WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets struck first in Game 1 of the series with a 5-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights… It was Winnipeg’s first playoff win in Vegas after dropping both road games during the 2018 Western Conference Final… After Thursday’s game, the series shifts to Winnipeg for Game 3 Saturday afternoon and Game 4 Monday night.
Tale of the Tape
WPG Stat VGK
1 GP 1
1 W 0
0 L 1
5 GF 1
1 GA 5
33.3% PP 0.0%
100.0% PK 66.7%
Broadcast Information
TV: Sportsnet
Play-By-Play: John Bartlett
Analyst: Garry Galley
Rinkside: Sean Reynolds
Radio: 680 CJOB/Power 97
Play-By-Play: Paul Edmonds
Analyst: Jamie Thomas
Host: Kelly Moore
Upcoming Schedule
Thursday, April 20
Morning Skate 11:30 a.m.
Jets at Vegas Golden Knights 7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 21
Travel Day – No Media Availability
Saturday, April 22
Jets vs. Vegas Golden Knights 3:00 p.m.
All Times Local
Series Schedule
Date Location Time TV/Score Radio/Series
Apr. 18 Vegas 6:30 p.m. PT 5-1 W Jets lead 1-0
Apr. 20 Vegas 7:00 p.m. PT Sportsnet 680 CJOB/Power 97
Apr. 22 Winnipeg 3:00 p.m. CT Sportsnet 680 CJOB/Power 97
Apr. 24 Winnipeg 8:30 p.m. CT Sportsnet 680 CJOB/Power 97
Apr. 27 Vegas* TBD Sportsnet 680 CJOB/Power 97
Apr. 29 Winnipeg TBD Sportsnet 680 CJOB/Power 97
May 1 Vegas * TBD Sportsnet 680 CJOB/Power 97
Last Game
Winnipeg Jets 5
Vegas Golden Knights 1
Jets Scorers: Connor (1), Dubois (1), Wheeler (1), Lowry (1, 2)
Golden Knights Scorers: Karlsson (1)
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (16 sv, 1 ga)
Golden Knights Goaltender: Laurent Brossoit (26 sv, 4 ga)
Jets PP: 1-for-3
Jets PK: 3-for-3
Recap: The Winnipeg Jets took a 1-0 series lead with a 5-1 win against Vegas on Tuesday night. Adam Lowry scored twice in the third period for the Jets, while Blake Wheeler had a goal and two assists. Pierre-Luc Dubois also had a multi-point game with a goal and an assist, while Nino Niederreiter had two helpers. Connor Hellebuyck needed just 16 saves to earn the win.
Game 2
The Jets have a chance to take a 2-0 series lead for the third time in franchise history… Winnipeg won the first two games at home in their 2018 First Round series against the Minnesota Wild before winning the series in five games… The Jets won the first two games on the road in their 2021 First Round series against the Edmonton Oilers before sweeping the series in four games… Winnipeg is 3-6 all-time in Game 2 of series.
Playoff Experience
Entering the playoffs, nineteen players on the Jets roster had Stanley Cup Playoff experience, totalling 624 games and 249 points (87G, 162A)…
Nino Niederreiter leads the Jets players with 82 games of playoff experience with Minnesota and Carolina… Brenden Dillon is second with 75, while Nate Schmidt is third with 68, including 47 with Vegas.
Playoff Debuts
Defenceman Dylan Samberg and forwards Morgan Barron and David Gustafsson made their Stanley Cup Playoff debuts in Game 1… Barron had three shots despite missing part of the game with a facial laceration, while Samberg was a plus-two and Gustafsson had a pair of hits.
Two for Lo ws
Adam Lowry became the eighth player in franchise history to have a multi-goal game in the playoffs with his two tallies in Game 1… Lowry didn’t have a multi-goal game during the regular season… Mark Scheifele holds the franchise playoff record with six multi-goal games.
