SAN JOSE SHARKS NOTES:
LAST GAME:
Game 79 – 4/8 – SJS 1 vs. EDM 6…San Jose finished out home play for the 2022-23 season with a loss to Edmonton. Tomas Hertl (1g, 0a) scored his 22
nd goal of the season, with Jacob Peterson (0g, 1a) providing the lone assist. Peterson is on a career-long sixgame point streak.
SJ Goal: Hertl (22)
SF: 23
SA: 35
SJ PP: 0/2
SJ PK: 1/1
W: Skinner
L: Reimer
RECENT TRANACTIONS
4/9 Recalled F Tristen Robins and D Nikolai Knyzhov from the San Jose Barracuda
4/6 Recalled F Adam Raska from the San Jose Barracuda
4/5 Reassigned F Danil Gushchin to the San Jose Barracuda
4/4 Recalled F Danil Gushchin from the San Jose Barracuda
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – WINNIPEG JETS
The Sharks and Jets look to close out their season series with a contest in Winnipeg tonight. San Jose has taken each of the first two contests, one at Canada Life Centre and one at SAP Center at San Jose and can sweep the season series for the first time since 2016-17. The Sharks have seen historical regular season success against the Jets/Thrashers, with the Sharks holding a .688 points-percentage against the franchise, their best against any opponent, and a 13-3-1-2 head-to-head road record. Winnipeg is currently one point ahead of Calgary for the west’s final playoff spot. They have two road games remaining, one against Minnesota and one against Colorado.
APRIL 10, 4:00 p.m.
SAN JOSE SHARKS vs. WINNIPEG JETS
22-41-16 (60 pts), 7th in Pacific 2022-23 RECORD/STANDING 44-32-3 (91 pts), 4th in Central
2-2-1 LAST 5 GAMES 3-2-0
2-0-0 SEASON SERIES 0-1-1
25-10-2-3 ALL-TIME RECORD AGAINST OPPONENT 13-22-2-3
2022-23 PLAYER STATS
Logan Couture and Erik Karlsson (79) GAMES PLAYED LEADER 5 players (79)
Timo Meier (31) GOALS LEADER Mark Scheifele (40)
Erik Karlsson (75) ASSISTS LEADER Josh Morrissey (57)
Erik Karlsson (98) POINTS LEADER Kyle Connor (72)
WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets close the home portion of the 2022-23 regular season schedule by facing the San Jose Sharks on Monday night, as the Jets also end a five-game homestand. Winnipeg is 3-1-0 during the homestand so far after a convincing 2-0 shut out of the Nashville Predators on Saturday night. After Monday’s game, the Jets play their final two regular season games on the road – Tuesday in Minnesota against the Wild and Thursday in Colorado against the Avalanche.
Tale of the Tape
WPG Stat SJS
79 GP 79
44 W 22
32 L 41
3 OT 16
91 PTS 60
236 GF 229
218 GA 307
19.1% PP 18.3%
82.8% PK 83.2%
Next Three Games
Date Opp TV Radio
Apr. 10 SJS SN CJOB/Power 97
Apr. 11 At MIN TSN CJOB/Power 97
Apr. 13 At COL TSN CJOB/Power 97
Recent Five Games
Date Opp SC Res Streak
Mar. 28 At SJS 3-0 L 2L
Mar. 31 DET 6-2 W 1W
Apr. 2 NJD 6-1 W 2W
Apr. 5 CGY 3-1 L 1L
Apr. 8 NSH 2-0 W 1W
Broadcast Information
TV: Sportsnet
Play-By-Play: John Bartlett
Analyst: Jamal Mayers
Rinkside: Sean Reynolds
Radio: 680 CJOB/Power 97
Play-By-Play: Paul Edmonds
Analyst: Jamie Thomas
Host: Kelly Moore
Upcoming Schedule
Monday, April 10
Morning Skate 9:30 a.m.
Jets vs. San Jose Sharks 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11
Jets at Minnesota Wild 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 12
Day Off – No Media Availability
All Times Local
Last Game
Winnipeg Jets 2
Nashville Predators 0
Jets Scorers: Scheifele (31), Pionk (10)
Predators Scorers: None
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (28 sv, 0 ga)
Predators Goaltender: Jusse Saros (36 sv, 2 ga)
Jets PP: 0-for-3
Jets PK: 1-for-1
Recap: Mark Scheifele scored with less than five minutes remaining in the second period and Neal Pionk added the insurance marker less than two minutes into the third period in a 2-0 win against the Nashville Predators on Saturday. Pierre-Luc Dubois paced the Jets with five shots, while Brenden Dillon and Nino Niederreiter each had five hits. Connor Hellebuyck stopped all 28 shots in his fourth shutout of the season.
