WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets play the back half of a two-game road trip when they visit the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. The Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Thursday in the first game of the trip. After Friday’s game, the Jets start a three-game homestand on Sunday when the Washington Capitals come to Canada Life Centre. The homestand also includes games against the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday and Nashville Predators on Thursday.
Last Game
Winnipeg Jets 5
St. Louis Blues 2
Jets Scorers: Dubois (12, 13), Connor (11), Wheeler (8), Perfetti (5)
Blues Scorers: Thomas (6), Leivo (2)
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (29 sv, 2 ga)
Blues Goaltender: Thomas Greiss (15 sv, 4 ga)
Jets PP: 1-for-1
Jets PK: 2-for-2
Recap: Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice and added an assist to lead the Jets to a 5-2 win over the St. Louis Blues Thursday night. Blake Wheeler had a goal and an assist, while Neal Pionk and Mark Scheifele each had two assists. Scheifele reached 600 career points with his two helpers.
Connor Hellebuyck won his sixth consecutive start by making 29 saves.
Franchise Best Start
The Jets have won 17 games in the first 25 games of a season for the first time in franchise history… It’s one better than the 16 games the team won in the first 25 games of the 2020-21 season… Winnipeg’s plus-21 goal differential is also the best in franchise history through 25 games and fifth in the NHL this season.
Reach For the Top
The Jets have climbed to fourth in the NHL with a .700 points percentage, which also ranks first in the Central Division and 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.
Goals, Goals, Goals
The Jets have scored five goals or more in six of their past seven games… Since Nov. 25, Winnipeg has been the NHL’s highest scoring team with 33 goals in seven games… The Jets have tallied five goals or more in eight games this season.
Central Rivals
Winnipeg is atop the Central Division with 35 points… The Jets are 9-2-0 against their Central Division counterparts this season, with both losses coming on the road… The Jets are in the midst of playing three of five games against Central Division foes… Winnipeg went 14-6-6 against their Central Division rivals last season and have a winning record against the Central in each of the past five seasons in which the Jets have been in the Central Division… Josh Morrissey (3G, 12A) and Blake Wheeler (5G, 10A) lead the Jets in scoring against their divisional foes this season with 15 points in 11 games.
String ‘Em Together
With Thursday’s win, Winnipeg is 9-6-1 in games following a win this season… The Jets matched their season high winning streak of three games on Thursday, which they have done four times… Winnipeg had a pair of four-game winning streaks last season, including their final four games of the season.
Busy Time of Year
Winnipeg plays 16 games in 30 days from Dec. 2-31… The stretch includes three back-to-backs… The Jets only consecutive days off in December are from Dec. 24-26 for the Christmas break… The Jets only played eight games in December last season due to COVID-related postponements, going 4-3-1.
PK Prowess
The Jets are 14-for-15 (93.3%) on the penalty kill in their past five games and haven’t allowed a power play goal against in seven of their past 11 contests… Winnipeg is fourth in the NHL this season with a penalty kill clicking at 83.8%… 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.
On The Power Play
The Jets are 19-for-81 (23.5%) on the power play through the first 25 games of the season… Winnipeg is 8-for-20 (40.0%) with the extra man in
the past six games, having scored a power play goal in six consecutive contests… The Jets have scored 14 of their 19 power play goals in their
past 15 games, going 14-for-46 (30.4%) … Pierre-Luc Dubois (5G, 6A) leads the Jets with 11 points on the power play this season.
Back-2-Back
The Jets are playing their fourth of 13 back-to-back sets on their schedule this season, having gone 5-2-0 so far… The Jets were 6-4-2 in the first game of a back-to-back last season and 5-5-2 in the second game for an overall record of 11-9-4
On the Road
The Jets are 7-4-1 on the road this season after winning three consecutive road contests… Winnipeg hasn’t lost consecutive games in regulation on the road this season… Defenceman Josh Morrissey (1G, 13A) leads the Jets in scoring on the road with 14 points, while Pierre-Luc Dubois has a team leading seven goals… Winnipeg’s first 15 road games are against Western Conference teams… The Jets were 16-17-8 on the road last season.
