2020 Playoff Media Guide Opponents

Series Notes

Stanley Cup Qualifier Series Preview

Series Notes

• The Jets are 8-2-0 in their past 10 games against the Blackhawks. 
• The Jets swept the season series (4-0-0) against Chicago in 2018-19 for the first time in franchise history when playing multiple games in a season. 
• The Jets are 42-for-45 (93.3%) on the penalty kill in their past 19 games against Chicago. 
• Winnipeg has outshot Chicago in each of the past seven meetings. 
• The winning side has scored at least four goals in 10 of the past 12 games between the two teams. 
• Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in scoring against the Blackhawks with 30 points (10G, 20A) in 37 career games. 
• Mark Scheifele’s eight points (3G, 5A) in four games against the Blackhawks last season is the most points by a Jets a player against Chicago in a single season…He had the game-winning goal in overtime in the first meeting this season (Oct. 12 at CHI – 3-2 OTW) and has a team high three game-winning goals against the Blackhawks…Scheifele has four points (2G, 2A) in five games against the Blackhawks this season. 

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• The Jets have points in 14 of their past 18 games (10-4-4) against the Avalanche, but Winnipeg’s win on Dec. 31/19 snapped a four-game (0-3-1) losing streak against the Avs. 
• Winnipeg has scored five goals or more in each of their past four wins against Colorado. 
• The Jets are 11-for-33 (33.3%) on the power play and 32-for-37 (86.4%) on the penalty kill in their past 10 games against the Avalanche. 
• Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in career scoring against Colorado with 51 points (19G, 32A) in 36 games…He also has a team high four game-winning goals against the Avalanche and is a plus-18. 
• Mark Scheifele has 29 points (8G, 21A) in 26 games against the Avalanche…His eight goals include a pair of power play markers. 
• Goaltender Laurent Brossoit is 2-1-0 with a 1.73 goals-against average and .929 save percentage in three career games against Colorado. 

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• The Jets are 11-4-1 in their past 16 games against the Stars, including an eight-game winning streak from Oct. 27/16-Mar. 18/18. 
• The Jets are 18-12-2 against the Stars since the franchise moved to Winnipeg in 2011. 
• The Jets have scored at least four goals in 10 of their past 16 games against Dallas, outscoring the Stars 62-42 in the 16 games. 
• Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in career scoring against the Stars with 37 points (9G, 28A) in 34 career games, while Mark Scheifele has 34 points (16G, 18A) in 29 career games against Dallas.  
• Patrik Laine has 18 goals in 17 career games against Dallas, including a pair of hat tricks…Five of Laine’s 18 goals are game-winning goals, while seven have come on the power play.  
• Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is 9-5-2 in 16 career starts against the Stars, with a 2.44 goals-against average and .923 save percentage. 

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• The Jets are 7-1-1 in their past nine games against the Oilers. 
• Winnipeg has outscored Edmonton 33-22 (excluding shootouts) in those nine games. 
• The first meeting between the Jets and Oilers this season on Oct. 20 ended in a 1-0 shootout win for the Jets…It was just the second 1-0 shootout win in franchise history. (Nov. 1/14 at NYR) 
• Five of the past six games between Winnipeg and Edmonton have been decided by one goal (3-1-1). 
• Winnipeg has won four of the past five games against the Oilers in Edmonton. 
• Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in scoring against the Oilers with 23 points (5G, 18A) in 25 games and is 2-for-2 in career shootout attempts against Edmonton. 

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• The Jets have a 2-0-1 record against the Wild this season after losing the previous six games prior to this season. 
• There have been seven winning streaks of three games or more in the all-time series between the two teams, including five since 2015. 
• Winnipeg is 16-15-3 during the regular season when facing Minnesota since moving to Manitoba in 2011. 
• The Jets are 2-6-1 in their past nine trips to Minnesota and have been outscored 27-20 in the eight games. 
• Blake Wheeler leads all active Minnesotans in the NHL in scoring against the Wild with 35 points (14G, 21A) in 38 games and has five career game-winning goals against the Wild…He’s on a five-game point streak against Minnesota (3G, 5A). 

