Winnipeg Jets PR Game Day Information Game Notes: Jan. 19 at Chicago Blackhawks

Game Notes: Jan. 19 at Chicago Blackhawks

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The Winnipeg Jets close out their pre-all-star break schedule with a three-game, four-day road trip, which begins tomorrow against the Chicago Blackhawks…The Jets lost 7-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday night and finished their three-game homestand at 1-2-0…Winnipeg’s road trip continues on Tuesday against the Carolina Hurricanes.

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Last Game

Jan. 17 vs. TBL – 7-1 L
Jets Scorers: Roslovic (9)
Lightning Scorers: Cirelli (10, 11, 12), Kucherov (21, 22), Verhaeghe (6), Killorn (20)

Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (7 sv, 5 ga); Laurent Brossoit (12 sv, 2 ga)
Lightning Goaltender: Andrei Vasilevskiy (30 sv, 1 ga)

Jets PP: 0-for-2
Jets PK: 1-for-1

Recap: The Jets outshot the Lightning 31-26, but lost 7-1 on Friday…Jack Roslovic scored Winnipeg’s lone goal…Neal Pionk led the Jets with eight hits, while Blake Wheeler had a team best six shots.

Three Stars: 1. Cirelli 2. Kucherov 3. Vasilevskiy

Next Five Games

Date Time (Local) Opponent Venue TV Radio
Jan. 21 7:00 p.m. At Carolina PNC Arena TSN3 TSN 1290
Jan. 22 7:30 p.m. At Columbus Nationwide Arena Sportsnet TSN 1290
Jan. 31 7:00 p.m. Boston Bell MTS Place TSN3 TSN 1290
Feb. 1 7:00 p.m. St. Louis Bell MTS Place Sportsnet TSN 1290
Feb. 4 7:00 p.m. Nashville Bell MTS Place TSN3 TSN 1290

 

On the Road

The Jets are 14-8-2 on the road this season, which places them tied for the third in the NHL…Winnipeg has gone 3-1-1 in their past five road contests and have not lost consecutive away games in regulation this season…Mark Scheifele ranks eighth in the NHL in road scoring with 29 points (11G, 18A) in 24 games…Kyle Connor (12G, 14A) and Nikolaj Ehlers (13G, 13A) rank tied for 10th in NHL road scoring with 26 points in 24 games.

Central Rivals

The Jets are 7-5-2 against fellow Central Division teams this season and 16-9-3 against the Western Conference…Winnipeg is 1-2-2 in their past five games against the Central Division…The Jets play four of their next seven games within the division…Mark Scheifele leads the Jets in scoring against the Central with 17 points (7G, 10A) in 15 games, while Patrik Laine and Kyle Connor have a team-leading eight goals.

PK Perfect

The Jets are a perfect 6-for-6 on the penalty kill in their past three games and 14-for-15 (93.3%) on the PK in their past six games…Winnipeg ranks ninth in the NHL in penalty kill percentage in January at 87%…Adam Lowry leads the Jets in shorthanded ice time in January with 25:17.

Feeling Rosy

Jack Roslovic has scored in consecutive games for the Jets for the first time this season…His goal on Friday is his ninth of the season, which matches his career high from last season…He needs five points to match the career high 24 points he had a season ago.

Hit Squad

Defenceman Neal Pionk had a team high eight hits on Friday, which was one shy of his career high…Pionk is averaging 2.4 hits per game this season, compared to 1.9 last season when he had a career high 138 hits…Adam Lowry has the team high for hits in a game this season with 10 on Oct. 8 vs. PIT.

Jets vs. Blackhawks Information

All-Time Record: 19-18-5
Home: 8-10-4
Road: 11-8-1
At Bell MTS Place: 6-7-2
Media Guide Page: https://jetsmedia.ca/Chicago-blackhawks

Series Notes
  • Winnipeg’s loss to the Blackhawks last month ended its six-game winning streak against Chicago.
  • The Jets are 7-2-0 in their past nine games against the Blackhawks.
  • The Jets swept the season series (4-0-0) last season for the first time in franchise history when playing multiple games in a season.
  • Winnipeg has won the past three games against Chicago at United Center…All three wins have been by one goal.
  • The Jets are 37-for-41 (90.2%) on the penalty kill in their past 16 games against Chicago.
  • Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in scoring against the Blackhawks with 28 points (9G, 19A) in 34 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).

 

Career Scoring vs. Blackhawks
Player GP G A Pts PPG
Blake Wheeler 34 9 19 28 0.82
Mark Scheifele 28 9 10 19 0.68
Bryan Little 28 7 10 17 0.61
Nikolaj Ehlers 20 5 10 15 0.75
Patrik Laine 16 6 5 11 0.69
Andrew Copp 16 5 4 9 0.56
Kyle Connor 11 5 2 7 0.64
Mathieu Perreault 25 4 3 7 0.28
Gabriel Bourque 23 1 5 6 0.26
Mark Letestu 21 3 3 6 0.29
Josh Morrissey 15 1 5 6 0.40
Jack Roslovic 8 3 3 6 0.75
Luca Sbisa 23 0 5 5 0.22
Adam Lowry 24 2 2 4 0.17
Dmitry Kulikov 19 1 2 3 0.16
Nathan Beaulieu 8 0 1 1 0.13
Anthony Bitetto 11 0 1 1 0.09
Neal Pionk 3 0 1 1 0.33
Tucker Poolman 5 1 0 1 0.20
Cameron Schilling 1 0 1 1 1.00
Nicholas Shore 11 0 1 1 0.09
Mason Appleton 4 0 0 0 0.00
Carl Dahlstrom 1 0 0 0 0.00
Sami Niku 1 0 0 0 0.00

