THE RUNDOWN MTL STAT WPG 48 GP 49 21 W 27 18 L 19 9 OTL 3 51 PTS 57 137 GF 150 140 GA 138 19.1 PP% 25.4 77.1 PK% 80.2 LAST FIVE GAMES Date Opp Sc Res Str Apr. 17 EDM 3-0 L 1L Apr. 22 TOR 5-3 L 2L Apr. 24 TOR 4-1 L 3L Apr. 26 EDM 6-1 L 4L Apr. 28 EDM 3-1 L 5L NEXT FIVE GAMES // AT // Date Opp TV Radio Apr. 30 at MTL TSN3 680 CJOB/Power 97 May 3 at OTT TSN3 680 CJOB/Power 97 GAME 50 • FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2021 • 7:00 P.M. ET • BELL CENTRE May 5 at CGY TSN3 680 CJOB/Power 97 May 8 OTT TSN3 680 CJOB/Power 97 May 10 VAN TSN3 680 CJOB/Power 97 GAME STORYLINES Last Game • The Jets begin their final road trip of the season on Friday – a SEASON SERIES three-game trip through Montreal, Ottawa and Calgary. • The Jets have dropped five consecutive games for the first time Date Loc Sc Res this season. Feb. 25 WPG 6-3 W Feb. 27 WPG 2-1 OTW • The Jets have won three consecutive games against Montreal. Mar. 4 MTL 4-3 OTW It’s Winnipeg’s second three-game winning streak against the Mar. 6 MTL 7-1 L Canadiens this season. Mar. 15 WPG 4-2 L Mar. 17 WPG 4-3 OTW • Winnipeg is 36-for-43 (83.7%) on the penalty kill in their past Apr. 28 vs. EDM 3-1 L Apr. 8 MTL 4-2 W 13 games and have not surrendered a goal on the penalty kill in Jets Scorer: Apr. 10 MTL 5-0 W four of their past six games. Wheeler (11) Apr. 30 MTL • The Jets have 13 games on the schedule in 30 days in April. Oilers Scorers: • Winnipeg is 27-9-4 in regular season games in April since 2014. Barrie (7), Nugent-Hopkins (14), Draisaitl (24) Jets Goaltender: BROADCAST INFO • Kyle Connor (22), Nikolaj Ehlers (21), Mark Scheifele (19) give the Connor Hellebuyck (24 sv, 2 ga) Oilers Goaltender: TV: TSN Jets three players with 19 goals or more…Only three teams in the Mikko Koskinen (29 sv, 1 ga) Play-By-Play: Dennis Beyak NHL this season can make that claim. Jets PP: 0-for-1 Analyst: Kevin Sawyer • Mark Scheifele is 12th in NHL scoring with 55 points (19G, 36A) in Jets PK: 1-for-3 Studio Host: Sara Orlesky 49 games this season. Recap: Blake Wheeler scored early in the second period Radio: 680 CJOB/Power 97 • Derek Forbort ranks third in the NHL this season with 101 blocked shots. to tie the game, but the Jets couldn’t find the go- Play-By-Play: Paul Edmonds ahead goal in a 3-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers Analyst: Jamie Thomas on Wednesday night…Andrew Copp led the Jets Studio Host: Kelly Moore with five shots…Mark Scheifele was 10-for-13 in the face-off circle. Three Stars: 1. McDavid 2. Wheeler 3. Nugent-Hopkins // 1 // GAME NOTES WHAT’S INSIDE TEAM NOTES The Rundown ............................................................ 1 Last/Next Five Games .......................................... 1 Season Series .......................................................... 1 Broadcast Info ........................................................ 1 Game Storylines...................................................... 1 Last Game .................................................................. 1 Team Notes ...............................................................2 Numbers 2 Know ....................................................2 A Win Would... ............................................................2 Player Notes .............................................................3 Active Leaders .........................................................3 Match Up vs. Canadiens .....................................4 Top Five vs. MTL ......................................................4 Season-By-Season vs. Canadiens ..................4 Game Log vs. Canadiens .....................................5 Player Stats vs. Canadiens ................................6 Goaltender Stats vs. Canadiens .....................6 The Last Time ........................................................... 7 Most Recent... .......................................................... 7 Highs and Lows .......................................................8 Longest Streaks .....................................................8 Most Goals/Shots ..................................................8 Miscellanous Scoring ...........................................9 Multi-Point Statistics...........................................9 Roster Superlatives ..............................................9 Record By ...................................................................9 29.6-28.6 during the eight games, compared to being Goals By Time ...........................................................9 Playoff Picture Record: 27-19-3 outshot an average of 30.9-29.8 this season…The Jets Scoring When... ..................................................... 10 Points Pace: 65 Points have the most shots in second periods this season Record By Opponent .......................................... 10 Playoff Line: 53 Points with 495, but hold a team best plus-24 shot differen- How the Jets were Built ................................... 10 Magic Number: 11 tial in third periods with 480 shots. Arrivals/Departures ............................................ 