2019–20 Winnipeg Jets season

2019–20 Winnipeg Jets
2019–20 Winnipeg Jets
Division	5th Central
Conference	9th Western
2019–20 record	37–28–6
Home record	20–14–3
Road record	17–14–3
Goals for	216
Goals against	203
Team information
General Manager	Kevin Cheveldayoff
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Blake Wheeler
Alternate captains	Dustin Byfuglien; Josh Morrissey; Mark Scheifele
Arena	Bell MTS Place
Minor league affiliate(s)	Manitoba Moose (AHL); Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Kyle Connor (38)
Assists	Mark Scheifele (44)
Points	Kyle Connor; Mark Scheifele (73)
Penalties in minutes	Mark Scheifele (45)
Plus/minus	Nathan Beaulieu (+15)
Wins	Connor Hellebuyck (31)
Goals against average	Connor Hellebuyck (2.57)

The 2019–20 Winnipeg Jets season was the 21st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was created on June 25, 1997, and the ninth in Winnipeg, Manitoba, since the franchise moved from Atlanta prior to the start of the 2011–12 NHL season.^[1]

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after other professional and collegiate sports organizations did as well because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]^[3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.^[4] The Jets advanced to the playoffs and faced the Calgary Flames in the qualifying round, losing in a four-game series.^[5]

Regular season

The Jets lost their first game of the season 6–4 to the New York Rangers on October 3.^[6]^[7] The Jets struggled in the opening month of October, having a 6–7–0 record with 12 points out of a possible 26 to start the season.

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	94
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	92
3	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	82
4	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	80
5	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	78
6	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	77
7	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	72

Source: National Hockey League^[8]

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	94	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament^[9]
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	92
3	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	86
4	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	82
5	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	83	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round^[9]
6	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	78
7	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	78
8	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	79
9	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	80
10	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	77
11	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	74
12	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	72
13	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	67
14	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	64
15	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	63

Source: NHL Western Conference Points percentage

Tiebreaking procedures

Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Pre-season

The pre-season schedule was published on June 13, 2019.^[10]

2019 pre-season game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	Winnipeg	0–2	Edmonton		Comrie	—	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 18	Minnesota	1–4	Winnipeg		Brossoit	15,321	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 20	St. Louis	4–3	Winnipeg	OT	Hellebuyck	15,325	1–1–1	Recap
4	September 22	Calgary	1–4	Winnipeg		Brossoit	15,325	2–1–1	Recap
5	September 24	Winnipeg	0–2	Calgary		Comrie	—	2–2–1	Recap
6	September 26	Edmonton	5–3	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	2–3–1	Recap
7	September 29	Winnipeg	5–4	Minnesota	OT	Brossoit	17,017	3–3–1	Recap

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.^[11]

2019–20 game log

October: 6–7–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 3	Winnipeg	4–6	NY Rangers		Hellebuyck	18,006	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 4	Winnipeg	5–4	New Jersey	SO	Brossoit	16,514	1–1–0	2	Recap
3	October 6	Winnipeg	1–4	NY Islanders		Brossoit	9,923	1–2–0	2	Recap
4	October 8	Winnipeg	4–1	Pittsburgh		Hellebuyck	18,420	2–2–0	4	Recap
5	October 10	Minnesota	2–5	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	3–2–0	6	Recap
6	October 12	Winnipeg	3–2	Chicago	OT	Hellebuyck	21,340	4–2–0	8	Recap
7	October 13	Pittsburgh	7–2	Winnipeg		Brossoit	15,325	4–3–0	8	Recap
8	October 15	Arizona	4–2	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	14,764	4–4–0	8	Recap
9	October 17	NY Islanders	3–1	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,063	4–5–0	8	Recap
10	October 20	Edmonton	0–1	Winnipeg	SO	Hellebuyck	15,321	5–5–0	10	Recap
11	October 22	Los Angeles	3–2	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	5–6–0	10	Recap
12	October 26	Calgary	1–2	Winnipeg	OT	Hellebuyck	33,518 (outdoors)	6–6–0	12	Recap
13	October 29	Winnipeg	4–7	Anaheim		Hellebuyck	15,171	6–7–0	12	Recap

