WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets play their final game of 2022 when they visit the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. Winnipeg doubled up the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Thursday at Canada Life Centre in its final home game of 2022. After Saturday’s game, the Jets begin 2023 with a three-game homestand, starting Tuesday against the Calgary Flames.
Last Game
Winnipeg Jets 4
Vancouver Canucks 2
Jets Scorers: Scheifele (21, 22, 23), Dubois (17)
Canucks Scorers: Kuzmenko (15), Garland (6)
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (22 sv, 2 ga)
Canucks Goaltender: Collin Delia (35 sv, 3 ga)
Jets PP: 2-for-4
Jets PK: 2-for-2
Recap: Mark Scheifele had a hat trick and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored on a penalty shot, as the Jets beat the Canucks 4-2 on Thursday. Kyle Connor and Josh Morrissey each had a pair of assists for the Jets. Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves to earn the win. Axel Jonsson-Fjällby paced the Jets with five shots.
Against the Pacific
Winnipeg is 6-4-1 against the Pacific Division this season… Winnipeg’s in the midst of playing four of five games are against Pacific Division
squads… Kyle Connor (4G, 10A) and Josh Morrissey (14A) lead the Jets with 14 points in 11 games against the Pacific Division this season, while Mark Scheifele has 11 goals in 11 games.
Road Record
The Jets are 9-7-1 on the road this season… Winnipeg has lost three consecutive road games for the first time this season after matching a franchise record five-game road winning streak… Defenceman Josh Morrissey (1G, 19A) leads the Jets in scoring on the road with 20 points, but his franchise-tying 10-game road point streak ended in Washington… Pierre-Luc Dubois has a team leading eight goals.
On the PK
Winnipeg is eighth in the NHL with a penalty kill successful 81.4% of the time… The Jets are 6-for-7 (85.7%) on the penalty kill in their past three 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. EDM Notes
Season Series
This is the first of three games between the Oilers and Jets this season… The other two games are part of a back-to-back, home-and-home on Mar. 3 at Edmonton and Mar. 4 in Winnipeg.
Recent History
The Jets are 1-7-1 in their past nine games against the Oilers, but went 1-1-1 in the three games last season… Both teams scored seven goals in regulation in the three games last season.
In Edmonton
Winnipeg is winless in their past four trips to Edmonton (0-3-1), but were 5-1-0 in the six games before that… The Jets are a perfect 6-for-6 on the penalty kill in their past three games in Edmonton… Six of the past eight games between Winnipeg and Edmonton at Rogers Place have been one-goal games.
Player Notes
Mark Scheifele has 21 points (10G, 11A) in 32 games against the Oilers, including five power play goals… Scheifele had a five-game point streak against the Oilers from Mar. 11/20-Feb. 17/21… Kyle Connor has points in three consecutive games against the Oilers (2G, 1A).
Jets vs. EDM Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
02/15/2021 @Edm W 6 5 24 2 1 9 45 2 1 9
02/17/2021 @Edm L 2 3 35 5 1 12 30 6 1 20
03/18/2021 @Edm L 1 2 25 1 0 2 21 1 0 2
03/20/2021 @Edm L 2 4 31 3 1 16 37 3 0 6
04/17/2021 Edm L 0 3 26 3 0 12 25 6 2 6
04/26/2021 Edm L 1 6 37 2 1 2 30 1 0 4
04/28/2021 Edm L 1 3 30 1 0 6 27 3 2 2
11/16/2021 Edm W 5 2 35 4 1 8 34 4 2 8
11/18/2021 @Edm SOL 1 2 47 5 0 11 32 2 0 17
02/19/2022 Edm L 2 4 24 6 1 12 40 5 1 14
EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
8:00 p.m. MT at Rogers Place
BROADCAST INFO: 630 CHED Radio, Sportsnet
20-15-2 – 42 PTS RECORD 22-13-1 – 45 PTS
Div. – 3rd Conference – 6th RANK Div. – 2nd Conference – 4th
1st –33.3% (44/132) POWER PLAY 12th – 23.6% (26/110)
26th – 73.1% (98/134) PENALTY KILL 10th – 81.4% (79/97)
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. WINNIPEG GP RECORD HOME (23) AWAY (23) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. WINNIPEG 46 25-13-1-7 12-8-1-2 13-5-0-5 147 125
OILERS vs. WINNIPEG – 2022-23 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0
QUICK FACTS
• Saturday’s game will mark Edmonton’s first of three games against the Jets this season and the first of two games in Edmonton. The next time these teams will meet is on Mar. 3 in Edmonton.
• The last time these teams met was on February 19th in Winnipeg, with the Oilers winning 4-2.
• Connor McDavid leads the Oilers with 47 career points against Winnipeg and Tyson Barrie has played a team high 41 career games against Winnipeg.
LAST 10 GAMES vs. WINNIPEG
Record: 5-5-0
GF: 28 GA: 24
2021-22 2/19/22 @ WPG 4-2 W
2021-22 11/18/21 @ EDM 2-1 W (SO)
2021-22 11/16/21 @ WPG 5-2 L
*2020-21 5/24/21 @ WPG 4-3 L (3OT)
*2020-21 5/23/21 @ WPG 5-4 L (OT)
*2020-21 5/21/21 @ EDM 1-0 L (OT)
*2020-21 5/19/21 @ EDM 4-1 L
2020-21 4/28/21 @ WPG 3-1 W
2020-21 4/26/21 @ WPG 6-1 W
2020-21 4/17/21 @ WPG 3-0 W
*Notes it was a playoff game
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 15 F Brad Malone placed on waivers
Dec. 16 F Brad Malone cleared waivers and loaned to Bakersfield (AHL) D Markus Niemelainen recalled from Bakersfield
OILERS IN DECEMBER
Overall – 542 GP, 238-225-42-36 – 0.510
2022-23 – 14 GP, 7-5-2 – 14 PTS
2021-22 –12 GP, 3-8-1 – 7 PTS
