Winnipeg Jets PR Game Day Information Game Notes: Dec. 13 vs. Edmonton Oilers

Game Notes: Dec. 13 vs. Edmonton Oilers

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The Winnipeg Jets finish a four-game homestand tonight against the Edmonton Oilers…The Jets beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Tuesday night to win their second consecutive game and improve to 2-1-0 during the homestand…The Jets head to Chicago after the game tonight to play the Blackhawks tomorrow at United Center.

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Friendly Confines
Winnipeg is 11-4-2 at home this season, which is tied for the third most wins and second most points in the NHL…After going 6-for-11 on the power play in their last two games, the Jets have regained top spot in the NHL in power play percentage at home this season at 35.9% (19-for-53)…Winnipeg’s 19 power play goals at home this season are tied for first in the NHL…The Jets penalty kill is 20-for-22 (90.9%) in the last eight home games.

Back-2-Back
Tonight and tomorrow marks the fifth of 10 back-to-back sets the Jets have this season…Winnipeg is 3-1-0 in the first game and 2-2-0 in the second game of back-to-backs this season…Last season, the Jets went 4-3-2 in the first game of back-to-backs and 4-4-1 in the second game…Tomorrow is the first of two games the Jets play this season at Bell MTS Place that are part of a back-to-back set.

Large Margin
Tuesday’s win was Winnipeg’s second consecutive and eighth victory this season by three goals or more…The Jets previous four wins were by two goals or less…The Jets led the NHL last season with 23 wins by three goals or more…During the last three seasons, the Jets have won 43 games by three goals or more, which is tied for fifth most in the NHL.

In Bunches
The Jets improved to 8-0 on Tuesday when scoring five goals or more in a game this season…Winnipeg has scored six goals or more in back-to-back games for the first time this season…The last time the Jets scored six goals or more in back-to-back games was Feb. 16-18/18 (6-1 W vs. COL; 7-2 W vs. FLA)…Winnipeg has scored 106 goals this season, which is tied for sixth in the NHL…Since a 6-3 win in Vancouver on Nov. 19, the Jets have tallied 51 goals in their last 12 games (8-4-0), which is second in the NHL…Winnipeg has scored four goals or more in seven of the 12 games…The Jets hold a plus-24 goal differential this season, which leads the Western Conference and is third in the NHL.

Wonderful Time of Year
The Jets are 5-1-0 in December, which is tied with the Oilers for the second-best record in the NHL…Winnipeg ranks in the top five of several categories this month.

Jets in Top 5 in Decemeber
Stat NHL Rank
Wins – 5 T-2nd
Points – 10 T-2nd
Goals For – 23 2nd
Goals Against – 12 T-4th
Shots For – 199 5th
Power Play Goals – 8 T-1st
Power Play Percentage – 32% 3rd

Busy Schedule
The Jets play 12 games in the first 22 days of December and are in the midst of their busiest stretch with five games in eight days, which began Sunday against Philadelphia…When December started, the Jets were tied for the fewest games played in the NHL this season with 24…The Jets have eight occurrences of four games in six nights this season.

Through 30
With a 19-9-2 record, 40 points and a .615 winning percentage, the Jets have posted their best record through 30 games in franchise history…The 2006-07 Atlanta Thrashers also had 40 points at this point in the season, but had a 18-8-4 record…This edition of the Jets can become the fastest to win 20 games to start a season with a win tonight.

Jets Record in First 30 Games Since Relocation
Season G W L OL Pts. W-L% GF GA DIFF
2011-12 30 14 12 4 32 .492 84 93 -9
2012-13 30 16 12 2 34 .515 80 86 -6
2013-14 30 13 13 4 30 .435 80 87 -7
2014-15 30 15 9 6 36 .514 72 70 2
2015-16 30 14 14 2 30 .476 82 91 -9
2016-17 30 13 14 3 29 .433 78 87 -9
2017-18 30 17 8 5 39 .591 102 86 16
2018-19 30 19 9 2 40 .615 107 83 24

Party in the Pacific
The Jets are 4-1-1 against Pacific Division opponents this season…Winnipeg was a dominant 17-4-2 against Pacific Division foes last season and are on a 15-2-3 run in their last 20 games versus the Pacific…Patrik Laine (6G, 1A), Kyle Connor (2G, 5A) and Dustin Byfuglien (1G, 6A) lead the Jets in scoring against the Pacific Division this season with seven points each.

Two for KC
Kyle Connor scored twice against the Blackhawks on Tuesday to record his first multi-goal game of the season and his third goal in his last two games…Connor has two goal-scoring streaks of three games this season (Oct. 4-9 and Nov. 14-19)…Tuesday was Connor’s sixth two-goal game of his career, but he has yet to score a hat trick.

