VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
TV: Sportsnet Pacific
Radio: Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the third and final meeting between the Canucks and Jets this season: Dec. 17 (5-1 L vs WPG), Dec. 29 (4-2 L @ WPG), Jan. 8 (away).
• The Canucks are 19-24-1-2 all-time against the Jets, including a 9-14-0-1 record on the road.
• Vancouver is 4-6-0 in their last 10 games vs Winnipeg (3-2-0 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, Luke Schenn leads the team in games played (35) against the Jets, while adding five points (0-5-5).
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads active Canucks skaters in career points against the Jets franchise with 21 (9-12-21) in 27 games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko (1-1-2), Conor Garland (1-1-2) and Quinn Hughes (0-2-2) are tied for the team lead in points against the Jetes this season.
• Spencer Martin is 1-1-0 with a 3.00 GAA and .902 save percentage in two career games vs Winnipeg.
• Collin Delia is 1-1-0 with a 2.84 GAA and .923 save percentage in two career games against the Jets.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Elias Pettersson has 19 points (6-13-19) in his last 12 games.
• Bo Horvat has 19 points (11-8-19) in his last 14 games, including 12 points (6-6-12) in his last six games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has 13 points (6-7-13) in his last 13 games.
• Brock Boeser has 5 points (2-3-5) in his last five games.
• Spencer Martin is 6-2-1 with a .903 save percentage on the road this season.
LAST MEETING – DEC. 29/22: VAN 2 at WPG 4
Andrei Kuzmenko opened the scoring just 41 seconds into the first period…Elias Pettersson recorded the lone assist…Conor Garland would score at 13:11 in the third…Quinn Hughes got the first assist and Kuzmenko registered the second helper for his 11th multi-point game of the season…Luke Schenn became the first defenceman to break 3,000 career hits (5 total at WPG)…J.T. Miller led the team in shots (5)…Delia faced 38 shots on the night, including a season high of 20 shots in the second period.
LAST 5 vs WINNIPEG
• Dec. 29/22: Van 2 @ WPG 4
• Dec. 17/22: Van 1 vs WPG 5
• Jan. 27/22: VAN 5 @ WPG 1
• Dec. 10/21: VAN 4 @ WPG 3 (SO)
• Nov. 19/21: VAN 3 vs WPG 2
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• William Lockwood recalled from Abbotsford, Dec. 30
• Nils Åman assigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 30
• Travis Dermott activated from LTIR, Dec. 29
• Travis Dermott recalled from Abbotsford (conditioning loan) and kept on LTIR, Dec. 27
• Collin Delia recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Dec. 22
• Arturs Silovs reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 22
WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets finish a three-game homestand on Sunday afternoon when the Vancouver Canucks come to Canada Life Centre for the second time in two weeks. The Jets have won both games of the homestand so far, beating the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Tuesday and Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Friday. After Sunday’s game, the Jets play eight of nine games on the road, beginning Tuesday against the Detroit Red Wings.
Last Game
Winnipeg Jets 4
Tampa Bay Lightning 2
Jets Scorers: Dubois (18, 19), Connor (17), Barron (4)
Lightning Scorers: Cirelli (2), Kucherov (14)
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (26 sv, 2 ga)
Lightning Goaltender: Andrei Vasilevskiy (16 sv, 3 ga)
Jets PP: 2-for-6
Jets PK: 0-for-4
Recap: A pair of third period goals propelled the Jets past the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Friday night at Canada Life Centre. Pierre-Luc Dubois scored Winnipeg’s first two goals, while Kyle Connor netted his franchise record 41st game-winning goal 5:38 into the third period. Josh Morrissey had three assists. Connor Hellebuyck turned away 26 shots in his fourth consecutive victory.
Above .600
The Jets are eighth in the NHL with a .654 points percentage, which ranks first in the Central Division and second in the Western Conference…Winnipeg’s best points percentage in franchise history was in 2017-18 when the team finished at .695… The franchise has finished a season with a points percentage better than .600 four times.
Connect Four
The Jets have won four in a row for the second time this season, matching the winning streak from Dec. 4-9… Winnipeg joins the Boston Bruins as the only two teams in the NHL this season with five winning streaks of three games or more… The Jets most recent five-game winning streak was Dec. 9-16/18… The longest winning streak in franchise history is seven games from Mar. 26-Apr. 8/17.
Four or More
The Jets improved to 17-1-0 on Friday when scoring four goals or more in a game… Winnipeg’s .944 winning percentage when scoring four goals in a game this season is tied for sixth in the NHL.
The January Upon Us
After playing 16 games in 30 days in December, the Jets play 15 games in 28 days from Jan. 2-30, but opened the month with two games in the first seven days… Seven of the 15 games are at home… Winnipeg’s eight road games in January come in the form of a three-game road trip and five-game road trip… The Jets are 13-16-3 in January during the past four seasons.
Against the Pacific
Winnipeg is 8-4-1 against the Pacific Division this season… Winnipeg ends a stretch of playing four of five games against Pacific Division squads on Sunday… Kyle Connor (5G, 12A) leads the Jets with 17 points in 13 games against the Pacific Division this season, while Mark Scheifele has 11 goals in 13 games.