10 Games Remaining: 7 Three Stars Game-By-Game ............................ 11 Games Remaining By Opponent: 2 – Ottawa, Vancou- Team Discipline Three Stars Standings ....................................... 11 ver; 1 – Calgary, Montreal, Toronto The Jets continue to be one of the least penalized teams in the NHL this season with an average of 7.4 NHL Experience ..................................................... 11 Division Race penalty minutes per game, which ranks 11th in the Game-By-Game Lines/Scratches ..................12 NHL…Winnipeg has taken just one minor penalty in two Game-By-Game Leaders ....................................13 With 57 points, the Jets are in third place in the Scotia North Division, 10 points behind the Toronto Maple of their past four games. Season Transactions/Injuries........................14 Leafs and three points behind the Edmonton Oilers… Contract Chart ......................................................15 The Oilers have two games in hand on the Jets…The Five in Row Coaches’ Career Paths ......................................16 Vancouver Canucks are on pace for 53 points, putting The Jets have lost five consecutive games in regu- NHL Game Notes ................................................... 17 the Jets four points ahead of the current projected lation for the first time this season…The last time playoff line in the North Division…Two of Winnipeg’s Winnipeg lost five consecutive games in regulation last seven games are against teams that currently was a five-game losing streak from Jan. 17-31/20…The NUMBERS 2 KNOW hold a playoff position. Jets are 11-5-2 this season in games following losses in regulation. The Jets are one of three teams in the 3 NHL with three players that have 19 goals Wrapping Things Up The Jets are down to two games or less against each April Reigns or more. of their six Scotia North Division counterparts…The April has historically been a favourable month for the The Jets begin a three-game road trip completed their season series against Edmonton on Jets with an all-time franchise regular season record 3 on Friday Wednesday and finish the season series with Montre- of 53-40-13…Dating back to the 2013-14 season, Win- The Jets have lost five consecutive al on Friday…Winnipeg has won the season series with nipeg is 27-9-4 in April, but are 5-6-1 this season…The 5 games for the first time this season. Calgary (5-2-1), Montreal (6-2-0), Ottawa (6-2-0), and Jets were 16-0-2 in April from 2015-2018. Mark Scheifele leads the Jets in scoring Vancouver (5-2-0), while the Jets have dropped the 31 on the road this season with 31 points. season series against Edmonton (2-7-0)…The Jets have OT Winners lost the season series to Toronto (3-4-2), but can earn The Jets are 6-1 in games decided in overtime this points in six of the 10 games with a win in the final season, which leads the NHL for the most overtime game against Toronto, which concludes the regular wins…Five of the six overtime wins have been by a 4-3 season on May 14. score…Winnipeg won four overtime games all of last season…The franchise record for overtime wins in a Final Road Trip season is 10, which occurred in Atlanta during the A WIN WOULD... The Jets begin their final road trip of the season on 2010-11 season…The most overtime wins in a season Friday in Montreal in the first game of the three-game since relocation is seven, which occurred during the 2018-19 season. Improve the Jets to 17-8-1 on the road. trip…Winnipeg has one of the best road records in the Improve the Jets to 6-6-1 in April. NHL this season at 16-8-1…The Jets are 8-2-0 in their past 10 road games, outscoring their opposition an Temporary Division Digs Improve the Jets to 3-0-1 on Fridays. Due to the border between Canada and United States End Winnipeg’s five-game losing streak. average of 3.8-1.8…Winnipeg has allowed two goals or less in each of the eight wins…The Jets are 6-for- being closed to non-essential travel, the Jets have Extend Winnipeg’s winning streak against been placed in the Scotia NHL North Division with the Montreal to four games. 16 (37.5%) on the power play in their past four road games and have multiple power play goals in two of other six Canadian teams…The Jets franchise was in the four games…Winnipeg’s .660 points percentage on the Southeast Division for all 11 seasons in Atlanta the road this season is the best in franchise history and the first two seasons in Winnipeg, while the Jets and the first time it’s better than .600. have been in the Central Division for the past seven seasons…The Jets franchise hasn’t been in the same Shot Advantage division as any of the Canadian teams, but Jets 1.0 During their past nine games, the Jets have outshot were with the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, and their opponent in seven of the contests, including in Vancouver Canucks in the Smythe Division from four of the five games of their most recent home- 1982-1993 and the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Central stand…Winnipeg is outshooting their opposition Division from 1993-1996.