The Winnipeg Jets visit the Minnesota Wild this afternoon at Xcel Energy Center…The Jets are coming off a 1-2-0 homestand, which saw them lose the last two games…Winnipeg returns home after today’s game to host the Montreal Canadiens at Bell MTS Place on Monday in the Jets last game before the Christmas break.
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Last Game
Dec. 19 vs. CHI – 4-1 L
Jets Scorers: Poolman (2)
Blackhawks Scorers: Nylander (5), Kubalik (9), Gustafsson (4), Kane (19)
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (28 sv, 4 ga)
Blackhawks Goaltender: Robin Lehner (36 sv, 1 ga)
Jets PP: 0-for-2
Jets PK: 1-for-2
Recap: The Jets outshot the Blackhawks 37-32, but lost 4-1 on Thursday night…Tucker Poolman scored Winnipeg’s lone goal…Kyle Connor led the Jets with seven shots, while Adam Lowry had a team high six hits.
Three Stars: 1. Lehner 2. Kane 3. Ehlers
Next Five Games
| Date | Time (Local) | Opponent | Venue | TV | Radio |
| Dec. 23 | 7:00 p.m. | Montreal | Bell MTS Place | TSN3 | TSN 1290 |
| Dec. 27 | 7:00 p.m. | St. Louis | Bell MTS Place | TSN3 | TSN 1290 |
| Dec. 29 | 2:00 p.m. | At St. Louis | Enterprise Center | TSN3 | TSN 1290 |
| Dec. 31 | 8:00 p.m. | At Colorado | Pepsi Center | TSN3 | TSN 1290 |
| Jan. 2 | 7:00 p.m. | Toronto | Bell MTS Place | TSN3 | TSN 1290 |
Western Rivals
The Jets are 5-3-1 against divisional opponents this season…The Jets are 13-7-1 against the Western Conference this season…The Jets are in the midst of playing five of six games against Western Conference teams…Kyle Connor leads the Jets in scoring against the Western Conference with 22 points (9G, 13A) in 21 games, while Mark Scheifele has a team-leading 10 goals.
Road Warriors
The Jets are 10-6-1 on the road this season…Winnipeg has won seven of their past 11 road games (7-3-1), including matching a franchise record with five consecutive road wins from Nov. 1-19/19…The Jets have not lost consecutive road games in regulation this season, but are winless in their past three road games (0-2-1)…Patrik Laine (4G, 15A) and Mark Scheifele (6G, 13A) lead the Jets in scoring on the road with 19 points.
Take Your Shots
The Jets outshot Chicago 30-15 in the first two periods of Thursday’s game…The second period has been Winnipeg’s most productive from a shots perspective this season with 402, which is eighth in the NHL…The Jets are fifth in third period shots with 374…Kyle Connor leads the Jets with 121 shots this season.
Breaking Out
Tucker Poolman scored his second goal of the season on Thursday, which establishes a career high…It ended a 28-game goalless streak…Poolman had already established career highs with 10 assists and 12 points.
Points Record in Reach
Captain Blake Wheeler is two points away from becoming the franchise’s all-time leader in points…With 614 points (201G, 413A) in 674 games, he’s one point behind Ilya Kovalchuk, who had 615 points (328G, 287A) in 594 games with the franchise when it was in Atlanta…Wheeler is already the franchise leader in assists with 413…He is coming off a pair of career high 91-point seasons and has closed in quickly on the record with 10 points (3G, 7A) in eight games in December.
Double Duty
Six players have played games for the Jets and in the AHL for the Manitoba Moose this season, including three that are on the Jets active roster – Logan Shaw, Joona Luoto, and Mason Appleton…In addition, Jansen Harkins was recalled by the Jets earlier this week, but has yet to make his NHL debut…Michael Spacek, Nelson Nogier, and Cameron Schilling were recalled by the Jets at times earlier this season, but didn’t see any game action before being returned to the Moose.