Afternoon Affair
The Jets are 2-0-0 in afternoon games this season… The Jets play six matinee games this season, including the first four at home… The Jets were 5-4-2 in afternoon games last season.
Home Comforts
The Jets are 15-6-0 at Canada Life Centre this season, which is tied for third in the NHL and first in the Western Conference… Kyle Connor (11G, 19A) leads the team with 30 points in 21 home games… Mark Scheifele’s 15 goals at home has him nine goals behind his career high 24 goals he had at home during the 2018-19 season… Connor Hellebuyck has been stellar on home ice this season, going 13-5-0 with a 1.89 goals-against average, .938 save percentage and three shutouts… Winnipeg is 244-155-36 all-time at Canada Life Centre and have posted a .500 record or better at home in six consecutive seasons.
On the PK
Winnipeg is fourth in the NHL with a penalty kill successful 83.3% of the time… The Jets are 17-for-18 (94.4%) on the penalty kill in their past six games… Winnipeg is also fourth in the league on the PK at home at 84.0%… The last time the Jets had a penalty kill better than 82% was in 2013-14 when they finished the season at 83.2%… The franchise record for penalty kill percentage in a season is 85.2%, which occurred in Atlanta during the 2003-04 season.
Home Streakers
Kyle Connor (6G, 12A) and Josh Morrissey (2G, 12A) are both riding a 10-game home point streak… The streaks are two games away from tying Nikolaj Ehlers’ franchise record 12-game home point streak from last season (Dec. 3-Mar. 22)… Pierre-Luc Dubois has a point in five consecutive home games (4G, 3A).
Team Leader
Kyle Connor has eight points during a five-game scoring streak, which has propelled him into the team scoring lead with 46 points (17G, 29A) in 39 games… He also led the Jets last season with 93 points (47G, 46A) in 79 games, which was the fourth most points in a season in franchise history
That’s Offensive
Jets defencemen have combined for 97 points this season, which is third in the NHL… Twice this season the Jets have had five defencemen register a point in the same game (Dec. 17 at VAN and Jan. 3 vs. CGY)… Winnipeg’s defencemen are averaging 2.49 points per game, compared to 1.99 last season… They have contributed 27.6% of Winnipeg’s points this season.
Jets vs. VAN Notes
Season Series
This is the third of three meetings between the Jets and Canucks this season…The Jets beat the Canucks 5-1 in Vancouver on Dec. 17 and
4-2 in Winnipeg on Dec. 29.
Recent History
The Jets have won consecutive games against the Canucks after going 0-2-1 in their previous three games… Winnipeg is 22-6-1 in its past 29
games against Vancouver.
In Winnipeg
The Jets have won three of their past five games against the Canucks at Canada Life Centre.
Player Notes
Blake Wheeler has a team best 33 points (10G, 23A) in 36 career games against the Canucks. Ten (3G, 7A) of Wheeler’s points are on the
power play… Mark Scheifele scored a hat trick against Vancouver in the most recently meeting to match Wheeler’s 33 points (16G, 17A) in 32
games. He had a seven-game point streak against Vancouver from Mar. 2-Dec. 10/21… Kyle Connor has 26 points (9G, 17A) in 21 games
against the Canucks. Four of his past six games against Vancouver have been multi-point games… Connor Hellebuyck is 13-4-0 during his
career against Vancouver with a 1.71 goals-against average and .941 save percentage.
Jets vs. VAN Notes
Season Series
This is the third of three meetings between the Jets and Canucks this season…The Jets beat the Canucks 5-1 in Vancouver on Dec. 17 and 4-2 in Winnipeg on Dec. 29.
Recent History
The Jets have won consecutive games against the Canucks after going 0-2-1 in their previous three games… Winnipeg is 22-6-1 in its past 29 games against Vancouver.
In Winnipeg
The Jets have won three of their past five games against the Canucks at Canada Life Centre.
Player Notes
Blake Wheeler has a team best 33 points (10G, 23A) in 36 career games against the Canucks. Ten (3G, 7A) of Wheeler’s points are on the power play… Mark Scheifele scored a hat trick against Vancouver in the most recently meeting to match Wheeler’s 33 points (16G, 17A) in 32 games. He had a seven-game point streak against Vancouver from Mar. 2-Dec. 10/21… Kyle Connor has 26 points (9G, 17A) in 21 games against the Canucks. Four of his past six games against Vancouver have been multi-point games… Connor Hellebuyck is 13-4-0 during his career against Vancouver with a 1.71 goals-against average and .941 save percentage.
Jets vs. VAN Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
03/02/2021 Van W 5 2 39 3 1 4 33 2 1 6
03/22/2021 @Van W 4 0 29 1 0 2 22 1 0 2
03/24/2021 @Van W 5 1 36 3 2 9 39 2 0 11
05/10/2021 Van L 1 3 40 3 0 2 31 1 0 6
05/11/2021 Van W 5 0 36 2 0 6 24 2 0 6
11/19/2021 @Van L 2 3 39 0 0 8 29 3 2 2
12/10/2021 @Van SOL 3 4 37 3 1 4 36 2 0 6
01/27/2022 Van L 1 5 34 3 0 9 33 2 2 11
12/17/2022 @Van W 5 1 27 2 1 6 23 3 1 4
12/29/2022 Van W 4 2 39 4 2 6 22 2 0 8