Three Wheeler
Blake Wheeler matched his own franchise playoff record with three points in Game 1… Wheeler’s four three-point playoff games are the most in
franchise history.
Overtime Winners
Four members of the Jets have scored overtime goals in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, led by Kyle Connor’s pair of OT winners… The Jets franchise is 4-3 in playoff overtime games, including winning three overtime games in the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Edmonton Oilers.
Date Player Team Opponent Time Score
Apr. 30/14 Nino Niederreiter Minnesota Colorado 5:02 5-4
Apr. 16/19 Kyle Connor Winnipeg St. Louis 6:02 2-1
Aug. 6/20 Pierre-Luc Dubois Columbus Toronto 18:24 4-3
May 23/21 Nikolaj Ehlers Winnipeg Edmonton 9:13 5-4
May 24/21 Kyle Connor Winnipeg Edmonton 46:52 4-3
Clinched
With a win over the Minnesota Wild in the penultimate game of the season, 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.
NHL Playoff Games by Canadian Teams Between 2018-2022
Team GP W L GF GA GF/GP GA/GP PP% PK% FOW%
Winnipeg Jets 35 16 19 95 96 2.71 2.74 20.4 75.5 50.6
Toronto Maple Leafs 33 14 19 89 100 2.70 3.03 16.8 76.7 51.1
Montréal Canadiens 32 18 14 74 73 2.31 2.28 17.4 88.7 48.4
Calgary Flames 27 11 16 79 83 2.93 3.07 20.4 83.2 52.2
Edmonton Oilers 24 9 15 88 89 3.67 3.71 25.6 80 48.7
Vancouver Canucks 17 10 7 48 45 2.82 2.65 20.3 80 55.7
Against the Pacific
Winnipeg went 13-8-3 against the Pacific Division this season… Kyle Connor (12G, 17A) led the Jets with 29 points in 24 games against the Pacific Division during the regular season, while Mark Scheifele had 14 goals in 24 games, including seven of his 12 power play goals.
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets struck first in Game 1 of the series with a 5-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights… It was Winnipeg’s first playoff win in Vegas after dropping both road games during the 2018Western Conference Final… After Thursday’s game, the series shifts to Winnipeg for Game 3 Saturday afternoon and Game 4 Monday night.
Strong Finish
The Jets ended the season 7-4-0 in their last 11 games, including 4-2-0 in the month of April… The Jets scored 26 goals in their last seven games after scoring 15 goals in their previous nine games… Josh Morrissey led 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) each had five points.
All 82
Four members of the Jets played in all 82 games during the regular season – Kyle Connor, Brenden Dillon, Adam Lowry, and Neal Pionk… Connor, Dillon and Lowry reached 82 games for the second time in their career… Pionk played all 82 games for the first time in his career… The Jets didn’t have anyone play all 82 games last season.
Backend Production
Jets defencemen combined for 192 points (46G, 146A) during the regular season, which is seventh in the NHL… Josh Morrissey (76), Neal Pionk (33), Dylan DeMelo (27), Brenden Dillon (23) have all reached the 20-point mark, while Nate Schmidt has 19 points… Defencemen have accounted for 27.8% of Winnipeg’s points this season, which is fourth in the NHL, and 18.7% of the team’s goals, which is second… With Morrissey having 16 goals and Pionk scoring 10, 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.
Road Record
The Jets were 20-20-1 on the road this season… The Jets have posted a .500 or better record on the road in six of their past seven seasons… Kyle Connor (13G, 21A) led the Jets in scoring on the road with 34 points in 41 games… Mark Scheifele had a team leading 20 goals, which is the 11th time in franchise history a player has reached 20 goals on the road in a season.
PK Prowess
Winnipeg finished tied for seventh in the NHL this season with a penalty kill successful 82.6% of the time… 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.
Special Difference
The Jets finished fourth in the NHL by playing 45:41 more on the power play than the penalty kill… Winnipeg had 56:43 of more power play than penalty kill time at home, which was second in the league… Winnipeg finished 23rd on the power play during the regular season at 19.3%.