Home Comforts
The Jets are 10-3-0 at Canada Life Centre to start the season, becoming the third team in the NHL to win 10 games at home this season… Winnipeg has won 14 of their past 18 home games dating back to last season… The 24 goals Winnipeg has allowed on home ice this season is tied for the second fewest in the NHL… The Jets are outscoring their opponents 3.3-1.8 at home this season and have scored at least four goals in eight of their 13 games at Canada Life Centre this season… Pierre-Luc Dubois (6G, 11A) and Kyle Connor (7G, 10A) lead the team with 17 points in 13 home games… Connor Hellebuyck has been stellar on home ice this season, going 9-2-0 with a 1.36 goals-against average, .956 save percentage and three shutouts… Winnipeg is 239-152-36 all-time at Canada Life Centre and have posted a .500 record or better at home in six consecutive seasons.
Mo Consistency
Josh Morrissey has a share of the team scoring lead with 28 points (5G, 23A) in 25 games… He has a point in 23 of his 28 games this season and hasn’t gone consecutive games without a point… Morrissey is fourth in the NHL among defencemen in scoring… Morrissey’s 23 assists rank tied for third among NHL defencemen… Morrissey is on pace for 75 assists and 92 points this season… His career high for assists is 26, which he did 65 games during the 2019-20 season… He had a career best 12 goals and 37 points in 79 games last season… Morrissey is on pace to become the first defenceman to lead the team in scoring in franchise history… The franchise record for points by a defenceman in a season is 56, which Dustin Byfuglien did in 2013-14… Byfuglien (4 times), Toby Enstrom (twice), and Jacob Trouba (once) are the only defencemen in franchise history to post 50 points or more in a season.
Seeing Threes
With consecutive three-point games, Pierre-Luc Dubois has tied Josh Morrissey for the team scoring lead with 28 points (13G, 15A) in 25 games… Dubois’ 13 goals also lead the team… He has 12 points (5G, 7A) during a current seven-game point streak, which is the longest by a member of the Jets this season and one shy of his career best eight-game point streak he accomplished last season (Oct. 16-Nov. 2/21)… Dubois has a chance to become the third player in franchise history to post at least three points in three consecutive games, joining Marc Savard (Nov. 9-12/05) and Mark Scheifele (Dec. 13-16/18).
Super Six
Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck has won six consecutive starts… He has a 2.00 goals-against average and .942 save percentage in the six games… It’s the second longest winning streak of his career, three behind the nine consecutive games he won from Mar. 15-Apr. 7/18… Tuesday’s game against Florida marked the sixth time this season he faced 40 shots or more in a game, improving his record to 5-0-1 with a 2.14 goals-against average and .949 save percentage this season when facing at least 40 shots.
600
Mark Scheifele had his third two-assist game of the season on Thursday to reach 600 career points, which includes 245 goals… Scheifele is the third player in franchise history to reach 600 points and he’s five goals shy of joining Kovalchuk (328) and Blake Wheeler (253) as the only players in franchise history to reach 250 goals.
The Rookie
Cole Perfetti is tied for second in NHL rookie scoring with 17 points (5G, 12A) in 25 games… Perfetti could become the fifth rookie in franchise history to post 50 points in a season, previously done by Dany Heatley (67 – 2001-02), Patrik Laine (64 – 2016-17), Kyle Connor (57 – 2017-18), and Ilya Kovalchuk (51 – 2001-02).
Extra Time
The Jets are 6-1 in overtime this season… Winnipeg’s seven OT games are tied for the second most in the NHL this season and the Jets are the only team with six wins in overtime… Five of Winnipeg’s six OT winners have come in the first two minutes of the extra session… Mark Scheifele holds the franchise record with 12 OT winning goals… The six wins is one better than the five overtime wins Winnipeg had last season in 12 games decided in OT… During the past three seasons, Winnipeg is 17-9 in games decided in overtime.
Goal-Games
Seven of Winnipeg’s past eight games have been decided by three goals or more, including three consecutive wins by 5-2 scores… The Jets have notched their past five wins by at least three goals… Winnipeg’s previous four wins came by one goal… Fifteen of Winnipeg’s 25 games this season have been decided by three goals or more, with the Jets going 9-6.
Zeros
The Jets have registered three shutouts this season, which is tied for first in the NHL… Winnipeg’s first two shutouts were by 4-0 scores (Oct. 24 vs. STL and Nov. 5 vs. CHI), while the Nov. 29 5-0 shutout against Colorado gives the Jets all three shutout wins by at least four goals… The Jets had five shutouts last season, which is two shy of the franchise record.
