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from Winnipeg Jets Game Notes - February 1, 2021 vs. Calgary Flames

The Rundown............................................................ 1 Last/Next Five Games.......................................... 1 Season Series.......................................................... 1 Broadcast Info ........................................................ 1 Game Storylines...................................................... 1 Last Game.................................................................. 1 Team Notes ...............................................................2 Numbers 2 Know ....................................................2 A Win Would...............................................................2 Player Notes .............................................................3 Active Leaders.........................................................3 Match Up vs. Flames ............................................4 Top Five vs. CGY.......................................................4 Season-By-Season vs. Flames .........................4 Game Log vs. Flames............................................5 Player Stats vs. Flames.......................................5 Goaltender Stats vs. Flames ............................5 The Last Time...........................................................6 Most Recent.............................................................6 Highs and Lows ....................................................... 7 Longest Streaks ..................................................... 7 Most Goals/Shots .................................................. 7 Miscellanous Scoring...........................................8 Multi-Point Statistics...........................................8 Roster Superlatives..............................................8 Record By...................................................................8 Goals By Time...........................................................8 Scoring When... ........................................................9 Record By Opponent.............................................9 How the Jets were Built......................................9 Arrivals/Departures...............................................9 Three Stars Game-By-Game........................... 10 Three Stars Standings...................................... 10 NHL Experience .................................................... 10 Game-By-Game Lines/Scratches .................. 11 Game-By-Game Leaders....................................12 Season Transactions/Injuries........................13 Contract Chart ......................................................14 Coaches’ Career Paths......................................15 NHL Game Notes...................................................16

NUMBERS 2 KNOW

Career wins for Connor Hellebuyck, 152 which is tied with Ondrej Pavelec for the franchise record 6 Career-high game point streak for Adam Lowry Even-strength points Nikolaj Ehlers has 9 this season, which is tied for second in the NHL 4 Consecutive games the Jets have against the Flames

Days off the Jets will have between the third and fourth game against the Flames

A WIN WOULD...

• Move the Jets to 3-2-0 during the homestand • Be their fourth consecutive regular season victory against Calgary • Even Winnipeg’s record on Monday’s this season to 1-1-0 • Extend Winnipeg’s streak of not losing consecutive regular season games to 16. • Give the Jets multiple wins against an opponent for the second time this season (Ottawa – 3-0-0).

TEAM NOTES

Multiples

After having three single games against teams in their first eight games of the season, Winnipeg plays consecutive games against the same opponent for their next 36 games…The Jets play 13 two-game series, two three-game series, and the four-game series against Calgary they start on Monday…The Jets next single game is Apr. 15 at TOR…The Jets are 3-0-0 this season when playing a team for the second or third consecutive time in a row.

Back-2-Back

Monday begins the third of nine back-to-backs Winnipeg has this season…The Jets are 1-1-0 so far this season on each end of a back-to-back…This is the only back-to-back set for the Jets in February, while they have three in March.

Avoiding Consecutive Losses

The Jets haven’t lost consecutive games this season… Winnipeg has outscored their opposition 16-10 in their three wins that have followed losses…Dating back to last season, the Jets have avoided losing consecutive games in their past 15 regular season games (10-4-1).

Home Comforts

The Jets continue a season-high seven-game homestand Monday night against Calgary…The Jets are 2-2-0 on the homestand so far and finish it with three games against the Flames this week…The Jets went 20-14-3 as the home team last season, which was good for 13th in the NHL…Celebrating their 10th season since relocation, Winnipeg is 196-123-31 at Bell MTS Place and have posted a winning record at home in four consecutive seasons.

Rallying Thirds

The Jets have been trailing after the second period in six of their eight games this season, going 3-3-0… Winnipeg has also been tied after the second period once…Winnipeg’s six games trailing after the second are tied for the second most in the NHL, but the Jets are one of two teams in the NHL to win three times this season when behind after 40 minutes…The Jets have scored 11 times in the third period, which is tied for sixth in the NHL and have a plus-five third period goal differential.

Extra Time

Winnipeg’s first two victories this season were 4-3 overtime decisions…Six of the Jets past eight games that have gone to extra time have been decided in overtime…The Jets went 4-4 in games decided in overtime and 3-2 in games decided in a shootout last season…Last season, Winnipeg won its first four overtime games, but then lost their last four overtime games.