Where They Stand
The Jets are in the second wild card position in the Western Conference, one point ahead of the Calgary Flames… Nashville is three points behind the Jets.
Western Conference Playoff Race Games Remaining
Date Winnipeg Calgary Nashville
Apr. 10 SJS NSH At CGY
Apr. 11 At MIN
Apr. 12 SJS
Apr. 13 At COL MIN
Apr. 14 COL
Warming Up in April
The Jets are 5-3-0 in their past eight games, including 3-1-0 to start the month of April… The Jets have scored 15 goals in their past four games after scoring 15 goals in their previous nine games… Nikolaj Ehlers leads the Jets in scoring in April with four points (2G, 2A), while Pierre-Luc Dubois (1G, 2A), Josh Morrissey (3A), and Blake Wheeler (3A) each have three points.
Backend Production
Jets defencemen have combined for 182 points (44G, 138A) this season, which is ninth in the NHL… A defenceman has been in on 40 of Winnipeg’s past 54 goals, including both goals on Saturday against Nashville… Josh Morrissey (72), Neal Pionk (34), Dylan DeMelo (25), and Brenden Dillon (22) have all reached the 20-point mark, while Nate Schmidt has 17 points… Defencemen have accounted for 27.6% of Winnipeg’s points this season, which is fourth in the NHL… With Pionk’s 10th goal of the season on Saturday, it’s the third time in franchise history and second time since relocation that the Jets have had multiple defencemen with 10 goals in the same season.
Home Comforts
The Jets are 25-13-2 at Canada Life Centre this season, which is seventh in the NHL and third in the Western Conference… The Jets have won 25 games at Canada Life Centre in a season for just the second time (2018-19)… Kyle Connor (18G, 27A) leads the team with 45 points in 40 home games… Mark Scheifele’s 21 goals at home leads the team and has him three goals behind his career high 24 goals he had at home during the 2018-19 season… Winnipeg is 254-162-38 all-time at Canada Life Centre and have posted a .500 record or better at home in six consecutive seasons.
PK Prowess
Winnipeg is tied for sixth in the NHL with a penalty kill successful 82.8% of the time…Winnipeg is seven-for-seven on the power play in their past two games… 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.
Jets vs. SJS Records
Overall Record
GP W L OT
40 13 22 5
Home Record
GP W L OT
19 5 11 3
Away Record
GP W L OT
21 8 11 2
Jets vs. SJS Notes
Season Series
The Jets and Sharks play their third of three games on the season Monday at Canada Life Centre. Winnipeg lost 3-2 in overtime to San Jose on Mar. 6 and were shut out 3-0 in San Jose on Mar. 28.
Recent History
Winnipeg is 6-4-3 in its past 13 games against the Sharks and went 1-1-1 last season the trio of games… Eight of the 13 games have been decided by one goal… The Jets have been held without a power play goal in their past five games against San Jose (0-for-15).
In San Jose
Winnipeg has gone 2-2-2 in the past six games against San Jose in Winnipeg and are a perfect 7-for-7 on penalty kill in the past four games.
Player Notes
Sam Gagner has a team best 28 points (8G, 20A) in 45 games against the Sharks during his career… Blake Wheeler has 25 points (7G, 18A) in 30 games against San Jose. Ten of his 18 assists have come on the power play… Four of Mark Scheifele’s six career goals against the Sharks have come on the power play… Connor Hellebuyck is 7-6-2 with a .927 save percentage and 2.50 goals-against average in 16 career games against the Sharks.
Jets vs. SJS Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
02/05/2019 SJ OTL 2 3 27 5 0 8 38 3 1 12
03/12/2019 SJ L 4 5 25 2 1 4 36 2 0 4
11/01/2019 @SJ W 3 2 19 2 0 4 53 2 0 4
11/27/2019 @SJ W 5 1 26 3 1 34 33 6 0 18
02/14/2020 SJ L 2 3 32 3 1 8 35 3 0 10
10/16/2021 @SJ L 3 4 23 3 0 17 31 5 2 13
10/30/2021 @SJ OTL 1 2 35 0 0 8 36 3 1 2
11/11/2021 SJ W 4 1 34 3 0 7 27 0 0 13
03/06/2023 SJ OTL 2 3 38 6 0 6 38 2 0 14
03/28/2023 @SJ L 0 3 41 3 0 6 30 3 1 6
