The Winnipeg Jets continue a three-game homestand tonight when they host the Colorado Avalanche at Bell MTS Place…The Jets erased a 3-2 third-period deficit to beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Tuesday night in the first game of the homestand…Winnipeg wraps up the homestand on Saturday against the Ottawa Senators.
Back Home
Winnipeg has the second-best home record in the NHL this season at 21-6-3…The
Jets have a point in their past nine games at home (8-0-1) and 13 of their last
15 contests at Bell MTS Place (12-2-1)…The Jets have the best power play at
home in the NHL this season at 34.1%, but have gone back-to-back home games
without a power play goal (0-for-7)…Winnipeg’s 31 power play goals at home
this season is second in the NHL…The Jets have a 53-13-5 record at Bell MTS
Place during the past two seasons, making it the toughest building in the NHL
for opposing teams to play…The Jets have scored 118 goals at home this season,
which is second in the NHL, and have outscored their opposition 102-52 in their
21 wins.
Against the Central
The Jets are 10-7-0 against Central Division teams this season…Since the start
of the 2016-17 season, the Jets are 44-24-4 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 72
games, while Mark Scheifele is second with 85 points (34G, 51A) in 64 games.
Busy Time
The Jets are in a stretch of 11 games (5-3-1) in 20 days since the all-star
break…Winnipeg went 6-3-0 in nine games in 16 days leading into the break…The
Jets are in the midst of playing their last 34 games of the regular season in
69 days.
Defensive Offence
Jets defencemen have accumulated 137 points season, which is fourth in the NHL…Jets
defencemen have factored into 17 of the 22 goals the Jets have scored in
February…Joe Morrow scored his first goal of the season on Tuesday against the
Rangers and added an assist for his second multi-point game this season…Josh
Morrissey has established career highs for assists (25) and points (31) and
needs two more goals to establish a career high for goals as well…Jacob Trouba
has a career-high 27 assists this season and needed three points to surpass his
career high of 33 points from the 2016-17 season.
Goal Leader
Mark Scheifele scored twice in the first period against the Rangers on Tuesday
to become the first member of the Jets to reach 30 goals this season…It’s the
second time in his career that he’s reached 30 goals in a season, as he had 32
goals during the 2016-17 season…Scheifele is tied for 10th in the
NHL in goals…Tuesday was his sixth multi-goal game of the season and second
time he scored twice in a period (Nov. 27 vs. PIT – second period).
In Pursuit
After netting four points (2G, 2A) in his first 25 games, Andrew Copp has 12
points (4G, 8A) in his past 19 games since Dec. 31/18…He has a point in five of
his past seven games and has scored in back-to-back games, including the
game-winning goal on Tuesday…He’s tallied eight (4G, 4A) of his 16 points this
season in third periods.
Dominating the Dot
The Jets won 63% (33-of-52) of the faceoffs against the Rangers on Tuesday…Mark
Schiefele (12-for-20) and Adam Lowry (12-for-19) each won 12 faceoffs…It’s the
fifth time this season two Jets centremen won 12 or more faceoffs in a game.
Rounding Into Form
Since the all-star break, goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is 5-1-1 with a 2.95
goals-against average and .920 save percentage…He has a plus-.900 save percentage
in four consecutive starts…He hasn’t lost back-to-back starts since Dec. 27-29/18…After
posting a .907 save percentage in October and .900 in November, Hellebuyck has
posted save percentages of .916, .917, and .922 in December, January, and
February, respectively.
Jets
vs. Avalanche All-Time Records
Overall: 23-10-10
At Bell MTS Place: 12-2-1
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 | ||||
| Feb. 20 | Colorado | ||||
| Apr. 4 | Colorado |
Jets vs. Avalanche Notes
- The Jets have points in 12 of their past 13 games (9-1-3) against the Avalanche.
- The Jets have outscored the Avalanche 47-27 in the past 13 meetings.
- Winnipeg has scored at least five goals in each of their past three games against Colorado.
- Winnipeg is 14-for-48 (29.2%) on the power play in its past 13 games against Colorado.
- The Jets have scored a power play goal in five consecutive meetings with the Avalanche, going 9-for-19 (47.4%).
- Winnipeg is 16-for-17 (94.1%) on the penalty kill in the past four games against the Avalanche.
- Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in career scoring against Colorado with 47 points (17G, 30A) in 31 games and has multiple points in five consecutive games (6G, 10A).
- Mark Scheifele has 24 points (6G, 18A) in 21 games against the Avalanche, while Patrik Laine has 11 points (5G, 6A) in 11 games.
- In nine career starts against Colorado, Connor Hellebuyck is 6-1-2 with a 1.88 goals-against average and .936 save percentage.
Jets-Avalanche Connections
- Avalanche forward Colin Wilson is from Winnipeg, while Matt Calvert is from Brandon, Man.
- Jets’ Mark Scheifele and Tyler Myers played with the Avs’ Nathan MacKinnon for Canada at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.
- Scheifele and Connor Hellebuyck suited up with the Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon for Team North America at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
- The Jets’ Tyler Myers and the Avalanche’s Tyson Barrie were teammates in the WHL with the Kelowna Rockets from 2007-2009.
- The Jets’ Andrew Copp and the Avalanche’s J.T. Compher were teammates at the University of Michigan from 2013-2015.
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 five games played to reach 100 as a member of the Jets.
Bryan Little
- Needs three 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.