Temporary Division Digs

Due to the border between Canada and United States being closed to non-essential travel, the Jets have been placed in the Scotia NHL North Division with the other six Canadian teams…The Jets franchise was in the Southeast Division for all 11 seasons in Atlanta and the first two seasons in Winnipeg, while the Jets have been in the Central Division for the past seven seasons…The Jets franchise hasn’t been in the same division as any of the Canadian teams, but Jets 1.0 were with the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, and Vancouver Canucks in the Smythe Division from 1982-1993 and the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Central Division from 1993-1996.

Schedule Matrix

The Jets play 10 (five home, five road) games against the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs… Winnipeg plays the rest of the Canadian teams nine times…Vancouver and Edmonton visit Bell MTS Place five times, while the Jets visit Montreal and Calgary on five occasions...Winnipeg has eight single games against the same opponent, 16 two-game sets, four three-game series, and one four-game series.

Schedule Ebbs and Flows

The Jets have seven occurrences of two-or-more days off between games this season…The longest stretch is four days off between Feb. 5-8…The Jets also have three consecutive days off four times and two days twice…Winnipeg’s longest stretch without consecutive days off is 40 days between Mar. 9-Apr. 17, during which the team plays every other day and back-toback on three occurrences.

PLAYER NOTES

Career Streaks

Adam Lowry notched an assist on Saturday to extend his career-best point streak to six games (4G, 4A)… Aside from a three-point game Jan. 26 vs. EDM (1G, 2A), Lowry has extended the streak with single point efforts…Mason Appleton scored Winnipeg’s lone goal on Saturday to extend his career-best point streak to three games (1G, 2A).

Even Ehlers

Despite being held off the scoresheet and seeing his five-game goal and point streak come to an end on Saturday, Nikolaj Ehlers is tied for second in the NHL with nine even-strength points (4G, 5A)…He was third on the Jets last season with 52 even-strength points (21G, 31A) in 71 games, two behind Kyle Connor for the team lead.

On the Draw

The Jets have distributed the majority of their faceoffs between three players with Paul Stastny taking 28.9% of the team’s faceoffs, while Adam Lowry is at 28.2% and Mark Scheifele is at 25.9%...Among those three players, Stastny leads the Jets with a 52.0% faceoff winning percentage, while Scheifele is at 50.9% and Lowry sits at 48.4%...Winnipeg has won more than 50% of the faceoffs in four of their eight games this season.

Closing in on Wins Record

Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck needs one more win to set the franchise record for most wins by a goaltender…He’s currently tied with Ondrej Pavelec, who had 152 wins with the franchise…Hellebuyck has a franchise record .625 winning percentage...Since entering the NHL during the 2015-16 season, Hellebuyck’s 152 wins and .625 winning percentage rank eighth in the NHL among qualified goaltenders, while his 20 shutouts are tied for sixth.

Hat Tricks

Three different players registered a hat trick for the Jets last season…Kyle Connor ended the 2019 calendar year with a hat trick on Dec. 31 in a 7-4 victory against the Colorado Avalanche…Former Jets forward Patrik Laine tallied his eighth career hat trick on Feb. 8 in a 5-2 win against the Ottawa Senators…Mark Scheifele had three goals and an assist on Feb. 20 in a 5-1 win against the Senators…The Jets had five players tally eight hat tricks during the 2018-19 season.

20-Goal Scorers

The Jets had five 20-goal scorers last season, which was tied with the Florida Panthers for the most in the NHL…Kyle Connor led the team with 38 goals, while Mark Scheifele (29), Patrik Laine (28), Nikolaj Ehlers (22) and Blake Wheeler (21) passed the 20-goal mark… It’s the fourth consecutive season the Jets have had five players reach 20 goals in the same season.