Comebackers
The Jets had 17 comeback wins in the regular season, which was tied for 15th in the league… Winnipeg had to come back from a deficit in 37% of their wins, which was 24th in the league… PierreLuc Dubois led the Jets with seven game-tying goals in the regular season, while Mark Scheifele had 6… Scheifele and Kyle Connor each paced the team with 15 go-ahead goals.
Margins
The Jets played 27 games in the regular season that were decided by one goal, going 17-7-3… The 27 games were tied for fourth fewest in the NHL… On the other side of the spectrum, Winnipeg was 19-19 in 38 games decided by three goals or more, which was tied for fifth most in the NHL.
Winnipeg Jets vs. Vegas Golden Knights Playoff Notes
Season Series
The Jets and Golden Knights played three times during the regular season, with the Jets going 0-2-1… Two of the three games were decided by one goal… Winnipeg only had four power play opportunities in the three games, going 1-for-4… Winnipeg outshot Vegas in the last meeting 34-33, but were outshot 113-86 overall in the three games… Mark Scheifele (3G), Adam Lowry (1G, 2A), and Neal Pionk (1G, 2A) each had three points in three games against the Golden Knights during the regular season… Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck posted a .913 save percentage in two starts against Vegas and faced an average of 40 shots per game.
All-Time Mark
The Jets are 8-4-2 all-time against Vegas during the regular season… Winnipeg’s three-game winless skid against Vegas this season comes after a five-game winning streak that spanned from Nov. 2/19-Mar. 22/22… The Jets have a pair of 4-0 shutouts against Vegas, which both came at home – Mar. 6/20 and Mar. 22/22… Kyle Connor has feasted on the Golden Knights during the regular season with 21 points (10G, 11A) in 14 career games, but was held to one assist in the three games this season… Mark Scheifele has 15 points (8G, 7A) in 13 career games against Vegas, while Blake Wheeler has 13 points (1G, 12A) in 13 games.
Playoff History
Winnipeg and Vegas met in the 2018 Western Conference Final with the Golden Knights taking the series in five games… The first three games were decided by two goals, while the last two were one-goal games… The Jets lost both games of the series in Vegas… Blake Wheeler led the Jets in scoring in the series with six assists in five games… Only seven players that suited up for the Jets in that series are still with the team – Kyle Connor, Nikolaj Ehlers, Connor Hellebuyck, Adam Lowry, Josh Morrissey, Mark Scheifele, and Blake Wheeler… Jets defenceman Nate Schmidt played for Vegas in that series, recording an assist in five games.
On the Road
This is the 10th playoff series in franchise history and fifth time the Jets won’t have home ice advantage…The Jets are 2-2 in playoff series when not having home ice – beating Nashville in the Second Round of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs and Edmonton in the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Winnipeg Jets Recent Transactions
Date Transaction
Apr. 17 Recalled G – Oskari Salminen from the Manitoba Moose (AHL) on an emergency basis
Reassigned D – Dmitri Kuzmin from the Flint Firebirds (OHL) to the Manitoba Moose (AHL)
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS NOTES:
2023 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS – FIRST ROUND – VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS VS. WINNIPEG JETS
Golden Knights 2022-23 Regular Season Record: 51-22-9, 111 points (25-15-1 at Home, 26-7-8 on Road)
VGK Playoff Media Guide (.pdf)
DATE RESULT VGK GOALS VGK GOALIE OPP GOALIE
Apr. 18 VGK 1, WPG 5 Karlsson (1) Brossoit Hellebuyck
DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) TELEVISION RADIO SPANISH RADIO
Apr. 20 vs. Winnipeg Jets 7 p.m. AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Apr. 22 at Winnipeg Jets 1 p.m. AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Apr. 24 at Winnipeg Jets 6:30 p.m. AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Apr. 26* vs. Winnipeg Jets TBD TBD Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Apr. 28* at Winnipeg Jets TBD TBD Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Apr. 30* vs. Winnipeg Jets TBD TBD Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
*If Necessary
Game 1 Recap
April 18 – Vegas Golden Knights 1, Winnipeg Jets 5
The Vegas Golden Knights were defeated by the Winnipeg Jets, 5-1, in Game 1 of their best-of-seven series on Tuesday night at TMobile Arena. The series opened with a scoreless 20 minutes as the Golden Knights and Jets reacquainted themselves. Kyle Connor and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored early in the second, but William Karlsson’s goal at 15:49 got the Golden Knights on the board. The Jets added to their lead as Blake Wheeler gave Winnipeg a 3-1 advantage less than four minutes into the final frame. Connor Hellebuyck finished the game with 16 saves as Adam Lowry scored twice late to seal the 5-1 win for the Jets in Game 1.