Jets vs. CHI Notes
Season Series
The Jets and Blackhawks face each other four times this season… Winnipeg won the first meeting 4-0 at home on Nov. 5 and the second meeting Nov. 27 in Chicago 7-2… The final meeting takes place at Canada Life Centre on Feb. 11.
Recent History
Dating back to 2015, the Jets are 13-4-0 in their past 17 games against the Blackhawks, including winning six of the past seven meetings… Winnipeg is 12-for-14 (85.7%) on the penalty kill in the past eight games against Chicago.
In Chicago
The Jets have been victorious in five of their past six games at United Center in Chicago… Three of the wins have come by one goal.
Player Notes
Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in career scoring against Chicago with 34 points (11G, 23A) in 42 games… Defenceman Nate Schmidt has 14 points (2G, 12A) in 16 games against Chicago and is on a seven-game point streak against the Blackhawks (2G, 5A)… Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is 14-7-0 in 21 starts against the Blackhawks with a 2.39 goals-against average and .921 save percentage.
Jets vs. CHI Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
10/12/2019 @Chi W 3 2 33 4 1 4 29 2 1 8
12/19/2019 Chi L 1 4 37 2 0 4 32 2 1 4
01/19/2020 @Chi L 2 5 38 5 0 6 33 2 0 12
02/09/2020 Chi W 5 2 36 6 1 11 26 3 0 17
02/16/2020 Chi W 3 2 38 0 0 0 33 0 0 0
11/05/2021 Chi W 5 1 33 3 1 4 18 2 0 6
02/14/2022 Chi L 1 3 32 1 0 2 24 1 0 2
03/20/2022 @Chi W 6 4 32 2 1 4 36 1 1 6
11/05/2022 Chi W 4 0 37 4 3 6 30 3 0 8
11/27/2022 @Chi W 7 2 44 4 2 8 25 2 1 12
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP) and Troy Murray (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Joe Brand (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Dec. 13 vs. WSH, 8:00 p.m. CT (ESPN, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Thursday, Dec. 15 vs. VGK, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Friday, Dec. 16 at MIN, 7:00 p.m. CT (ESPN+, Hulu, WGN Radio)
Sunday, Dec. 18 vs. NYR, 6:30 p.m. CT (ESPN, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Wednesday, Dec. 21 vs. NSH, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 7 – Assigned Lukas Reichel to Rockford … Dec. 6 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and placed Petr Mrazek on IR … Dec. 1 – Recalled Ian Mitchell from Rockford and placed Jarred Tinordi on IR … Nov. 24 – Assigned Ian Mitchell to Rockford … Nov. 23 – Activated Seth Jones off IR … Nov. 18 – Recalled Ian Mitchell from Rockford … Nov. 17 – Assigned Alec Regula to Rockford … Nov. 11 – Activated Ian Mitchell (left wrist) off IR and assigned him to Rockford (AHL) … Nov. 8 – Assigned Dylan Wells to Rockford (AHL).
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (0) vs. New Jersey (3) – Tue., Dec. 6 – Prudential Center
CHI Goals:
NJD Goals: Hamilton (7), Hischier (11), Bratt (10; PP)
Goalies: CHI – Soderblom (26/29, 69:43) NJD – Vanecek (24/24, 59:58)
CHI PP: 0/3; PK: 1/2
NYI PP: 1/2; PK: 3/3
Recap: The Blackhawks were shutout by the Devils on Tuesday night in New Jersey … Patrick Kane posted a season-high seven shots on goal … Jack Johnson blocked a game-high five shots … MacKenzie Entwistle registered a team-high four hits.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – WINNIPEG JETS
The Blackhawks are 0-2-0 against the Winnipeg Jets so far this season after falling to the club 2-7 on Nov. 27 at the United Center … Patrick Kane has points in six of his last nine contests against the Jets (3G, 9A), with four multi-point games including a four-point night on Dec. 19, 2019 (1G, 3A) … Taylor Raddysh has points in three of four career games against Winnipeg (2G, 2A), including a multi-point effort (1G, 1A) on March 20 … Jonathan Toews and Max Domi were both born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Nov. 27 (2-7), Dec. 9 | AWAY: Nov. 5 (0-4), Feb. 11
All-Time Record: 25-22-3 | Home: 10-10-3 | Road: 15-12-0
Last Home Win: Jan. 19, 2020 (5-2) | Last Road Win: February 14, 2022 (3-1) | Last Home Loss: Nov. 27,
2022 (2-7) | Last Road Loss: Nov. 5, 2022 (0-4)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. WPG ALL-TIME
GOALS: Patrick Kane, 17; Jonathan Toews, 11; Seth Jones, 5
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 31; Jonathan Toews, 16; Seth Jones, 12
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 48; Jonathan Toews, 27; Seth Jones, 17
TEAM NOTES
TWO FOR THE SHOW: Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane have skated in 995 regular-season games together in their NHL careers and are seven games shy 1,000 career games played together … They will become the 12th pair of teammates in NHL history to have skated in at least 1,000 regular-season games together and the second pair of Blackhawks players to have done so, joining defensemen Brent Seabrook and Duncan Keith who skated in 1,069 career games together … In the 995 games Toews and Kane have played together, the Blackhawks own a record of 530-342-123 … The two have also both combined to factor into 297 total goals in their careers, with Toews having scored 115 goals that Kane has assisted on, Kane having scored 101 goals that Toews has assisted on and both earning an assist on 81 goals.
