The Winnipeg Jets visit the Detroit Red Wings tonight in the back end of a home-and-home set…The Jets beat the Red Wings 5-1 on Tuesday at Bell MTS Place in the first game…After tonight’s game, the Jets return to Winnipeg for a three-game, five-day homestand, which begins Sunday against the Philadelphia Flyers.
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Last Game
Dec. 10 vs. DET – 5-1 W
Jets Scorers: Lowry (4), Wheeler (8), Copp (5), Laine (9), Scheifele (14)
Red Wings Scorer: Ehn (1)
Jets Goaltender: Laurent Brossoit (15 sv, 0 ga) Connor Hellebuyck (1 sv, 1 ga)
Red Wings Goaltender: Eric Comrie (25 sv, 5 ga)
Jets PP: 1-for-5
Jets PK: 4-for-4
Recap: Twelve different Jets registered a point on Tuesday, as the Jets beat the Red Wings 5-1…Andrew Copp and Blake Wheeler paced the Jets with a goal and an assist each…Adam Lowry opened the scoring the first period with Winnipeg’s first shorthanded goal of the season…Laurent Brossoit stopped all 15 shots he faced to earn the win.
Three Stars: 1. Copp 2. Wheeler 3. Laine
Next Five Games
| Date | Time (Local) | Opponent | Venue | TV | Radio |
| Dec. 15 | 4:00 p.m. | Philadelphia | Bell MTS Place | TSN3 | TSN 1290 |
| Dec. 17 | 7:00 p.m. | Carolina | Bell MTS Place | TSN3 | TSN 1290 |
| Dec. 19 | 7:00 p.m. | Chicago | Bell MTS Place | TSN3 | TSN 1290 |
| Dec. 21 | 1:00 p.m. | At Minnesota | Xcel Energy Center | Sportsnet | TSN 1290 |
| Dec. 23 | 7:00 p.m. | Montreal | Bell MTS Place | TSN3 | TSN 1290 |
Against the East
The Jets are 6-4-1 against the Eastern Conference this season, including 3-0-0 against the Atlantic Division…Winnipeg has won four consecutive games against the Eastern Conference.
Road Warriors
The Jets are 10-5-1 on the road this season, which is tied for the fourth most wins in the NHL…Winnipeg has won seven of their past 10 road games (7-2-1), including matching a franchise record with five consecutive road wins from Nov. 1-19/19…tonight is Winnipeg’s first road game in the Eastern Conference since Nov. 19 when the Jets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3…The Jets have not lost consecutive road games in regulation this season…Patrik Laine (4G, 14A) leads the Jets in scoring on the road with 18 points in 14 games, while Nikolaj Ehlers (9G, 8A) and Mark Scheifele (6G, 11A) have 17 points in 16 road games.
Hitting 40
Tuesday’s win pushed Winnipeg to 40 points on the season with a record of 19-10-2…It’s the fourth fewest games the Jets have needed to reach 40 points in a season…Winnipeg has reached 40 points in 31 games or less in each of the past three seasons.
Rollin’
The Jets hold a record of 13-3-2 since Nov. 1, which is tied with the Dallas Stars and Washington Capitals for the best record in the NHL…After going 10-3-1 in November, the Jets are 3-0-1 in December…The Jets went a franchise best 11-4-0 in December last season.
200 Tallies
Blake Wheeler tallied his 200th goal with the Jets franchise on Tuesday…He’s the third player in franchise history to reach 200 goals, joining Ilya Kovalchuk (328) and Bryan Little (217)…Wheeler has 250 career goals and 719 points in the NHL, which both rank third among players selected in the 2004 NHL Draft…Wheeler needs seven points to become the all-time leader in points in franchise history.
Getting Streaky
The Jets have six players on active point streaks, led by Mark Scheifele’s four-game point and goal streak (5G, 1A)…Scheifele has scored Winnipeg’s last goal of the game in four consecutive games…Blake Wheeler (2G, 3A) and Kyle Connor (1G, 5A) are also on a four-game point streaks, while Connor also has a four-game assist streak.
Get Your Shots In
Sixteen of the 18 skaters that dressed for the Jets on Tuesday registered at least one shot…Neal Pionk, Andrew Copp, Blake Wheeler, and Nathan Beaulieu led the Jets with three shots each…Kyle Connor leads the Jets with 102 shots this season.
Michigan Exports
The Jets have three Michigan-born players on their active roster, which is the most of any state or province…Kyle Connor (Shelby Township), Andrew Copp (Ann Arbor), and Connor Hellebuyck (Commerce) all played their youth hockey in Michigan…Connor (2015-16) and Copp (2012-15) also starred at the University of Michigan.
Jets vs. Red Wings Information
All-Time Record: 13-11-3
Home: 7-5-1
Road: 6-6-2
At Bell MTS Place: 5-1-1
At Little Caesars Arena: 1-1-0
Media Guide Page: https://jetsmedia.ca/detroit-red-wings
Series Notes
- The Jets are 9-3-1 in their past 13 games against the Red Wings and have points in six of the past seven meetings (5-1-1)…The Jets have also won the past four games against the Red Wings.
