2024 First Round Series Preview

Season Series

The Jets swept the three games against the Avalanche during the regular season, including winning 7-0 in the final game on Apr. 13 in Colorado… Winnipeg outscored the Avalanche 17-4 in the trio of games, but were outshot 96-79… The Jets were 3-for-6 on the power play in the regular season and 8-for-9 (88.9%) on the penalty kill… Josh Morrissey led the Jets in scoring against the Avalanche in the regular season with seven points (2G, 5A) in three games… He had multiple points in each of the three games, including three points (1G, 2A) in the last game… Nikolaj Ehlers was the Jets highest scoring forward against Colorado with five points (1G, 4A) in three games… Kyle Connor appeared in two of the three games and tallied four points (2G, 2A)… Adam Lowry and Gabriel Vilardi each tallied three goals in the three games… Sean Monahan appeared in just one game against the Avalanche as a member of the Jets this season, registering two goals and an assist… Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck played all three games against the Avalanche, going 3-0-0 with a 1.33 goals-against average and .958 save percentage… he stopped 92 of the 96 shots he faced in the three games.

All-Time Mark

Winnipeg is 30-17-12 all-time against Colorado during the regular season, including 17-8-4 at home and 13-9-8 in Colorado… The Jets have won three consecutive games against the Avalanche in the regular season and six of the past eight contests dating back to 2022… The Jets have scored a power play goal in eight of the 12 games (9-for-31, 29.0%)… Four of the past six meetings have been decided by four goals or more… Mark Scheifele leads Jets players in career scoring against the Avalanche with 38 points (12G, 26A) in 35 games… Scheifele has a four-point game and six three-point games during his career against the Avs… Nikolaj Ehlers has 26 points (12G, 14A) in 24 games and is a plus-20… No other Jets player has a double digit plus rating against Colorado during their career… Tyler Toffoli has four game-winning goals against the Avalanche during his career… Connor Hellebuyck and Laurent Brossoit both sport .912 save percentages against their careers against the Avalanche… Hellebuyck is 13-7-4 with a 2.95 goals against average, while Brossoit is 2-3-0 with a 2.12 goals-against average.

Playoff History

This is the first time the Jets and Avalanche have faced each other in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Starting at Home

This series is the sixth time in franchise history that the Jets have home ice advantage… The only series the Jets have won when having home ice is the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round when they defeated the Minnesota Wild in five games.

Longest Winnipeg win streak vs. Colorado:  4 Games, 2/3/18-1/8/19

Longest Colorado win streak vs. Winnipeg: 4 Games (2x), Last: 2/14/19-11/12/19

Last Winnipeg win at home: 12/16/23 (6-2)

Last Colorado win at home: 4/13/23 (4-2)

Last Winnipeg win at Colorado: 4/13/24 (7-0)

Last Colorado win at Winnipeg: 2/24/23 (5-1)

Most goals by Winnipeg vs. Colorado: 7, (3x), Last: 4/13/24 (7-0)

Most goals by Colorado vs. Winnipeg: 7, (2x), Last: 1/6/22 (7-1)

Most goals by both teams: 11, 2x, Last: 12/31/19 (7-4 W)

Last Winnipeg shutout vs. Colorado: 4/13/24 (7-0)

Last Colorado shutout vs. Winnipeg: 11/12/19 (4-0)

Last Winnipeg hat trick vs. Colorado: Blake Wheeler, 11/29/22

Last Colorado hat trick vs. Winnipeg: Gabriel Landeskog, 2/25/22

Last Winnipeg trade with Colorado: None

Winnipeg’s overtime/shootout record vs. Colorado:  6-11-1