2018-19 WINNIPEG JETS GAME INFORMATION WINNIPEG JETS DIGITAL MEDIA PORTAL -- NHL.COM/JETS/MEDIA RUNDOWN GAME SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2019 WINNIPEG JETS 2018-19 Record 44-26-4 NASHVILLE PREDATORS Division Place 1st in Central 75 VS BELL MTS PLACE • 6:00 P.M. • SPORTSNET/TSN 1290 2018-19 vs. NSH 2-1-0 All-Time vs. NSH 18-20-5 NASHVILLE PREDATORS GAME NOTES 2018-19 Record 42-27-6 Division Place 2nd in Central TOMORROW’S GAME 2018-19 vs. WPG 1-2-0 The Winnipeg Jets begin a four-game All-Time vs. WPG 24-14-5 homestand, their last of the season, tomorrow when they entertain the Nashville Predators…The Jets are coming TALE OF THE TAPE off a 2-1 Pacific Division road trip, which ended with a 5-0 loss to the Vegas Jets Predators Golden Knights on Thursday night… 24-9-4 Home 23-13-2 Winnipeg continues the homestand 20-17-0 Road 19-14-4 Monday against the Dallas Stars. 5-0 L at ANA Last Game 2-1 SOL at PIT PLAYOFF PICTURE 4-1-0 (1L) Last 5 3-1-1 (1SOL) Magic Number: 1 6-4-0 Last 10 5-4-1 Current Point Total: 92 Wheeler (88) Points Johansen (60) Projected Playoff Line: 87 Points Scheifele (35) Goals Arvidsson (43) Jets Could Clinch a Playoff Spot: If any Wheeler (68) Assists Johansen (49) one of the following scenarios occurs… - Earn a point against Nashville tomorrow - Arizona and Colorado losing in any fashion tomorrow GAME BROADCASTERS - Minnesota losing in any fashion TV: Sportsnet tomorrow and Arizona or Colorado losing Play-By-Play John Shorthouse in regulation tomorrow - Minnesota losing in any fashion Colour Commentary Garry Galley tomorrow and Arizona and Colorado losing in overtime or a shootout Radio: TSN 1290 tomorrow Play-By-Play Dennis Beyak - Minnesota winning tomorrow, but losing Colour Commentary Paul Edmonds in any fashion tomorrow and Arizona or Colour Commentary Brian Munz Colorado losing in tomorrow If the Playoffs Started Today…: The Jets (1st in the Central) would have home CONTACT INFORMATION ice against the Dallas Stars (1st in Wild Card) in the First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Scott Brown CHANCE TO CLINCH SENIOR DIRECTOR Tomorrow is the second chance the Jets HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS have this season to clinch their spot in the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs via the scenarios outlined above… Cell: 204-799-6392 Last season, the Jets clinched their playoff spot on Mar. 25 at home with a 5-4 shootout win against the Email: [email protected] Nashville Predators…The Jets needed 102 points to clinch last season, but can do so this year with 94 points. Greger Buer AT HOME MANAGER Winnipeg has the fourth-best home record in the NHL this season at 24-9-4…The Jets have points in 13 HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS of their past 16 home games (11-3-2), which included a seven-game winning streak from Jan. 6-Feb. 2, Cell: 204-299-4846 but haven’t won consecutive home games since the winning streak ended…The Jets have the best power Email: [email protected] play at home in the NHL this season at 31.9% and have scored a power play goal in five consecutive home games (5-for-16, 31.3%)...Winnipeg’s 36 power play goals at home this season is second in the NHL… The Jets have a 56-15-6 record at Bell MTS Place during the past two seasons, which is third best home Scott Unger record in the NHL…The Jets have scored 139 goals at home this season, which is third in the NHL, and COORDINATOR have outscored their opposition 113-59 in their 24 wins. HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS Cell: 204-330-6322 Email: [email protected] 2018-19 SEASON • GAME 75 JETS VS NASHVILLE PREDATORS CENTRAL FOES UPCOMING MILESTONES The Jets are 11-10-0 against Central Division teams this season…Winnipeg is 2-5 in their past seven games against Central Division teams and both wins Dustin Byfuglien have come against Nashville (Jan. 17 at NSH 5-1 W and Mar. 1 vs. NSH 5-3 W)… • Needs one shorthanded assist to tie Marty Reasoner and Patrik Stefan (7) Since the start of the 2016-17 season, the Jets are 45-27-4 against Central for the second-most shorthanded assists in franchise history. Division teams, which is second in the NHL…In that same time frame, Blake Wheeler leads all NHLers in scoring against the Central Division with 97 Ben Chiarot points (28G, 69A) in 76 games, while Mark Scheifele is second with 89 points •Needs three