Players That Have Played for the Jets and Moose This Season |
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| Jets Totals | Moose Totals | |||||||
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS | GP | G | A | PTS |
| Mason Appleton | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ville Heinola | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joona Luoto | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Sami Niku | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Logan Shaw | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| C.J. Suess | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
Jets vs. Wild Information
All-Time Record: 18-21-3
Home: 11-9-1
Road: 7-12-2
At Bell MTS Place: 9-6-1
Media Guide Page: jetsmedia.ca/Minnesota-wild
Series Notes
- The Jets 5-2 win on home ice against Minnesota on Oct. 10 ended Winnipeg’s six-game losing streak to Minnesota.
- 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 15-15-2 during the regular season when facing Minnesota since moving to Manitoba in 2011.
- The Jets are 1-6-0 in their past seven trips to Minnesota and have been outscored 24-12 in the seven games.
- Blake Wheeler leads all active Minnesotans in the NHL in scoring against the Wild with 31 points (12G, 19A) in 36 games and has four career game-winning goals against the Wild…He’s on a three-game point streak against Minnesota (1G, 3A).
Career Scoring vs. Wild
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PPG |
| Blake Wheeler | 36 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 0.86 |
| Bryan Little | 31 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 0.68 |
| Mark Scheifele | 27 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 0.74 |
| Mathieu Perreault | 26 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0.73 |
| Patrik Laine | 15 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 19 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.53 |
| Kyle Connor | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.73 |
| Adam Lowry | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.33 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 19 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.32 |
| Andrew Copp | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.28 |
| Luca Sbisa | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.22 |
| Gabriel Bourque | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.16 |
| Josh Morrissey | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.31 |
| Mark Letestu | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.18 |
| Nicholas Shore | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.33 |
| Neal Pionk | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.40 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.13 |
| Jack Roslovic | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 |
| Mason Appleton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Anthony Bitetto | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Carl Dahlstrom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tucker Poolman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Career Goaltending Against the Wild
| Player | GP | W | L | OTL | ShO | Sv% | GAA |
| Connor Hellebuyck | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.915 | 2.56 |
| Laurent Brossoit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.938 | 2.20 |
| Eric Comrie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.821 | 5.01 |
Former Wild Playing for the Jets
F – Anthony Bitetto
Former Jets Playing for the Wild
None
Upcoming Milestones
Andrew Copp
- Needs two points to reach 100 for his NHL career.
Nikolaj Ehlers
- Needs five goals to pass Marian Hossa (108) for 10th in goals in franchise history.
Patrik Laine
- Needs two 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 eight games played to reach 400 for his NHL career.
Josh Morrissey
- Needs three 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 two points to pass Ilya Kovalchuk (615) for the most points in franchise history.
Recently Accomplished Milestones
Adam Lowry
- 3 vs. DAL – Reached 200 penalty minutes for his NHL career.
Mark Scheifele
- 8 vs. ANA – Reached 400 points for his NHL career.
Logan Shaw
- 17 vs. CAR – Played in his 200th career NHL game.
Blake Wheeler
- 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)
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
Current Injuries
| Player | Injury | Date Injured | Games Missed |
| Mark Letestu* | Upper Body | — | 28 |
| Bryan Little* | Upper Body | Nov. 5 vs NJD | 19 |
| Dmitry Kulikov* | Upper Body | Nov. 29 at ANA | 9 |
| Mathieu Perreault* | Upper Body | Nov. 15 vs. PHI | 2 |
| Andrew Copp* | Upper Body | Nov. 17 vs. CAR | 1 |
*- Currently on injured reserve
Man-Games Lost: 124
How the Jets Were Built
Drafted (13) – Appleton, Connor, Copp, Ehlers, Harkins, 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 (4) – Comrie, Dahlstrom, Sbisa, Shore
Moose Tracks
The Manitoba Moose sit sixth in the Central Division with a record of 14-17-0…Seth Griffith leads active Moose players in scoring with 24 points (12G, 12A) in 28 games…Manitoba hosts the San Antonio Rampage at Bell MTS Place tonight and tomorrow.
Broadcast Information
TV: Sportsnet – RJ Broadhead & Jason York
Radio: TSN 1290 – Paul Edmonds & Brian Munz
Jets Communications
Road Trip: Scott Brown (204-799-6392/sbrown@winnipegjets.com)
Jets Media Site: jetsmedia.ca
Jets Media Guide: jetsmedia.ca/media-guide