Marty Reasoner and Patrik Stefan (7) in March with 120 points (47G, 73A) in 126 games…Goaltender Connor for the second-most shorthanded assists in franchise history. Hellebuyck is 16-7-2 during his career in March with a 2.72 goals-against average and .916 save percentage. WHEELS KEEP TURNING RECENTLY REACHED MILESTONES Blake Wheeler had an assist on Saturday to extend his point streak to three games (1G, 3A)…He has a point in 53 of his 71 games this season…With 87 Jan. 10 at MIN points (20G, 67A), Wheeler is guaranteed to have better than a point per Blake Wheeler – Played in his 600th game as a member of the Jets franchise. game this season for the second consecutive season…He has 67 assists this Jan. 11 vs. DET season, which is second in the NHL, and needs one assist to match the 68 Bryan Little - Reached 500 points for his NHL career. assists he had last season, which was one shy of Marc Savard’s franchise record of 69 assists in a season…Wheeler has scored 20 goals or more in six Jan. 15 vs. VGK consecutive season…During the past four seasons, Wheeler’s 235 assists are Bryan Little – Played in his 800th career NHL game. second most in the NHL. Jan. 19 vs. VGK GOAL LEADER Kyle Connor – Reached 100 career points. Mark Scheifele had a goal on Saturday to have goals in back-to-back games… Feb. 2 vs. ANA Scheifele has 34 goals of this season, which is a career high…Scheifele has Dmitry Kulikov – Played in his 600th career NHL game. 79 points (34G, 45A) this season, which is three points away from matching Feb. 5 vs. SJS his career high of 82 points during the 2016-17 season. Paul Maurice - Coached in his 1,500th NHL game LATE PRODUCTION Tyler Myers - Reached 100 points for the Jets. Mark Scheifele scored in the final minute of the first period on Saturday… Mathieu Perreault - Reached 300 points for his NHL career. It was his 11th goal in the last five minutes of a period or overtime, which is Feb. 7 at MTL tied with Patrik Laine for the team lead…Blake Wheeler, who had an assist Dustin Byfuglien – Played in his 600th game as a member of the Jets on Scheifele’s goal, is third in the NHL this season with 36 points (10G, 26A) franchise. in the last five minutes of a period or overtime, while Scheifele is tied for seventh in the NHL with 32 points (11G, 21A). Feb. 22 at VGK Bryan Little – Reached 300 assists for his NHL career. WINNING TENDER Paul Maurice - Won his 685th career regular season game to pass Pat Quinn Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck won his 30th game of the season on for 8th on the NHL all-time list. Saturday…After posting 44 wins last season, Hellebuyck is the only goaltender in franchise history to reach 30 wins in multiple seasons…Since entering the NHL, Hellebuyck’s 113 wins are ninth in the NHL. UPCOMING SCHEDULE 18 19 20 21 22 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Morning Skate Day Off Morning Skate Jets at Golden Knights Day Off 11:30 a.m. PT No media availability 11:30 a.m. PT 7:00 p.m. PT No media availability Staples Center Honda Center T-Mobile Arena Jets at Kings Jets at Ducks TSN3/TSN 1290 7:30 p.m. PT 7:00 p.m. PT Staples Center Honda Center TSN3/TSN 1290 TSN3/TSN 1290 2 2018-19 SEASON • GAME 72 JETS AT LOS ANGELES KINGS INJURY LOG RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE PLAYER ACTION PLAYER INJURY DATE INJURED DATE RETURNED GAMES MISSED Oct. 1 F - Michael Spacek Reassigned to the Manitoba Moose (AHL) Dustin Byfuglien Upper Body Oct. 13 Oct. 18 2 Oct. 2 D - Logan Stanley Reassigned to the Manitoba Moose (AHL) Dmitry Kulikov Upper Body Nov. 9 Dec. 7 12 D - Tucker Poolman Reassigned to the Manitoba Moose (AHL) Andrew Copp Upper Body Nov. 23 Dec. 1 3 Reassigned from the Manitoba Moose (AHL) to the D - Simon Bourque Dustin Byfuglien Upper Body Nov. 27 Dec. 7 4 Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL) Joe Morrow Lower Body Nov. 27 Dec. 14 8 F - Nic Petan Moved to non-roster status Andrew Copp Upper Body Dec.