Teammates to play in 1,000 career games together:
GP PLAYER PLAYER TEAMS SEASONS
1353 Gordie Howe Alex Delvecchio Detroit 1950-51 to 1970-71
1276 Henrik Sedin Daniel Sedin Vancouver 2000-01 to 2017-18
1158 Anze Kopitar Dustin Brown Los Angeles 2006-07 to 2021-22
1107 Nicklas Lidstrom Kris Draper Detroit 1993-94 to 2010-11
1069 Brent Seabrook Duncan Keith Chicago 2005-06 to 2019-20
1062 Larry Robinson Bob Gainey Montreal 1973-74 to 1988-89
1044 Tim Horton George Armstrong Toronto 1952-53 to 1969-70
1020 Nicklas Backstrom Alex Ovechkin Washington 2007-08 to 2021-22
1023 Drew Doughty Anze Kopitar Los Angeles 2008-09 to 2022-23
1008 Mark Messier Kevin Lowe Edmonton/NY Rangers 1979-80 to 1995-96
995 Patrick Kane Jonathan Toews Chicago 2007-08 to 2022-23
ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRI-KANE: Patrick Kane recorded three points (1G, 2A), including the 1,200th point of his career, on Saturday night … Kane becomes the third active player to reach the mark, joining Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, while he’s just the second Blackhawks player to accomplish the feat (Stan Mikita – 1,467 points) … Kane has now tallied four points (1G, 3A) in his last four games and has seven points (2G, 5A) over his last eight … Kane posted three-straight multi-point efforts from Oct. 23-27 (2G, 5A) … The forward logged two assists and three points (1G, 2A) against Edmonton on Oct. 27, moving him past Doug Weight (755) into fifth place on the League’s all-time assist list among U.S.-born players … Kane paces the Blackhawks with 16 helpers and 20 points (4G, 16A) in 25 games this season.
TO THE MAX: Max Domi notched three points (2G, 1A) against the Rangers on Saturday for his second three-point outing of the campaign … Domi comes into Friday’s contest having scored four goals and posted five points (4G, 1A) in his last four games, while he’s also logged seven points (5G, 2A) over his last seven … The forward scored two power play goals on Nov. 30, marking the second time he’s notched two power play goals in a game … Domi registered a four-game point streak from Oct. 21-27 (3G, 3A) … It marked his first streak of at least four games since the 2020-21 campaign when he also logged points in four-straight games (2G, 3A) from April 6 – 12 … Domi currently leads the team with seven goals, while he ranks second in assists (10) and points (19) so far this season … He also shares 12th in the NHL and paces the Blackhawks with six power play goals in 2022-23.
TAYLOR MADE: Taylor Raddysh scored a power play goal against New York on Saturday and now has three goals in his last six games … Raddysh also scored goals in back-to-back games from Nov. 25 – 27 (2G) … It’s the fourth time in Raddysh’s career that he’s scored goals in consecutive games and the first since April 12 – 14, 2022 (2G, 1A) … The 24-year-old now ranks third on Chicago with seven goals in 2022-23, while he shares second on the team with four power play goals … He is also tied for fifth on the Blackhawks with 10 points (7G, 3A) in 25 games this season.