 

Career Goaltending Against the Blackhawks
Player GP W L OTL ShO Sv% GAA
Connor Hellebuyck 14 9 5 0 1 0.921 2.44
Laurent Brossoit 3 2 0 0 0 0.909 3.00
Former Blackhawks Playing for the Jets

D – Carl Dahlstrom

Former Jets Playing for the Blackhawks

None

Upcoming Milestones

Gabriel Bourque
  • Needs seven games played to reach 400 games played in for his NHL career.

 

Kyle Connor
  • Needs nine goals to reach 100 for his NHL career.

 

Nikolaj Ehlers
  • Needs one goal to pass Marian Hossa (108) for 10th in goals in franchise history.
  • Needs two goals to pass Evander Kane (109) for ninth in goals in franchise history.
Bryan Little
  • Needs seven penalty minutes to reach 300 for his NHL career.
Adam Lowry
  • Needs four games played to pass Jacob Trouba (408) for 12th in games played in franchise history.
Mathieu Perreault
  • Needs four 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.
  • Needs seven assists to reach 200 for his NHL career.
  • Needs eight games played to reach 400 with the Jets franchise.
  • Needs two games played to pass Zach Bogosian (393) for 14th in games played in franchise history.
  • Needs three goals to pass Dany Heatley (80) for 13th in goals in franchise history.
  • Needs two assists to pass Marc Savard (133) for 11th in assists in franchise history.
Luca Sbisa
  • Needs 10 assists to reach 100 for his NHL career.
Mark Scheifele
  • Needs four games played to reach 500 for his NHL career.
  • Needs five assists to pass Toby Enstrom (254) for fifth in assists in franchise history.
Nick Shore
  • Needs eight penalty minutes to reach 100 for his NHL career.
Blake Wheeler
  • Needs six penalty minutes to reach 600 for his NHL career.

Recently Accomplished Milestones

Andrew Copp
  • 9 at BOS – Reached 100 points for his NHL career.
Connor Hellebuyck
  • 14 vs. VAN – Passed Ondrej Pavelec for the most shutouts in franchise history with 18.
Patrik Laine
  • 9 at BOS – Reached 100 assists for his NHL career.
Adam Lowry
  • 6 at MTL – Played in his 400th career NHL game.

Recent Transactions

Dec. 13 – Loaned F – David Gustafsson to Sweden for the 2020 World Junior Championship
Dec. 18 – Placed F – Andrew Copp and F – Mathieu Perreault on injured reserve; Recalled F – Mason Appleton and F – Jansen Harkins from the Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Dec. 19 – Claimed G – Eric Comrie off waivers from the Detroit Red Wings
Dec. 28 – Placed G – Eric Comrie on waivers
Dec. 29 – Reassigned G – Eric Comrie to the Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Dec. 31 – Activated F – Mathieu Perreault from injured reserve
Jan. 2 – Reassigned F – Joona Luoto to the Manitoba Moose (AHL); Recalled D – Sami Niku from the Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Jan. 6 – Activated F – Andrew Copp from injured reserve; Placed D – Nathan Beaulieu on injured reserve.
Jan. 9 – Activated D – Dmitry Kulikov from injured reserve; Placed F – Logan Shaw on waivers; Reassigned F – David Gustafsson to the Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Jan. 10 – Reassigned F – Logan Shaw to the Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Jan. 16 – Placed D – Carl Dahlstrom and D – Tucker Poolman on injured reserve
Jan. 17 – Recalled D – Cameron Schilling from the Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Jan. 18 – Recalled D – Nelson Nogier from the Manitoba Moose (AHL)

Current Injuries

Player Injury Date Injured Games Missed
Mark Letestu* Upper Body 41
Bryan Little* Upper Body Nov. 5 vs NJD 32
Nathan Beaulieu* Lower Body Dec. 31 at COL 8
Tucker Poolman* Lower Body Dec. 12 vs. NSH 2
Carl Dahlstrom* Upper Body Dec. 14 vs. VAN 1

*- Currently on injured reserve

Man-Games Lost: 182

How the Jets Were Built

Drafted (15) – Appleton, Connor, Copp, Ehlers, Harkins, Hellebuyck, Laine, Little, Lowry, Morrissey, Niku, Nogier, Poolman, Scheifele, Roslovic
Trade (3) – Beaulieu, Pionk, Wheeler
Free Agency (7) – Bitetto, Bourque, Brossoit, Kulikov, Letestu, Perreault, Schilling
Waivers (3) – Dahlstrom, Sbisa, Shore

Moose Tracks

The Manitoba Moose entertain the Laval Rocket today and tomorrow afternoon…The Moose are 19-23-0 on the season and sit in seventh place in the Central Division.

 

Broadcast Information

TV:         Sportsnet
Radio:   TSN 1290 – Dennis Beyak, Paul Edmonds & Brian Munz

Jets Communications

Jets Media Site: jetsmedia.ca
Jets Media Guide: jetsmedia.ca/media-guide