WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets end their 2022-23 NHL regular season schedule on Thursday against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena in Denver. The Jets are coming off a 3-1 win against the Minnesota Wild on Monday night, which clinched the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Winnipeg will play either the Vegas Golden Knights or Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the playoffs, beginning next week.
Tale of the Tape
WPG Stat COL
81 GP 80
46 W 49
32 L 24
3 OT 7
95 PTS 105
245 GF 272
221 GA 221
19.5% PP 24.8%
82.6% PK 79.0%
Next Game
Date Opp TV Radio
Apr. 13 At COL TSN CJOB/Power 97
Recent Five Games
Date Opp SC Res Streak
Apr. 2 NJD 6-1 W 2W
Apr. 5 CGY 3-1 L 1L
Apr. 8 NSH 2-0 W 1W
Apr. 10 SJS 6-2 W 2W
Apr. 11 MIN 3-1 W 3W
Broadcast Information
TV: TSN
Play-By-Play: Dan Robertson
Analyst: Kevin Sawyer
Radio: 680 CJOB/Power 97
Play-By-Play: Paul Edmonds
Analyst: Jamie Thomas
Host: Kelly Moore
Upcoming Schedule
Thursday, April 13
Morning Skate 11:30 a.m.
Jets at Colorado Avalanche 7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 14
TBD
All Times Local
Last Game
Winnipeg Jets 3
Minnesota Wild 1
Jets Scorers: Lowry (13), Scheifele (42), Appleton (5)
Wild Scorer: Kaprizov (40)
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (33 sv, 1 ga)
Wild Goaltender: Marc-Andre Fleury (17 sv, 3 ga)
Jets PP: 0-for-3
Jets PK: 4-for-5
Recap: Adam Lowry and Mark Scheifele scored in the first period to lift the Jets past the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Monday night. Mason Appleton sealed the victory with a goal in the third period. Scheifele led the Jets with three shots, while Nino Niederreiter had five hits and Dylan DeMelo paced the Jets with four blocked shots. Nine different Jets had a point in the win.
Clinched
With Monday’s win, the Jets secured the final playoff spot in the NHL’s Western Conference… It’s the fifth time in the past six seasons that Winnipeg will compete in the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs… The Jets have played 35 playoff games during the past five seasons, which is the most among the seven Canadian teams in the NHL, and have the second most wins with 16.
Central Rivals
The Jets are 18-7-0 against their Central Division counterparts this season… Winnipeg has won 13 of their past 18 games against Central Division teams… Winnipeg went 14-6-6 against their Central Division rivals last season and have a winning record in each of the past five seasons in which the Jets have been in the Central Division… Josh Morrissey (6G, 22A) leads the Jets in scoring against their divisional foes this season with 28 points in 25 games, while Blake Wheeler (9G, 14A) has 23 points in 24 games.
Warming Up in April
The Jets are 7-3-0 in their past 10 games, including 4-1-0 in the month of April… The Jets have scored 24 goals in their past six games after scoring 15 goals in their previous nine games… Josh Morrissey leads the Jets in scoring in April with seven points (1G, 6A) in five games, while Mark Scheifele (3G, 2A), Pierre-Luc Dubois (2G, 3A) and Nikolaj Ehlers (2G, 3A) have five points.
Streaking
The Jets can enter the playoffs on a four-game winning streak with a win against Colorado on Thursday… Winnipeg hasn’t won four games in a row since a five-game winning streak from Dec. 29-Jan. 8, which is the team’s longest winning streak of the season.
Home Comforts
The Jets went 26-13-2 at Canada Life Centre this season, which is tied for fifth in the NHL… The Jets won 26 games at Canada Life Centre in a season for just the second time (2018-19)… Kyle Connor (19G, 28A) led the team with 47 points in 41 home games… Mark Scheifele’s 22 goals at home led the team… Winnipeg is 255-162-38 all-time at Canada Life Centre and have posted a .500 record or better at home in seven consecutive seasons.
Jets vs. COL Records
Overall Record
GP W L OT
55 27 16 12
Home Record
GP W L OT
28 16 8 4
Away Record
GP W L OT
27 11 8 8
Jets vs. COL Notes
Season Series
The Jets and Avalanche face each other for the fourth and final time in the regular season on Thursday.. Winnipeg won the first meeting, 4-3 in overtime, in Colorado on Oct. 19, and shut out the Avalanche 5-0 at Canada Life Centre on Nov. 29… Colorado won 5-1 in Winnipeg on Feb. 25.
Recent History
Prior to the loss in February, the Jets had won three consecutive games against the Avalanche… The Jets are 13-7-5 in their last 25 games against Colorado.
In Colorado
The Jets are 4-4-4 in their past 12 trips to Denver… Six of the 12 games have been decided by one goal… All four of the overtime losses have come by a 3-2 score.