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!: Jonathan Toews logged an assist against the Rangers Saturday night … Saturday’s contest marked Toews’ 1,037th career game, moving him past Bobby Hull and into sole possession of fifth place in franchise history … The captain recorded his 500th career assist on Nov. 23 at Dallas … His 501 career assists are good for eighth in franchise history … Toews currently paces the NHL in faceoff win percentage at 64.2% … He ranks second on the Blackhawks with eight goals and is tied for second second with four power-play goals so far in 2022-23 … Toews also ranks third on the team with 14 points (8G, 6A) … Toews logged a seven-game point streak (5G, 2A) from Oct. 23 – Nov. 3 … His seven-game point streak is tied for the third-longest of his career while it’s the fifth time he’s logged points in at least seven games … His last seven-game streak came during the 2018-19 season, logging 10 points (4G, 6A) from Feb. 14 – 27 … Toews scored the overtime goal on Nov. 3 for the 16th of his career, which is tied for sixth in NHL history.
JAKE THE GREAT: Jake McCabe posted two assists on Saturday night for his first multi-point game of the season, while he added a game-high six hits against the Rangers … Saturday’s contest marked McCabe’s first multi-point outing since he logged two helpers on March 12, 2022 at Ottawa … The blueliner has posted three assists in his last five games and has four assists over his last seven contests … McCabe now ranks second among Blackhawks defensemen with seven assists and eight points (1G, 7A) this season … He also paces the team with 58 blocked shots and ranks fourth on the squad with 46 hits.
COMEBACK KIDS: The Blackhawks overcame a two-goal deficit on Nov. 12 en route to a 3-2 win at Anaheim … The win marked Chicago’s fourth multi-goal comeback win this season which is good for first in the League … The club recorded each of the previous three this season over a three-game span from Oct. 15 – 23 for the team’s first three wins of 2022-23 … Chicago became the ninth team in NHL history to post three or more consecutive multi-goal comeback wins, and the first since Detroit did so during the 2018-19 season … Additionally, the Blackhawks are the fourth team in NHL history to overcome a multi-goal deficit in each of their first three wins of a season, joining St. Louis (3 GP in 2006-07), Detroit (3 GP in 1990-91) and the New York Islanders (3 GP in 1985-86).
LONG STORY SHORTHANDED: The Blackhawks have scored four shorthanded goals this season, all of which came in a three-game span from Oct. 15 – 23 … Chicago’s four shorthanded tallies in 2022-23 are tied for second in the NHL … The team’s three-game streak of scoring a shorthanded goal tied the longest in franchise history, which has happened six times previously, most recently from Feb. 5 – 11, 2009 … Chicago is the first club to score a shorthanded goal in three-straight games since the Ottawa Senators accomplished the feat during the 2019-20 campaign … Sam Lafferty scored two shorthanded goals against the Sharks on Oct. 15 … He is just the seventh Blackhawks player since 1933-34 (when goals by type officially began being tracked) to score two shorthanded goals in a single period, joining Rene Bourque (Feb. 28, 2008), Patrick Sharp (Nov. 3, 2007), Steve Sullivan (Jan. 26, 2001), Rick Paterson (Jan. 16, 1985), Chico Maki (Dec. 9, 1970) and Pep Kelly (Dec. 26, 1940).
BLACKHAWKS FRANCHISE LEADERS
GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS
- Stan Mikita 1,396 1. Bobby Hull 604 1. Stan Mikita 926 1. Stan Mikita 1,467
- Duncan Keith 1,192 2. Stan Mikita 541 2. Patrick Kane 766 2. Patrick Kane 1,200
- Patrick Kane, 1,132 3. Patrick Kane 434 3. Denis Savard 719 3. Bobby Hull 1,153
- Brent Seabrook, 1,114 4. Steve Larmer 406 4. Doug Wilson 554 4. Denis Savard 1,096
- Jonathan Toews 1,038 5. Denis Savard 377 5. Bobby Hull 549 5. Steve Larmer 923
- Bobby Hull 1,036 6. Jonathan Toews 365 6. Duncan Keith 520 6. Jonathan Toews 866
- Eric Nesterenko 1,013 7. Dennis Hull 298 7. Steve Larmer 517 7. Doug Wilson 779
- Bob Murray 1,008 8. Tony Amonte 268 8. Jonathan Toews 501 8. Dennis Hull 640
BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 5-7-1
Two-Days Rest: 0-2-0
Three+ Days Rest: 1-0-1
First Game of a B2B: 1-2-1
Second Game of a B2B: 0-3-1
BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-1-0
Tuesday: 1-2-0
Wednesday: 0-4-0
Thursday: 1-2-1
Friday: 1-0-1
Saturday: 3-2-1
Sunday: 1-3-1