November: 10–3–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 7–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
14	November 1	Winnipeg	3–2	San Jose		Hellebuyck	15,117	7–7–0	14	Recap
15	November 2	Winnipeg	4–3	Vegas	OT	Brossoit	18,276	8–7–0	16	Recap
16	November 5	New Jersey	2–1	Winnipeg	SO	Hellebuyck	15,325	8–7–1	17	Recap
17	November 8	Vancouver	1–4	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	9–7–1	19	Recap
18	November 10	Dallas	2–3	Winnipeg	OT	Hellebuyck	15,323	10–7–1	21	Recap
19	November 12	Colorado	4–0	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	10–8–1	21	Recap
20	November 14	Winnipeg	4–3	Florida		Brossoit	12,190	11–8–1	23	Recap
21	November 16	Winnipeg	4–3	Tampa Bay		Hellebuyck	19,092	12–8–1	25	Recap
22	November 19	Winnipeg	2–1	Nashville		Hellebuyck	17,165	13–8–1	27	Recap
23	November 21	Winnipeg	3–5	Dallas		Hellebuyck	18,133	13–9–1	27	Recap
24	November 23	Columbus	3–4	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	14–9–1	29	Recap
25	November 27	Winnipeg	5–1	San Jose		Hellebuyck	16,008	15–9–1	31	Recap
26	November 29	Winnipeg	3–0	Anaheim		Hellebuyck	16,301	16–9–1	33	Recap
27	November 30	Winnipeg	1–2	Los Angeles		Brossoit	17,249	16–10–1	33	Recap

December: 6–5–2 (Home: 4–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
28	December 3	Dallas	1–5	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	17–10–1	35	Recap
29	December 5	Winnipeg	2–3	Dallas	OT	Hellebuyck	17,983	17–10–2	36	Recap
30	December 8	Anaheim	2–3	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	18–10–2	38	Recap
31	December 10	Detroit	1–5	Winnipeg		Brossoit	15,325	19–10–2	40	Recap
32	December 12	Winnipeg	2–5	Detroit		Hellebuyck	18,832	19–11–2	40	Recap
33	December 15	Philadelphia	3–7	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	20–11–2	42	Recap
34	December 17	Carolina	6–3	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	20–12–2	42	Recap
35	December 19	Chicago	4–1	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	20–13–2	42	Recap
36	December 21	Winnipeg	6–0	Minnesota		Hellebuyck	17,319	21–13–2	44	Recap
37	December 23	Montreal	6–2	Winnipeg		Brossoit	15,325	21–14–2	44	Recap
38	December 27	St. Louis	5–4	Winnipeg	OT	Hellebuyck	15,325	21–14–3	45	Recap
39	December 29	Winnipeg	1–4	St. Louis		Hellebuyck	18,096	21–15–3	45	Recap
40	December 31	Winnipeg	7–4	Colorado		Hellebuyck	18,147	22–15–3	47	Recap

January: 3–8–1 (Home: 1–4–0 ; Road: 2–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
41	January 2	Toronto	6–3	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	22–16–3	47	Recap
42	January 4	Winnipeg	2–3	Minnesota	OT	Hellebuyck	17,271	22–16–4	48	Recap
43	January 6	Winnipeg	3–2	Montreal		Hellebuyck	20,882	23–16–4	50	Recap
44	January 8	Winnipeg	4–3	Toronto	SO	Hellebuyck	19,397	24–16–4	52	Recap
45	January 9	Winnipeg	4–5	Boston		Brossoit	17,850	24–17–4	52	Recap
46	January 12	Nashville	1–0	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	24–18–4	52	Recap
47	January 14	Vancouver	0–4	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	25–18–4	54	Recap
48	January 17	Tampa Bay	7–1	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	25–19–4	54	Recap
49	January 19	Winnipeg	2–5	Chicago		Hellebuyck	21,487	25–20–4	54	Recap
50	January 21	Winnipeg	1–4	Carolina		Hellebuyck	14,607	25–21–4	54	Recap
51	January 22	Winnipeg	3–4	Columbus		Brossoit	18,425	25–22–4	54	Recap
52	January 31	Boston	2–1	Winnipeg		Brossoit	15,325	25–23–4	54	Recap

February: 8–5–2 (Home: 6–2–1 ; Road: 2–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
53	February 1	St. Louis	2–5	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	26–23–4	56	Recap
54	February 4	Nashville	2–1	Winnipeg	OT	Hellebuyck	15,325	26–23–5	57	Recap
55	February 6	Winnipeg	4–2	St. Louis		Hellebuyck	18,096	27–23–5	59	Recap
56	February 8	Ottawa	2–5	Winnipeg		Brossoit	15,325	28–23–5	61	Recap
57	February 9	Chicago	2–5	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	29–23–5	63	Recap
58	February 11	NY Rangers	4–1	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	29–24–5	63	Recap
59	February 14	San Jose	3–2	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	29–25–5	63	Recap
60	February 16	Chicago	2–3	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	30–25–5	65	Recap
61	February 18	Los Angeles	3–6	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	31–25–5	67	Recap
62	February 20	Winnipeg	5–1	Ottawa		Brossoit	11,183	32–25–5	69	Recap
63	February 22	Winnipeg	2–4	Philadelphia		Hellebuyck	19,870	32–26–5	69	Recap
64	February 23	Winnipeg	1–2	Buffalo		Hellebuyck	17,805	32–27–5	69	Recap
65	February 25	Winnipeg	3–4	Washington	SO	Brossoit	18,573	32–27–6	70	Recap
66	February 27	Washington	0–3	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	33–27–6	72	Recap
67	February 29	Winnipeg	2–3	Edmonton		Hellebuyck	18,347	33–28–6	72	Recap