- Winnipeg is 23-for-26 (88.5%) on the penalty kill in their past eight games against Detroit.
- The Jets are 4-2-0 in Detroit since relocation in 2011, with three of the four wins coming by one goal.
Patrik Laine has eight points (6G, 2A) in seven career games against Detroit, while Nikolaj Ehlers has seven points (1G, 6A) in seven games.
- Laurent Brossoit is 3-0 with a 1.01 goals-against average and .962 save percentage in three career starts against Detroit.
Career Scoring vs. Red Wings
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PPG |
| Bryan Little | 15 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Blake Wheeler | 18 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0.83 |
| Mark Scheifele | 11 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Patrik Laine | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1.14 |
| Mathieu Perreault | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.57 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Mark Letestu | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.29 |
| Kyle Connor | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.83 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.21 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.20 |
| Gabriel Bourque | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.25 |
| Andrew Copp | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.33 |
| Adam Lowry | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.30 |
| Josh Morrissey | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.43 |
| Neal Pionk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.60 |
| Luca Sbisa | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.13 |
| Tucker Poolman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Jack Roslovic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Logan Shaw | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 |
| Nicholas Shore | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 |
| Anthony Bitetto | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Carl Dahlstrom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Career Goaltending Against the Red Wings
| Player | GP | W | L | OTL | ShO | Sv% | GAA |
| Laurent Brossoit | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.962 | 1.01 |
| Connor Hellebuyck | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.902 | 3.14 |
Former Red Wings Playing for the Jets
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Former Jets Playing for the Red Wings
G – Eric Comrie
Upcoming Milestones
Anthony Bitetto
- Needs one penalty minute for 100 for his NHL career.
Kyle Connor
- Needs three goals to pass Dany Heatley (80) for 12th in goals in franchise history.
Nikolaj Ehlers
- Needs six goals to pass Marian Hossa (108) for 10th in goals in franchise history.
Patrik Laine
- Needs two penalty minutes to reach 100 for his NHL career.
- Needs four goals to pass Dustin Byfuglien (122) for seventh in goals in franchise history.
Bryan Little
- Needs seven penalty minutes to reach 300 for his NHL career.
Adam Lowry
- Needs three games played to pass Mark Stuart (390) for 14th in franchise history in games played.
Josh Morrissey
- Needs five points to reach 100 for his NHL career.
Mathieu Perreault
- Needs six penalty minutes to reach 300 for his NHL career.
- Needs three goals to pass Dany Heatley (80) for 12th in goals in franchise history.
- Needs four assists to pass Marc Savard (133) for 11th in assists in franchise history.
Blake Wheeler
- Needs eight points to pass Ilya Kovalchuk (615) for the most points in franchise history.
Recently Accomplished Milestones
Adam Lowry
- Dec. 3 vs. DAL – Reached 200 penalty minutes for his NHL career.
Mark Scheifele
- Dec. 8 vs. ANA – Reached 400 points for his NHL career.
Blake Wheeler
- Dec. 10 vs. DET – Reached 200 goals as a member of the Jets franchise.
Recent Transactions
Nov. 29 – Placed D – Nathan Beaulieu on injured reserve
Nov. 30 – Recalled D – Cameron Schilling from the Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Dec. 4 – Placed D – Dmitry Kulikov on injured reserve; Claimed F – Nick Shore off waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs; Reassigned F – Michael Spacek to the Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Dec. 5 – Activated D – Nathan Beaulieu from injured reserve
Dec. 6 – Reassigned D – Cameron Schilling to the Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Dec. 10 – Activated F – Gabriel Bourque from injured reserve; Activated F – Mason Appleton from injured reserve and assigned him to the Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Current Injuries
| Player | Injury | Date Injured | Games Missed |
| Mark Letestu* | Upper Body | — | 24 |
| Bryan Little* | Upper Body | Nov. 5 vs NJD | 15 |
| Dmitry Kulikov* | Upper Body | Nov. 29 at ANA | 5 |
*- Currently on injured reserve
Man-Games Lost: 112
How the Jets Were Built
Drafted (12) – Connor, Copp, Ehlers, Gustafsson, Hellebuyck, Laine, Little, Lowry, Morrissey, Poolman, Scheifele, Roslovic
Trade (3) – Beaulieu, Pionk, Wheeler
Free Agency (8) – Bitetto, Bourque, Brossoit, Kulikov, Letestu, Luoto, Perreault, Shaw
Waivers (3) – Dahlstrom, Sbisa, Shore
Moose Tracks
The Manitoba Moose split a pair of games with the Chicago Wolves last weekend at Bell MTS Place and sit in fifth place in the Central Division with a record of 13-13-0…Jansen Harkins in third in AHL scoring with 28 points (6G, 22A) in 26 games…The Moose begin a five-game road trip on tonight with the first of two games against the Texas Stars.
Broadcast Information
TV: TSN3 – Dennis Beyak & Kevin Sawyer
Radio: TSN 1290 – Paul Edmonds & Brian Munz
Jets Communications
Road Trip Contact: Greger Buer (204-299-4846/gbuer@winnipegjets.com)
Jets Media Site: jetsmedia.ca
Jets Media Guide: jetsmedia.ca/media-guide