Helle Vezina

Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck won the NHL’s Vezina Trophy last season as the league’s top goaltender…He led all goaltenders in games (t-58), shots faced (1,796), saves (1,656), and shutouts (6)…The Commerce, Michigan native ranked second overall in starts (56), wins (31), and minutes (3,268:33). Hellebuyck recorded 31 of the 37 Jets wins (83.8%), the second-highest percentage among goaltenders on the 24 teams set to resume play…Hellebuyck faced 37-or-more shots on 13 occasions and posted a 10-1-2 record, 2.08 goals-against average, and a .949 save percentage in those contests, which included a career-high 51 saves in a 3-2 win at San Jose on Nov. 1/19 where he set the franchise record for saves in a period with 27 in the second frame…He’s the first goaltender in franchise history to win the award.

Draft Recap

The Jets made four selections during the 2020 NHL Draft in October…In the first round, Winnipeg selected forward Cole Perfetti from the OHL’s Saginaw Spirit… He finished second in OHL scoring last season with 111 points (37G. 74A) in 61 games and helped Canada win a silver medal at the 2021 World Junior Championship earlier this month…The Jets selected Swedes Daniel Torgersson in the second round (40th overall) and Anton Johannesson in the fifth round (133rd overall) before coming back to Canada to select defenceman Tyrel Bauer of the WHL’s Seattle Thunderbirds in the sixth round (164th overall).

Upcoming Milestones

Player Milestones Mason Appleton Needs 10 games to reach 100 for his NHL career Nathan Beaulieu Needs 10 points to reach 100 for his NHL career

Kyle Connor

Nikolaj Ehlers

Needs one goal to pass Evander Kane (109) for sole possession of 10th all-time in franchise goals Needs three goals to pass Dustin Byfuglien (122) for eight-most goals in franchise history Needs one win to pass Ondrej Pavelec (152) for the Connor Hellebuyck most wins by a goaltender in franchise history Trevor Lewis Needs six assists to reach 100 for his NHL career

Paul Maurice

Needs two wins to pass Lindy Ruff (739) for sixthmost coaching wins in NHL history Needs four games played to reach 300 for his NHL Josh Morrissey career Mathieu Perreault Needs five assists to reach 200 for his NHL career Needs two penalty minutes to reach 200 as a member of the Jets Neal Pionk Needs 10 points to reach 100 for his NHL career Needs one assist to pass Slava Kozlov (271) and take sole possession of fifth in assists in franchise Mark Scheifele history Needs three power play goals to pass Slava Kozlov (51) for fourth in power play goals in franchise history Nate Thompson Needs six assists to reach 100 for his NHL career

Blake Wheeler

Needs seven power play points to reach 200 as member of the Jets franchise Needs two games played to pass Toby Enstrom (719) for the second in franchise games played Needs one goal to pass Bryan Little (217) for the second most goals in franchise history Needs one power play goal to pass Marian Hossa (39) for sole possession of sixth in franchise history in power play goals Needs two game-winning goals to pass Bryan Little (32) for the second-most game-winning goals in franchise history

Recently Accomplished Milestones

Player

Kyle Connor

Paul Maurice

Mathieu Perreault

Blake Wheeler Milestones Jan. 21 at OTT – Reached 100 assists for his NHL career Jan. 30 vs. VAN – Passed Al Arbour (1,608) for the fourth-most games coached in NHL history Jan. 14 vs. CGY – Played in his 400th game as a member of the Jets Jan. 23 vs. OTT – Reached 500 assists for his NHL career

Recent Transactions

Jan. 25 F - Kristian Vesalainen Reassigned to the taxi squad Jan. 26 F - Kristian Vesalainen Recalled from the taxi squad Jan. 27 F - Kristian Vesalainen Reassigned to the taxi squad D - Logan Stanley Reassigned to the taxi squad

Jan. 28 F - Cole Perfetti

Reassigned from the Manitoba Moose (AHL) to the taxi squad Reassigned from the taxi squad to the F - C.J. Suess Manitoba Moose (AHL) Jan. 30 D - Logan Stanley Recalled from the taxi squad F - Kristian Vesalainen Recalled from the taxi squad Rk 1 2 3 4 5

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Player Bryan Little Blake Wheeler Mark Scheifele Adam Lowry Mathieu Perreault

Goals

Player Bryan Little Blake Wheeler Mark Scheifele Nikolaj Ehlers Kyle Connor

Assists

Player Blake Wheeler Bryan Little Mark Scheifele Nikolaj Ehlers Mathieu Perreault

Points