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 SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2019 WINNIPEG JETS 2018-19 Record 41-25-4 CALGARY FLAMES Division Place 1st in Central 71 VS BELL MTS PLACE • 7:00 P.M. • SPORTSNET/TSN 1290 2018-19 vs. CGY 0-2-0 All-Time vs. CGY 12-16-2 CALGARY FLAMES GAME NOTES 2018-19 Record 43-20-7 Division Place 2nd in Pacific TOMORROW’S GAME 2018-19 vs. WPG 1-0-0 The Winnipeg Jets finish a three-game All-Time vs. WPG 17-11-2 homestand tomorrow by entertaining the Calgary Flames at Bell MTS Place… The Jets evened their record on the TALE OF THE TAPE homestand with a 4-3 win against the Boston Bruins on Thursday…After Jets Flames tomorrow’s game, the Jets begin a 23-9-4 Home 22-6-5 three-game Pacific Division road trip on 17-15-0 Road 21-13-2 Monday against the Los Angeles Kings. 4-3 W vs. BOS Last Game Mar. 15 vs. NYR PLAYOFF PICTURE 2-3-0 (2L) Last 5 2-3-0 (2W) Magic Number: 11 4-6-0 Last 10 6-4-0 Current Point Total: 86 Wheeler (86) Points Gaudreau (90) Projected Playoff Line: 86 Points Scheifele (33) Goals Gaudreau (33) If the Playoffs Started Today…: The Wheeler (66) Assists Gaudreau (57) Jets (1st in the Central) would have home ice against the St. Louis Blues (1st in Wild Card) in the First Round of the GAME BROADCASTERS Stanley Cup Playoffs. AT HOME TV: Sportsnet Winnipeg has the fourth-best home Play-By-Play Jim Hughson record in the NHL this season at 23-9-4… Colour Commentary Craig Simpson The Jets have points in 12 of their past 15 home games (10-3-2), which included Radio: TSN 1290 a seven-game winning streak from Jan. Play-By-Play Dennis Beyak 6-Feb. 2, but haven’t won consecutive Colour Commentary Paul Edmonds home games since the winning streak Colour Commentary Brian Munz ended…The Jets have the best power play at home in the NHL this season at 32.1% and have scored a power play goal in CONTACT INFORMATION four consecutive home games (4-for- 12, 33.3%)...Winnipeg’s 35 power play goals at home this season is second in the NHL…The Jets have a 55-15-6 record Scott Brown at Bell MTS Place during the past two SENIOR DIRECTOR seasons, which is third best home record HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS in the NHL…The Jets have scored 137 goals at home this season, which is third in the NHL, and have Cell: 204-799-6392 outscored their opposition 111-58 in their 23 wins. Email: [email protected] PARTY IN THE PACIFIC The Jets are 12-5-2 against Pacific Division opponents this season and have won seven of the past 11 Greger Buer games against the Pacific Division…Winnipeg is in a stretch of five of six games against Pacific Division MANAGER teams…Winnipeg was a dominant 17-4-2 against Pacific Division foes last season and are on an 22-6-4 HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS run in their last 32 games versus the Pacific…Blake Wheeler (5G, 15A) leads the Jets in scoring against Cell: 204-299-4846 the Pacific Division this season…Goaltender Laurent Brossoit is 3-2 with a 1.89 goals-against average Email: [email protected] and .946 save percentage in five games against Pacific Division teams this season. OFFENSIVE MARCH Scott Unger The Jets have scored 29 goals in March, which is tied for the NHL lead…Winnipeg has four goals or more COORDINATOR in five of their seven games this month…Eighteen of the 19 skaters that have played for the Jets this HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS month have at least a point, led by Blake Wheeler’s 13 points (8G, 5A)…Thirteen different Jets players Cell: 204-330-6322 have scored this month…Mark Scheifele is averaging better than a point per game with nine points (2G, Email: [email protected] 7A). 