The Winnipeg Jets visit the Colorado Avalanche tonight in the first game of a three-game road trip…The Jets went 1-1-1 during a three-game homestand last week, which ended with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night…Winnipeg continues the road trip on Friday against the Vegas Golden Knights.
On the Road Again
Winnipeg is 15-12-0 on the road this season…The Jets are 3-4-0 in their past seven
road games and haven’t won consecutive road games in 2019…The Jets went 23-11
on the road in 2018…Winnipeg hasn’t lost three consecutive road games in
regulation since Dec. 10-20/16…The Jets have played 27 road games this season,
which is the fewest in the NHL…Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in scoring on the
road this season with 26 points (4G, 22A) in 27 games.
Power Outage
The Jets have gone 0-for-19 on the power play in their past seven games…It’s
their longest stretch of the season without a power play goal…The franchise
record of most consecutive games without a power play goal is 12 games, which
occurred from Feb. 8-Mar. 14/02…Winnipeg’s past 23 goals have been scored at
even strength or shorthanded.
Central Foes
The Jets are 10-8-0 against Central Division teams this season…Since the
start of the 2016-17 season, the Jets are 44-25-4 against Central Division teams,
which is first in the NHL…In that same time frame, Blake Wheeler leads all
NHLers in scoring against the Central Division with 92 points (27G, 65A) in 73
games, while Mark Scheifele is second with 85 points (34G, 51A) in 65 games.
Taking Their Shots
The Jets have been outshot in four consecutive games, but have earned at least
a point in three of the four games by going 2-1-1…Winnipeg is 22-10-4 when
being outshot this season, which is the third most wins in the NHL…The Jets are
averaging 31.8 shots per game this season and 33.5 shots against per game.
Time Travellers
The Jets play their next six games in three different time zones and play consecutive
games in the same time zone just once…The Jets play the three games of this
road trip in the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones before returning home to the
Central Time Zone for two games and then going to the Eastern Time Zone for
four games.
Dominating the Dot
The Jets have won 98-of-165 (59.4%) faceoffs in their past three games…Adam
Lowry has won 42-of-60 (70%) faceoffs in the three games, including winning 15
faceoffs in back-to-back games…He won a season-high 17 faceoffs on Oct. 18 at
VAN…Lowry has won more than 50% of his faceoffs in five of his past six
games…He has climbed to third in the NHL with a 57.8% faceoff winning
percentage…At 25 years old, Lowry is the youngest player in the NHL’s top 10
for faceoff winning percentage.
Dandy Tanny
Brandon Tanev has scored in back-to-back games to grow his career high for
goals to 13…He also has a career high 23 points and 11 assists…He had two
shorthanded points in the first period on Saturday to tie a franchise record
for most shorthanded points in a period…Tanev has expanded his offensive
prowess with a career-high 98 shots and career-best 13.3% shooting
percentage…Eleven of his 13 goals this season have come at even strength.
Seeing Double
Defenceman Tyler Myers scored twice against Ottawa on Saturday…It’s his first
multi-goal game as a member of the Jets and first multi-goal game since Jan.
18/14 when he was a member of the Buffalo Sabres…Jets defencemen have tallied
139 points (26G, 113A) this season, which is fourth most in the NHL, and have
factored in on eight of Winnipeg’s past 11 goals.
Jets
vs. Avalanche All-Time Records
Overall: 23-11-10
At Bell MTS Place: 12-3-1
At Pepsi Center: 9-5-7
2018-19 Game Log vs. Avalanche
| Date | Location | Score | Rec | Scorers | Goaltender |
| Nov. 9 | Winnipeg | 5-2 W | 1-0-0 (9-5-1) | Connor (7), Scheifele (7), Ehlers (3), Laine (8), Wheeler (3) | Hellebuyck (28 sv, 2 ga) |
| Jan. 8 | Winnipeg | 7-4 W | 2-0-0 (20-15-8) | Perreault (9), Connor (15), Wheeler (7), Little (8), Copp (3), Scheifele (23), Trouba (7) | Hellebuyck (27 sv, 4 ga) |
| Feb. 14 | Winnipeg | 4-1 L | 2-1-0 (36-19-3) | Tanev (3) | Hellebuyck (31 sv, 4 ga) |
| Feb. 20 | Colorado | ||||
| Apr. 4 | Colorado |
Jets vs. Avalanche Notes
- The Jets have points in 12 of their past 14 games (9-2-3) against the Avalanche.
- The Jets have outscored the Avalanche 48-31 in the past 14 meetings.
- Winnipeg has scored at least five goals in three of their past four games against Colorado.
- The Jets are 9-for-23 (47.4%) on the power play in their last six games against Colorado.
- Winnipeg is 19-for-20 (95.0%) on the penalty kill in the past five games against the Avalanche.
- Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in career scoring against Colorado with 47 points (17G, 30A) in 32 games.
- Mark Scheifele has 24 points (6G, 18A) in 22 games against the Avalanche, while Patrik Laine has 11 points (5G, 6A) in 12 games.
Jets-Avalanche Connections
- Avalanche forward Colin Wilson is from Winnipeg, while Matt Calvert is from Brandon, Man.
- Jets forward Mark Scheifele and defenceman Tyler Myers played with the Avs’ Nathan MacKinnon for Canada at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.
- Scheifele and Connor Hellebuyck suited up with Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon for Team North America at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
- The Jets Tyler Myers and Colorado Tyson Barrie were teammates in the WHL with the Kelowna Rockets from 2007-2009.
- The Jets Andrew Copp and Colorado’s J.T. Compher were teammates at the University of Michigan from 2013-2015, while Kyle Connor played with Compher for the Wolverines during the 2015-16 season.
Upcoming Milestones
Dustin Byfuglien
- Needs one shorthanded assist to tie Marty Reasoner and Patrik Stefan (7) for the second-most shorthanded assists in franchise history.
Nikolaj Ehlers
- Needs two penalty minutes to reach 100 for his career.
Dmitry Kulikov
- Needs four games played to reach 100 as a member of the Jets.
Bryan Little
- Needs two assists to reach 300 for his NHL career.
Paul Maurice
- Needs one win to reach 685 as an NHL head coach and pass Pat Quinn for eighth-most all-time.
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.