games played to reach 300 for his career. (36G, 53A) in 68 games. Nikolaj Ehlers SPRINGING AHEAD • Needs two penalty minutes to reach 100 for his career. March and April have historically been successful months for the Jets, • Needs three points to reach 200 points for his career. as the team has gone 84-55-15 in those two months since relocation… Connor Hellebuyck During the past three seasons, the Jets are 34-12-2 in March and April, • Needs two starts to reach 200 games started for his career. including a perfect 8-0-0 in April…Blake Wheeler is the franchise’s leading scorer in March with 121 points (47G, 74A) in 129 games…Goaltender Connor Paul Maurice Hellebuyck is 17-7-2 in March during his career with a 2.64 goals-against • Needs one win to pass Dick Irvin (692) for the seventh-most wins in NHL average and .918 save percentage. history. • Needs eight wins to reach 700 as an NHL head coach. WHEELS KEEP TURNING Mathieu Perreault Blake Wheeler has a point in 54 of his 74 games this season…With 88 points • Needs seven points to reach 200 points as a member of the Jets. (20G, 68A), Wheeler is guaranteed to have better than a point per game this season for the second consecutive season…He has 68 assists this Blake Wheeler season, which is second in the NHL and has matched the career high he set • Needs one assist to tie Marc Savard for the most assists in a season in last season…Wheeler needs one assist to match Marc Savard’s franchise franchise history record of 69 assists in a season…Wheeler has scored 20 goals or more in six • Needs eight goals to reach 200 as a member of the Jets franchise. consecutive seasons…During the past four seasons, Wheeler’s 236 assists •Needs one shorthanded assist to tie Marty Reasoner and Patrik Stefan (7) are second most in the NHL. for the second-most shorthanded assists in franchise history. MAGIC 80 Mark Scheifele scored in the first period of Wednesday’s 3-0 win against RECENTLY REACHED MILESTONES Anaheim to reach 80 points (35G, 45A)…He joins Blake Wheeler (20G, 68A) in reaching the 80-point plateau…This is the third time in franchise history two Feb. 22 at VGK players have reached 80 points in the same season and the first time since Bryan Little – Reached 300 assists for his NHL career. relocation. Paul Maurice - Won his 685th career regular season game to pass Pat Quinn for 8th on the NHL all-time list. 80-POINT SEASONS IN FRANCHISE HISTORY Feb. 26 vs. MIN Player Season GP G A PTS Dmitry Kulikov – Played in his 100th game as a member of the Jets. Dany Heatley 2002-03 Atl 77 41 48 89 Ilya Kovalchuk 2003-04 Atl 81 41 46 87 Mar. 10 at WSH Ilya Kovalchuk 2005-06 Atl 78 52 46 98 Connor Hellebuyck – Played in his 200th game for his NHL career. Marc Savard 2005-06 Atl 82 28 69 97 Mar. 12 vs. SJS Marian Hossa 2005-06 Atl 80 39 53 92 Jack Roslovic – Played in his 100th game for his NHL career. Marian Hossa 2006-07 Atl 82 43 57 100 Slava Kozlov 2006-07 Atl 81 28 52 80 Mar. 14 vs. BOS Ilya Kovalchuk 2007-08 Atl 79 52 35 87 Blake Wheeler – Set a franchise record for most career power play assists Ilya Kovalchuk 2008-09 Atl 79 43 48 91 with 131. Mark Scheifele 2016-17 Wpg 79 32 50 82 Mar. 16 vs. CGY Blake Wheeler 2017-18 Wpg 81 23 68 91 Kevin Hayes – Reached 100 penalty minutes for his career. Blake Wheeler 2018-19 Wpg 74 20 68 88 Mark Scheifele 2018-19 Wpg 74 35 45 80 Mar. 21 at VGK HIT RECORD Jacob Trouba – Played in his 400th game for his NHL career. Brandon Tanev had six hits on Thursday and leads the Jets in hits this season with 252, which is fourth in the NHL…He has had four hits in a game 33 times this season…Tanev has eclipsed his career high of 188 hits he had last season…He needs five 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 season…Tanev is averaging 3.41 hits per game this season, which is on pace to be a single-season franchise record. UPCOMING SCHEDULE 23 24 25 26 27 SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Morning Skate Practice Morning Skate Day Off Practice 9:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m. No Media Availability 11:00 a.m. Jets vs. Predators Bell MTS Place Jets vs. Stars Bell MTS Place 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Bell MTS Place Bell MTS Place Sportsnet/TSN 1290 TSNt/TSN 1290 2 2018-19 SEASON • GAME 75 JETS VS NASHVILLE PREDATORS INJURY LOG PLAYER INJURY DATE INJURED DATE RETURNED GAMES MISSED Dustin Byfuglien Upper Body Oct.