2018-19 SEASON • GAME 71 JETS VS CALGARY FLAMES SPRINGING AHEAD UPCOMING MILESTONES March and April have historically been successful months for the Jets, as the team has gone 81-54-15 in those two months since relocation…During Dustin Byfuglien the past three seasons, the Jets are 31-11-2 in March and April, including • Needs one shorthanded assist to tie Marty Reasoner and Patrik Stefan (7) a perfect 8-0-0 in April…Blake Wheeler is the franchise’s leading scorer for the second-most shorthanded assists in franchise history. in March with 119 points (47G, 72A) in 125 games…Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is 15-7-2 during his career in March with a 2.78 goals-against Nikolaj Ehlers average and .914 save percentage. • Needs two penalty minutes to reach 100 for his career. WHEELS KEEP TURNING Kevin Hayes Blake Wheeler had a goal and an assist on Thursday and has a point in 52 of • Needs two penalty minutes to reach 100 for his career. his 70 games this season…With 86 points (20G, 66A), Wheeler is guaranteed Connor Hellebuyck to have better than a point per game this season for the second consecutive • Needs four starts to reach 200 games started for his career. season…He has 66 assists this season, which is second in the NHL, and Blake Wheeler needs two assists to match the 68 assists he had last season, which was • Needs one shorthanded assist to tie Marty Reasoner and Patrik Stefan (7) one shy of Marc Savard’s franchise record of 69 assists in a season…Wheeler for the second-most shorthanded assists in franchise history. has scored 20 goals or more in six consecutive season…During the past four seasons, Wheeler’s 234 assists are second most in the NHL. THREE POINTER RECENTLY REACHED MILESTONES Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists on Thursday to end a four-game pointless streak…He has three points in each of the past three games Jan. 10 at MIN in which he has a point…Scheifele scored his 33rd goal of the season on Blake Wheeler – Played in his 600th game as a member of the Jets franchise. Thursday, which is a career high…Scheifele has 78 points (33G, 45A) this season, which is four points away from matching his career high of 82 points Jan. 11 vs. DET during the 2016-17 season. Bryan Little - Reached 500 points for his NHL career. SET UP MAN Jan. 15 vs. VGK Bryan Little – Played in his 800th career NHL game. Patrik Laine had two assists on Thursday for his second multi-assist game of the season…His past six points are assists and he has an assist in five of his Jan. 19 vs. VGK past six games…Of Laine’s first 24 points this season, 21 were goals, while 16 Kyle Connor – Reached 100 career points. of his past 24 points have been assists…He needs one more assist to reach Feb. 2 vs. ANA 20 goals and 20 assists in each of his first three seasons. Dmitry Kulikov – Played in his 600th career NHL game. HIT RECORD Feb. 5 vs. SJS Brandon Tanev had two hits on Thursday and leads the Jets in hits this Paul Maurice - Coached in his 1,500th NHL game season with 239, which is fourth in the NHL…He has had five hits in a game 17 Tyler Myers - Reached 100 points for the Jets. times this season…Tanev has eclipsed his career high of 188 hits he had last Mathieu Perreault - Reached 300 points for his NHL career. season…He needs 18 hits to set a franchise record for most hits in a season, which is currently held by Adam Lowry, who had 256 hits during the 2014-15 Feb. 7 at MTL season…Tanev is averaging 3.41 hits per game this season, which is on pace Dustin Byfuglien – Played in his 600th game as a member of the Jets to be a single-season franchise record. franchise. Feb. 22 at VGK Bryan Little – Reached 300 assists for his NHL career. Paul Maurice - Won his 685th career regular season game to pass Pat Quinn for 8th on the NHL all-time list. UPCOMING SCHEDULE 16 17 18 19 20 SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Morning Skate Practice Morning Skate Day Off Morning Skate 9:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 11:30 a.m. PT No media availability 11:30 a.m. PT Bell MTS Place Bell MTS Iceplex Staples Center Honda Center Jets vs. Flames Jets at Kings Jets at Ducks 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. PT 7:00 p.m. PT Bell MTS Place Staples Center Honda Center HNIC/TSN 1290 TSN3/TSN 1290 TSN3/TSN 1290 2 2018-19 SEASON • GAME 71 JETS VS CALGARY FLAMES 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.