Back-to-Back Points
With 11 goals in their last two games, the Jets have nine players with points in back-to-back games, including defenceman Tyler Myers and Dustin Byfuglien.

Player Dec. 9 vs. PHI Dec. 11 vs. CHI
Tyler Myers 1G, 1A 1G, 1A
Kyle Connor 1G 2G
Nikolaj Ehlers 2A 1A
Dustin Byfuglien 1G 3A
Brandon Tanev 1G 1G
Mark Scheifele 3A 1G, 1A
Mathieu Perreault 1A 1G
Blake Wheeler 1G 1A
Patrik Laine 2A 1A

 

Helle Heating Up
Connor Hellebuyck stopped 36 of 37 shots against the Flyers on Sunday to earn his 13th win of the season, which is tied for third in the NHL…Hellebuyck has 57 wins during the last two seasons, which leads the NHL…Hellebuyck is four wins away from 100 for his NHL career…Hellebuyck has stopped 89 of 92 shots in his last three games for a .967 save percentage…It’s the third time in his career he’s allowed a goal or less in three consecutive starts in the same season, including the first three games of his career.

Connor Hellebuyck Three Consecutive Starts of One Goal or Less
Dates Shots Save Save Percentage
Nov. 27-Dec. 5/15 83 86 .965
Jan. 2-7/16 96 93 .969
Dec. 4-9/18 92 89 .967

Jets vs. Oilers All-Time Records

Overall: 13-14-2
At Bell MTS Place: 4-3-1
At Rogers Place: 2-1-0

2018-19 Game Log vs. Oilers

Date Location Score Rec Scorers Goaltender
Oct. 16 Winnipeg 5-4 OTL 0-0-1 Lowry (2, 3), Chiarot (1), Scheifele (2) Hellebuyck (30 sv, 5 ga)
Dec. 13 Winnipeg
Dec. 31 Edmonton

Jets vs. Oilers Notes

  • The Jets have a point in four consecutive games against the Oilers (3-0-1).
  • The Jets are 9-7-1 against the Oilers since the franchise moved to Winnipeg in 2011…Six of the Jets nine wins have been by one goal.
  • The Jets are 6-for-20 (30%) on the power play in their last six games against the Oilers.
  • Winnipeg went a perfect 5-for-5 on the penalty kill against Edmonton last season, but were 0-for-2 in the first meeting of the season on Oct. 16.
  • Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in scoring against the Oilers with 17 points (3G, 14A) in 19 career games, while Bryan Little has 14 points (8G, 6A) in 16 career games.
  • Nikolaj Ehlers has also enjoyed playing the Oilers during the past three-plus seasons with eight points (3G, 5A) in nine games.

Connections

  • Edmonton’s Milan Lucic and the Jets’ Blake Wheeler played together for the Boston Bruins…Lucic was in Boston from 2007-2015 and Wheeler played for the Bruins from 2008-2011.
  • Jets’ assistant coach Charlie Huddy, then as a defenceman, played 694 games with the Oilers and was a part of all five Stanley Cup winning teams in the ‘80s and 1990.
  • Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele, who were drafted first and seventh overall respectively in 2011, were teammates representing Canada at the 2012 World Junior Championships
  • The Oilers’ Connor McDavid and Darnell Nurse played alongside the Jets’ Josh Morrissey at the 2015 World Junior Championships for Canada.
  • The Jets’ Mark Scheifele, Jacob Trouba and Connor Hellebuyck played with McDavid for North America at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
  • Jets head coach Paul Maurice served as an assistant coach with Europe at the 2016 World Cup where he coached Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl.
  • Jets defenceman Joe Morrow and Edmonton forward Ty Rattie were teammates in the WHL with the Portland Winterhawks from 2008-2012.

Upcoming Milestones

Dustin Byfuglien

  • Needs nine more games played to reach 600 as a member of the Jets franchise.
  • Needs one shorthanded assist to tie Marty Reasoner and Patrik Stefan (7) for the second-most shorthanded assists in franchise history.

Kyle Connor

  • Needs 10 points to reach 100 for his NHL career.

Nikolaj Ehlers

  • Needs four penalty minutes to reach 100 for his career.

Connor Hellebuyck

  • Needs four wins to reach 100 for his NHL career.

Bryan Little

  • Needs eight points to reach 500 for his NHL career.

Adam Lowry

  • Needs one point to reach 100 for his NHL career.

Josh Morrissey

  • Needs eight games played to reach 200 for his NHL career.

Tyler Myers

  • Needs nine points to reach 100 as a member of the Jets.

Mathieu Perreault

  • Needs two games played to reach 300 as a member of the Jets.

Mark Scheifele

  • Needs six assists to reach 200 for his NHL career.
  • Needs four games played to reach 400 games played 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 assist to tie Marty Reasoner and Patrik Stefan (7) for the second-most shorthanded assists in franchise history.