The Winnipeg Jets entertain the Montreal Canadiens tomorrow in the final game before the three-day Christmas break…The Jets shut out the Minnesota Wild 6-0 on Saturday afternoon on the road…After tomorrow’s game, Winnipeg returns to action on Friday at Bell MTS Place against the St. Louis Blues in the first game of a home-and-home set.
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Last Game
Dec. 21 at MIN – 6-0 W
Jets Scorers: Wheeler (10), Scheifele (17), Laine (12, 13), Ehlers (15), Shaw (2)
Wild Scorers: None
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (31 sv, 0 ga)
Wild Goaltenders: Alex Stalock (22 sv, 6 ga); Devan Dubnyk (3 sv, 0 ga)
Jets PP: 1-for-4
Jets PK: 3-for-3
Recap: The Jets had five players score and 12 players register a point in a 6-0 win against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday afternoon…Patrik Laine scored twice, while Josh Morrissey had three assists…Blake Wheeler tallied a goal and an assist to become the franchise record holder for most points…Connor Hellebuyck stopped all 31 shots he faced for his third shutout of the season.
Three Stars: 1. Laine 2. Hellebuyck 3. Morrissey
Next Five Games
| Date | Time (Local) | Opponent | Venue | TV | Radio |
| 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 |
| Jan. 4 | 1:00 p.m. | At Minnesota | Xcel Energy Center | TSN3 | TSN 1290 |
Home Ice
The Jets are in the midst of playing five of six games at Bell MTS Place…Winnipeg is 10-7-1 on home ice this season, including 8-3-1 in their past 12 home contests…The Jets have lost consecutive home games after winning five straight at home…Mark Scheifele leads the Jets in scoring at home with 17 points (10G, 7A) in 18 games.
Against the East
The Jets are 7-6-1 against the Eastern Conference this season, including 3-1-0 against the Atlantic Division…Mark Scheifele leads the Jets in scoring against the Eastern Conference with 17 points (6G, 11A) in 14 games, while Patrik Laine (4G, 10A) and Blake Wheeler (5G, 9A) have 14 points (in 14 games against the East.
Rare Monday
Tomorrow is Winnipeg’s first game on a Monday this season…The Jets play three games on Monday’s this season, two of which are against Montreal (Jan. 6 at MTL)…The Jets are 7-10-2 in games on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this season and 14-3-0 in games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Points Record
Captain Blake Wheeler captured the franchise’s points record on Saturday with a goal and an assist…He has 616 points (202G, 414A) in 675 games, to pass 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, while his 202 goals is third behind Kovalchuk (328) and Bryan Little (217).
First in First
In his NHL debut, Jansen Harkins had an assist on Saturday for his first NHL point…He’s the 243rd player in franchise history to register a point and the 17th player in franchise history to record a point in their NHL debut…Eleven of those 17 occurrences have happened since relocation in 2011…Harkins joins Ville Heinola and David Gustafsson as members of the Jets to record their first NHL point this season.
Career High Trio
Josh Morrissey set a career high with three assists on Saturday against Minnesota…He previously had two assists in a game eight times, including twice this season…Morrissey is averaging a career high .59 assists per game this season…He is on pace for a career high 47 assists and 54 points.
Multi-Goal Laine
Patrik Laine scored twice on Saturday for his second multi-goal game of the season…Since his rookie season in 2016-17, Laine has 21 multi-goal games, which leads the Jets and is tied for sixth in the NHL…With .38 goal per game, Laine is on pace for his fourth consecutive 30-goal season to start his NHL career.
Shutout Record Tied
Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck earned his third shutout of the season on Saturday, which moved him into a tie with Ondrej Pavelec for the most shutouts in franchise history with 17…He holds the franchise record for most shutouts in a season with six, which he did during the 2017-18 season.
Jets vs. Canadiens Information
Overall: 21-35-7
Home: 11-15-5
Away: 10-20-2
At Bell MTS Place: 3-5-1
Series Notes
- The Jets have lost the past three games against the Canadiens at Bell MTS Place. Winnipeg’s last home win against Montreal was on Mar. 5/16.
- Winnipeg is 5-for-14 (35.7%) on the power play in the past five games against Montreal and are 4-for-7 (57.1%) on the power play in their past three games against the Canadiens at Bell MTS Place.
- Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in scoring against Montreal with 18 points (10G, 8A) in 36 games and has scored four of the eight power play goals the Jets have scored against Montreal since relocation.
- Kyle Connor has four points (1G, 3A) in four career games against Montreal, while Patrik Laine has four points (3G, 1A) in five career games.
- Mark Scheifele has a 31.8% career shooting percentage against Montreal, which is his best against any opponent in the NHL.
Career Scoring vs. Canadiens
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PPG |
| Blake Wheeler | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 0.50 |
| Mathieu Perreault | 19 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.53 |
| Mark Scheifele | 12 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.75 |
| Bryan Little | 29 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.28 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 28 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.25 |
| Mark Letestu | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.25 |
| Kyle Connor | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Andrew Copp | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.67 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.67 |
| Patrik Laine | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Jack Roslovic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Luca Sbisa | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.23 |
| Gabriel Bourque | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.29 |
| Adam Lowry | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 |
| Neal Pionk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Tucker Poolman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Nicholas Shore | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 |
| Mason Appleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Anthony Bitetto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Josh Morrissey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Logan Shaw | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Career Goaltending Against the Canadiens
| Player | GP | W | L | OTL | ShO | Sv% | GAA |
| Laurent Brossoit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.917 | 2.00 |
| Connor Hellebuyck | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.908 | 3.75 |
Former Canadiens Playing for the Jets
D – Nathan Beaulieu
F – Logan Shaw
Former Jets Playing for the Canadiens
F – Joel Armia
D – Ben Chiarot
Upcoming Milestones
Andrew Copp
- Needs two points to reach 100 for his NHL career.
Nikolaj Ehlers
- Needs four goals to pass Marian Hossa (108) for 10th in goals in franchise history.
Connor Hellebuyck
- Needs one shutout to pass Ondrej Pavelec (17) for the most shutouts in franchise history.
Bryan Little
- Needs seven penalty minutes to reach 300 for his NHL career.
Adam Lowry
- Needs seven games played to reach 400 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.
Recently Accomplished Milestones
Adam Lowry
- Dec. 3 vs. DAL – Reached 200 penalty minutes for his NHL career.
Josh Morrissey
- Dec. 21 at MIN – Reached 100 points for his NHL career.
Mark Scheifele
- Dec. 8 vs. ANA – Reached 400 points for his NHL career.
Logan Shaw
- Dec. 17 vs. CAR – Played in his 200th career NHL game.
Blake Wheeler
- Dec. 10 vs. DET – Reached 200 goals as a member of the Jets franchise.
- Dec. 21 at MIN – Became the leading scorer in franchise history with 616 points
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 | — | 29 |
| Bryan Little* | Upper Body | Nov. 5 vs NJD | 20 |
| Dmitry Kulikov* | Upper Body | Nov. 29 at ANA | 10 |
| Mathieu Perreault* | Upper Body | Nov. 15 vs. PHI | 3 |
| Andrew Copp* | Upper Body | Nov. 17 vs. CAR | 2 |
*- Currently on injured reserve
Man-Games Lost: 129
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
Broadcast Information
TV: TSN3 – Brian Munz & Kevin Sawyer
Radio: TSN 1290 – Paul Edmonds & Trevor Kidd
Jets Communications
Jets Media Site: jetsmedia.ca
Jets Media Guide: jetsmedia.ca/media-guide