Player Notes
Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in scoring against Colorado with 58 points (23G, 35A) in 41 games, including a hat trick and four-point game in the Nov. 29 meeting… Wheeler has a team-leading six points (3G, 3A) in the three games against the Avalanche this season, while Mason Appleton has three points (1G, 2A) in two games… Mark Scheifele (36 pts in 32 GP) is also averaging more than a point per game against the Avalanche.
Jets vs. COL Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
04/04/2019 @Col OTL 2 3 36 3 0 8 38 4 0 6
11/12/2019 Col L 0 4 40 2 0 6 25 3 1 4
12/31/2019 @Col W 7 4 26 1 1 10 43 4 2 4
01/06/2022 @Col L 1 7 35 5 1 14 42 4 3 16
02/25/2022 @Col L 3 6 29 2 0 20 42 4 0 6
04/08/2022 Col OTL 4 5 43 3 1 6 37 3 1 6
04/24/2022 Col W 4 1 44 2 0 4 31 2 0 4
10/19/2022 @Col W 4 3 28 2 1 6 33 1 1 8
11/29/2022 Col W 5 0 23 2 1 8 40 3 0 6
02/24/2023 Col L 1 5 27 5 1 6 36 3 0 10
COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
COLORADO AVALANCHE (49-24-7, 105 PTS) vs. WINNIPEG JETS (46-32-3, 95 PTS)
6:08 p.m. – Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Altitude / 92.5 FM
The Colorado Avalanche takes on the Winnipeg Jets in the 2022-23 home finale tonight at Ball Arena … This evening’s
contest was originally scheduled to be Colorado’s season finale but the club will travel to Nashville after tonight’s game for
a makeup date against the Predators tomorrow … Colorado and Nashville’s Nov. 26 game was postponed when a water
main broke at Bridgestone Arena … The Avalanche are 14-2-1 in their last 17 games, 21-5-2 in their last 28 contests and 29-
7-4 in their last 40 games … Colorado is 12-5-3 in its last 20 at Ball Arena… The Avalanche have won 10 consecutive road
games, the longest road winning streak in franchise history… Colorado is 14-1-0 in its last 15 road contests and 17-2-1 in its
last 20 away from the Mile High City.
ON THE CALL
Altitude: Marc Moser (play-by-play), Mark Rycroft (analyst), Katie Gaus (reporter)
Altitude Radio: Conor McGahey, Mark Rycroft
LAST GAME
April 11 – Edmonton 2, Colorado 1 in OT (at Ball Arena)
Evan Bouchard scored a power-play goal in overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena … Ben Meyers had the lone tally for the Avalanche, and Alexandar Georgiev made 39 saves.
SF: 40 SA: 29 PP: 0-3 PK: 3-4
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Apr. 9 – Jonas Johansson reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
CURRENT INJURIES
Darren Helm – lower body (April 4 – present)
Gabriel Landeskog – knee (Oct. 12 – present)
Artturi Lehkonen – finger (March 15 – present)
Cale Makar – lower body (April 4 – present)
Josh Manson – lower body (March 4 – present)
Total Man-Game Lost: 453
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – WINNIPEG JETS
The Avalanche and Jets close out the season series with the fourth and final meeting of 2022-23 … The Avs are 1-1-1 so far against the Jets this year but did win the most recent meeting 5-1 on Feb. 24 in Manitoba … Colorado is 8-3-1 in its last 12 against Winnipeg.
SCHEDULE vs. JETS
Oct. 19 vs. Winnipeg (O, 3-4)
Nov. 29 @ Winnipeg (L, 0-5)
Feb. 24 @ Winnipeg (W, 5-1)
Apr. 13 vs. Winnipeg
RECORD vs. JETS
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS
Overall: 1-1-1 Overall: 3-1-0 Overall: 27-21-7 Series: None
Home: 0-0-1 Home: 2-0-0 Home: 16-7-4
Road: 1-1-0 Road: 1-1-0 Road: 11-14-3
BACK-TO-BACK
The Avalanche finish the 2022-23 regular season with a back-to-back set tonight and tomorrow, their 13th and final backto-back of the year … The Avalanche are 17-5-2 (.750) overall in back-to-back contests this season, second in the NHL behind only Boston (23-3-2, .857) …. Colorado is 8-3-1 in the first game and owns the league’s best record on the second night at 9-2-1 (.792) … The Avs have swept each of their last three back-to-back sets and seven of their last nine … The Avalanche had a stretch of three consecutive sets of back-to-back games from Feb. 14-25, with the club earning 11 of a possible 12 points … All three of those required travel in between (either home/road or road/home) and all three opponents on the second half of the back-to-back were waiting for the Avs, with Colorado sweeping all three games.