March: 4–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
68	March 3	Buffalo	1–3	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	34–28–6	74	Recap
69	March 6	Vegas	0–4	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	35–28–6	76	Recap
70	March 9	Arizona	2–4	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	15,325	36–28–6	78	Recap
71	March 11	Winnipeg	4–2	Edmonton		Hellebuyck	17,165	37–28–6	80	Recap

Cancelled games
#	Date	Visitor	Home
72	March 14	Winnipeg	Calgary
73	March 15	Winnipeg	Vancouver
74	March 17	Florida	Winnipeg
75	March 20	Minnesota	Winnipeg
76	March 22	Winnipeg	Dallas
77	March 24	Winnipeg	Nashville
78	March 27	Colorado	Winnipeg
79	March 29	Vegas	Winnipeg
80	March 31	Winnipeg	Calgary
81	April 2	Winnipeg	Colorado
82	April 4	Winnipeg	Arizona

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Jets faced the Calgary Flames in the qualifying round,^[12] losing in four games.^[13]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference Qualifying Round vs. (8) Calgary Flames: Calgary won 3–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Series	Recap
1	August 1	Winnipeg	1–4	Calgary		Hellebuyck	0–1	Recap
2	August 3	Winnipeg	3–2	Calgary		Hellebuyck	1–1	Recap
3	August 4	Calgary	6–2	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	1–2	Recap
4	August 6	Calgary	4–0	Winnipeg		Hellebuyck	1–3	Recap

Legend: Win Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[14]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Kyle Connor	71	38	35	73	4	34
Mark Scheifele	71	29	44	73	2	45
Blake Wheeler	71	22	43	65	1	37
Patrik Laine	68	28	35	63	8	22
Nikolaj Ehlers	71	25	33	58	14	30
Neal Pionk	71	6	39	45	10	32
Josh Morrissey	65	5	26	31	1	24
Jack Roslovic	71	12	17	29	4	12
Andrew Copp	63	10	16	26	−3	10
Tucker Poolman	57	4	12	16	−1	24
Mathieu Perreault	49	7	8	15	−9	10
Adam Lowry	49	4	6	10	−4	23
Luca Sbisa	44	2	8	10	1	37
Dmitry Kulikov	51	2	8	10	−4	32
Mason Appleton	46	5	3	8	−9	20
Nathan Beaulieu	38	1	7	8	15	29
Anthony Bitetto	51	0	8	8	3	32
Jansen Harkins	29	2	5	7	−2	5
Gabriel Bourque	52	2	4	6	−1	7
Logan Shaw	35	3	2	5	0	0
Bryan Little	7	2	3	5	4	2
Ville Heinola	8	1	4	5	3	4
Cody Eakin^†	8	1	4	5	6	0
Sami Niku	17	0	5	5	−2	12
Nick Shore^†	42	1	2	3	−1	8
David Gustafsson	22	1	0	1	−2	0
Carl Dahlstrom	15	0	1	1	−4	6
C. J. Suess	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Dylan DeMelo^†	10	0	0	0	1	6
Mark Letestu	7	0	0	0	0	0
Joona Luoto	16	0	0	0	−3	2
Andrei Chibisov	2	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[15]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Adam Lowry	4	1	2	3	0	2
Nikolaj Ehlers	4	2	0	2	−2	2
Andrew Copp	4	2	0	2	−2	4
Dmitry Kulikov	4	0	2	2	−1	4
Jack Roslovic	4	0	2	2	−1	0
Neal Pionk	4	0	2	2	−6	0
Jansen Harkins	3	1	0	1	−2	4
Nathan Beaulieu	4	0	1	1	1	7
Josh Morrissey	4	0	1	1	−4	4
Kyle Connor	4	0	1	1	−4	0
Blake Wheeler	4	0	1	1	−5	5
Patrik Laine	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Mark Scheifele	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Shore	4	0	0	0	−4	2
Cody Eakin	4	0	0	0	−4	4
Mason Appleton	1	0	0	0	1	0
Tucker Poolman	4	0	0	0	0	2
Logan Shaw	3	0	0	0	−1	0
Dylan DeMelo	4	0	0	0	0	2
Gabriel Bourque	3	0	0	0	−1	0
Mathieu Perreault	4	0	0	0	−3	2

Goaltenders

Regular season^[16]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Connor Hellebuyck	58	56	3,268:33	31	21	5	140	2.57	1,796	.922	6	0	2	0
Laurent Brossoit	19	15	987:53	6	7	1	54	3.28	512	.895	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[17]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Connor Hellebuyck	4	4	236:32	1	3	12	3.04	125	.904	0	0	0	0

^†means player spent time with another team before joining the Jets. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
^‡means player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
Bold/italics means franchise record.

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