VGK/WPG – Regular Season Recap
The Vegas Golden Knights owned a 3-0-0 advantage against the Winnipeg Jets during the 2022-23 regular season. The clubs began the season series with two contests at T-Mobile Arena just 10 days apart. In their first meeting, Jack Eichel tallied his first multi-goal game of the season to lead the Golden Knights to a dominant 5-2 win over the Jets. In their next matchup, Eichel was the overtime hero as he snuck the puck past Connor Hellebuyck to send the Vegas crowd to a frenzy. In their final meeting at Canada Life Centre, Mark Stone and Jonathan Marchessault each had two goals to help Vegas power past Winnipeg despite Mark Scheifele’s late hat trick. Winnipeg was one of 10 NHL teams that Vegas swept during the regular season.
2022-23 Season WPG Series: 3-0-0 (Home: 2-0-0, Road: 1-0-0)
Date Location Result Goaltenders GWG
Oct. 20 Vegas Vegas 5, Winnipeg 2 Adin Hill (VGK) // David Rittich (WPG) Chandler Stephenson (VGK)
Oct. 30 Vegas Vegas 2, Winnipeg 1 OT Adin Hill (VGK) // Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) Jack Eichel (VGK)
Dec. 13 Winnipeg Vegas 6, Winnipeg 5 Adin Hill (VGK) // Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) William Karlsson (VGK)
2022-23 Regular Season Leaders Against WPG
Skater GP G A P +/-
Chandler Stephenson 3 1 4 5 +2
Jack Eichel 2 3 1 4 +5
Jonathan Marchessault 3 3 1 4 +1
Mark Stone 3 3 1 4 +3
William Karlsson 3 2 2 4 +3
Reilly Smith 3 0 3 3 +3
Vegas Golden Knights: Media Notes
Alex Pietrangelo 2 0 2 2 +4
Playoff History with WPG
Western Conference Final 2017-18 (4-1)
- May 12 @ WPG – Vegas 2, Winnipeg 4
- May 14 @ WPG – Vegas 3, Winnipeg 1
- May 16 @ VGK – Vegas 4, Winnipeg 2
- May 18 @ VGK – Vegas 3, Winnipeg 2
- May 20 @ WPG – Vegas 2, Winnipeg 1
Twinning!
William Karlsson’s goal in Game 1 on Tuesday tied Mark Stone (18) for the third-most playoff goals by a Vegas player behind Jonathan Marchessault (21) and Alex Tuch (19). Marchessault’s assist on the Karlsson goal gives both players their 47th career playoff point with the Golden Knights, tying Shea Theodore for the second most in franchise history, behind Reilly Smith (52).
Hard Hitting
Vegas completed Game 1 with 65 team hits against Winnipeg, 48% more than they had in any single game this regular season. Jonathan Marchessault led the pack with nine hits, matching his career-best in the postseason (prev. 4/28/18 & 4/21/19). The last time Marchessault recorded nine hits in the playoffs was when the Golden Knights set the club’s single-game hit record with 80 against San Jose on April 21, 2019. Marchessault’s nine hits are just two short of the franchise record shared by Ryan Reaves and William Carrier (11).
