Winnipeg Jets PR No. 81 – Kyle Connor

Player Information

2022-23 Notes
  • Played in all 82 games for the second time in his career
  • Tallied 32 goals to reach 30 goals for fifth time in his career
  • Hit 80 points (81) for the second consecutive season
  • Second consecutive season tallying at least 45 assists (49)
  • Had 20 penalty minutes – his most since 34 in the 2019-20 season
  • Set a career best with 21 power play assists
  • Went on a 10-game point streak Dec. 4-20 (7G, 10A), which is the longest of his career
  • Tallied 47 points (19G, 28A) in 41 games at home
  • Enjoyed playing against Western Conference teams with 50 points (17G, 33A) in 50 games
  • Racked up 22 points (8G, 14A) in 16 games in December
Professional Career
  • Has played his first seven professional seasons in the Jets organization
  • Won the Lady Byng Trophy for the 2021-22 season
  • Played 52 games in the AHL as a rookie in 2016-17, tallying 44 points (25G, 19A)
Amateur Career
  • Played one season for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 2015-16 when he posted 71 points (35G, 36A) in 38 games, which led the NCAA in goals and points
  • Won a B1G Championship and was named the B1G’s Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year
  • Won the Tim Taylor Award as the NCAA’s top rookie and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award
  • Named to the NCAA’s West First All-American Team and B1G First All-Star Team and All-Rookie Team
  • Prior to Michigan, played three seasons in the USHL for the Youngstown Phantoms
  • Named the USHL’s Player of the Year and USA Hockey Junior Player of the Year in 2014-15 after putting up 80 points (34G, 46A) in 56 games
  • Led the USHL in points and was also named USHL Forward of the Year and USHL First All-Star Team
  • Selected to the USHL First All-Star Team and played in the USHL All-Star Game in 2013-14
International Career
  • Had two assists in five games for USA at the 2016 World Championship
  • Won a gold medal for USA at the 2014 U18 World Championship after netting seven points (4G, 3A) in seven games
  • Played for USA at the 2014 and 2015 World Junior A Challenge, winning a goal medal in 2014

Career Stats

Scoring Goals Assists Shots Ice Time
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV PP SH S S% TSA TOI ATOI FOW FOL FO% BLK HIT TK GV Awards
2016-17 20 WPG NHL 20 2 3 5 -7 4 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 24 8.3 41 244 12:13 1 1 50.0 8 1 11 5
2017-18 21 WPG NHL 76 31 26 57 8 16 24 7 0 7 22 4 0 192 16.1 288 1285 16:54 2 5 28.6 26 18 39 34 Calder-4
2018-19 22 WPG NHL 82 34 32 66 -7 18 22 11 1 5 24 8 0 227 15.0 355 1579 19:15 8 5 61.5 21 9 56 33
2019-20 23 WPG NHL 71 38 35 73 4 34 28 9 1 7 26 8 1 239 15.9 369 1497 21:05 2 11 15.4 17 18 43 39 AS-5
2020-21 24 WPG NHL 56 26 24 50 -4 12 16 10 0 5 21 3 0 166 15.7 302 1049 18:44 6 4 60.0 18 18 37 32 AS-10
2021-22 25 WPG NHL 79 47 46 93 -3 4 36 8 3 9 26 20 0 317 14.8 499 1720 21:47 1 6 14.3 23 32 66 47 AS-8,Byng-1
2022-23 26 WPG NHL 82 31 49 80 -11 20 23 8 0 8 28 21 0 273 11.4 497 1683 20:32 2 5 28.6 24 43 42 40
Career 7 yrs NHL 466 209 215 424 -20 108 151 53 5 42 148 66 1 1438 14.5 2351 9058 19:26 22 37 37.3 137 139 294 230

Playoff Stats

Scoring Goals Shots Ice Time
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TSA TOI ATOI FOW FOL FO% BLK HIT TK GV
2017-18 21 WPG NHL 17 3 7 10 2 2 2 1 0 0 36 8.3 65 302 17:44 0 1 0.0 7 7 9 9
2018-19 22 WPG NHL 6 3 2 5 -1 0 2 1 0 1 14 21.4 25 128 21:23 0 0 1 3 2 0
2019-20 23 WPG NHL 4 0 1 1 -4 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 24 92 23:01 0 0 1 1 4 3
2020-21 24 WPG NHL 8 3 4 7 -2 0 3 0 0 1 28 10.7 46 189 23:41 0 1 0.0 3 4 7 7
Career 4 yrs NHL 35 9 14 23 -5 2 7 2 0 2 92 9.8 160 711 20:19 0 2 0.0 12 15 22 19

Career Highs and Transactions

First NHL Game – 10/13/16 vs. CAR
First NHL Goal – 10/27/16 vs. DAL (Niemi)
First NHL Assist – 10/13/16 vs. CAR
Most Goals, Game – 3 (4x), Last: 1/8/23
Most Assists, Game – 4, 11/24/18 at STL
Most Points, Game – 4 (5x), Last: 3/20/22 (1G, 3A)
Most Penalty Minutes, Game – 12, 11/27/19 at SJS
Most Shots, Game – 11, 12/15/22 vs. NSH
Most Time On Ice, Game – 27:53, 3/4/22 vs. DAL
Longest Point Streak – 10 Games (2x), Last: 12/4/22-12/20/22 (7G, 10A)
Longest Goal Streak – 5 Games (2x), Last: 3/8/22-3/15/22 (5G)
Longest Assist Streak – 7 Games, 12/9/22-12/20/22 (7A)
Hat Tricks – 4, Last: 1/8/23 vs. VAN
Multiple-Point Games – 114 (5, 4-point; 32, 3-point; 77, 2-point)
Penalty Shots – 0-1, 0.0%
Shootout Attempts – 6-17, 35.3%

Transactions

April 11, 2016 – Signed by the Winnipeg Jets to a three-year, $925,000 AAV entry-level contract.
Sept. 28, 2019 – Signed by the Winnipeg Jets to a seven-year, $7.14 million AAV contract.

Pro and Amateur Stats