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• The Jets have outscored the Predators 18-8 in the past six games between the two teams.  
• Eleven of the past 14 meetings between the Jets and Predators have been decided by two goals or less, with seven of those games decided by only one goal and three of them in extra time. 
• Winnipeg has just one power play goal in their previous seven games against Nashville, going 1-for-18 (5.6%). 
• The Jets are 20-for-21 (95.2%) on the penalty kill in their past seven games against the Predators. 
• Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in career scoring against the Predators with 27 points (14G, 13A) in 35 games…He also has a team-leading three game-winning goals.  
• Kyle Connor has 13 points (7G, 6A) in 15 career games against Nashville. 
• Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele are each 1-for-1 in shootouts against the Predators. 
• Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is 9-6-2 with a 2.57 goals-against average and .926 save percentage in 18 career games against the Predators. 

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• The Jets and Blues met in the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Blues won the series four-games-to-two en route to winning the Stanley Cup. 
• The Jets won three of four games against the Blues during the 2018-19 regular season, outscoring St. Louis 18-10. 
• Winnipeg has points in seven of their past nine regular season games against St. Louis, going 6-2-1. 
• The Jets are 16-12-4 in the regular season against St. Louis since the franchise relocated to Winnipeg in 2011. 
• The Jets are 1-for-15 (6.7%) on the power play in their past five regular season games against the Blues, but had at least one power play goal in the five games before that. 
• Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in career scoring against the Blues with 39 points (16G, 23A) in 35 games, while Mark Scheifele has 28 points (10G, 18A) in 29 games.  
• Kyle Connor has 15 points (5G, 10A) in 12 career games against St. Louis, including five multi-point games. 
• Patrik Laine is averaging nearly a goal per game against the Blues during his career with 15 goals in 16 games. 
• Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is 8-4-1 against the Blues in the regular season with a 2.07 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage. 

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• The Jets have won 10 games in a row against Vancouver and have outscored the Canucks 35-10 in the nine games. 
• Winnipeg has won 14 of the past 15 games against the Canucks and have points in 17 of the past 19 meetings (15-2-2). 
• The Jets have held the Canucks to two goals or less in 12 of the past 14 meetings, including four shutouts. 
• The Jets have outscored Vancouver 26-5 in the past eight meetings at Bell MTS Place. 
• Winnipeg is 34-for-36 (94.4%) on the penalty kill in their past 13 games against the Canucks. 
• Mathieu Perreault and Blake Wheeler share the Jets team lead in career scoring against the Canucks with 17 points each. 
• Kyle Connor has 11 points (4G, 7A) in seven career games against Vancouver. 
• Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck has faced Vancouver eight times, going 7-1-0 with a 1.38 goals-against average and .953 save percentage, while Laurent Brossoit is 2-0-0 with a 0.76 goals-against average and .974 save percentage. 

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• The Jets and Golden Knights met in the Conference Final of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Golden Knights won the series four-games-to-two en route to winning the Stanley Cup.  
• Winnipeg has scored at least four goals in each of their five career regular season wins against Vegas.   
• The Jets have earned a point in six of their eight regular season games versus the Golden Knights (5-2-1). 
• Winnipeg is 23-for-26 (88.5%) on the penalty kill in their eight games against Vegas. 
• Kyle Connor (8G, 5A) leads the Jets in scoring against Vegas with 13 points in eight games, while Blake Wheeler has eight assists in eight games. 
• Connor has scored his eight goals on 18 shots (44.4%). 
• All five of Patrik Laine’s career goals against Vegas are power play goals. 
• Goaltender Laurent Brossoit is 2-1-0 with a 2.81 goals-against average and .920 save percentage in three career starts against Vegas.