WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Tuesday night to win consecutive games for the first time this season. The Jets play their next two games on the road, starting on Thursday against the Detroit Red Wings. After Saturday’s game in Montreal against the Canadiens, the Jets return to Winnipeg to host the New York Rangers on Monday night.
Tale of the Tape
WPG Stat DET
6 GP 7
3 W 5
3 L 1
0 OT 1
6 PTS 11
20 GF 34
23 GA 20
16.7% PP 41.4%
72.0% PK 82.1%
Next Five Games
Date Opp TV Radio
Oct. 28 At MTL SN 680 CJOB/Power 97
Oct. 30 NYR SN 680 CJOB/Power 97
Nov. 2 At VGK TSN 680 CJOB/Power 97
Nov. 4 At ARI TSN 680 CJOB/Power 97
Nov. 7 At STL TSN 680 CJOB/Power 97
Recent Five Games
Date Opp SC Res Streak
Oct. 14 FLA 6-4 W 1W
Oct. 17 LAK 5-1 L 1L
Oct. 19 VGK 5-3 L 2L
Oct. 21 At EDM 3-2 OTW 1W
Oct. 24 STL 4-3 W 2W
Broadcast Information
TV: TSN
Play-By-Play: Dan Robertson
Analyst: Kevin Sawyer
Radio: 680 CJOB/Power 97
Play-By-Play: Paul Edmonds
Analyst: Mitchell Clinton
Host: Kelly Moore
Upcoming Schedule
Thursday, Oct. 26
Morning Skate 11:30 a.m.
Jets at Detroit Red Wings 7:00 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 27
Day Off – No Media Availability
Saturday, Oct. 28
Morning Skate 11:30 a.m.
Jets at Montreal Canadiens 7:00 p.m.
All Times Local
Last Game
Winnipeg Jets 4
St. Louis Blues 2
Jets Scorers: Gustafsson (1), Appleton (2), Connor (4), Barron (2)
Blues Scorers: Buchnevich (1), Thomas (1)
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (18 sv, 2 ga)
Blues Goaltender: Jordan Binnington (26 sv, 3 ga)
Jets PP: 0-for-3
Jets PK: 3-for-4
Recap: The Jets scored twice in each of the second and third periods to down the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Tuesday… Ten different members of the Jets registered a point, led by Neal Pionk having two assists… Brenden Dillon had four hits to lead the Jets… Connor Hell ebuyck made 18 saves for his second consecutive win.
Back to .500
The first time this season the Jets are back to .500 at 3-3-0, which is tied for fourth in the Central Division… The Jets can get above .500 for the first time this season with a win on Thursday.
Beasts from the East
Thursday’s game against the Red Wings is Winnipeg’s first of three consecutive games against Eastern Conference teams… Winnipeg is 1-0-0 against the Eastern Conference this season… The Jets finished the regular season 15-17-0 against the Eastern Conference last season… Winnipeg hasn’t posted a winning record against the East since going 18-12-2 in 2018-19… Kyle Connor led the Jets in scoring against the Eastern Conference last season with 31 points (15G, 16A) in 32 games… Mark Scheifele had 16 goals in 32 games against the East.
Road Record
The Jets are 1-1-0 on the road this season and play five of their next six games on the road… The Jets went 20-20-1 on the road last season… 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 marked the 11th time in franchise history a player has reached 20 goals on the road in a season.
Making a Comeback
Two of Winnipeg’s three wins have been in comeback fashion… The Jets had 17 comeback wins last season.
PK Streak
The Jets have allowed a goal on the penalty kill in six consecutive games to start the season… It’s the longest such streak to start a season in franchise history and the second longest since relocation (Six Games – Nov. 12-25/15)… The Jets are 72.0% on the penalty kill this season,
which is 24th in the league.
Streaking
Mark Scheifele had an assist on Tuesday to extend his point streak to six games to start the season… It’s the first time in his career Scheifele has started a season on a six-game point streak… Scheifele has a 30.8% shooting percentage this season, which is tied for 11th in the NHL… Blake Wheeler holds the franchise record for longest point streak to start a season as he had an eight-game streak to start the 2015-16 season.
Mo from Morrissey
Josh Morrissey is tied for 11th among NHL defencemen with six points (1G, 5A) in six games to start the season… Morrissey’s five assists are
tied for 8 th among NHL defencemen… Going back to last season, Morrissey has 82 points (17G, 65A) in 84 games, which is second among NHL defencemen… He has a point in 54 of the 84 games.
Productive Start
Defenceman Dylan DeMelo has started the season with five points (1G, 4A) in his first six games… He’s averaging .83 points per game, compared to his career average of .25… DeMelo leads the Jets with a plus-four rating… Dating back to last season, he has 11 points (3G, 8A) in his past 16 games.
Backend Production
Jets defencemen have combined for 16 points through the first six games, which is tied for eighth in the NHL… Five of the seven defencemen that have played for the Jets this season have at least a point… Last season, Jets defencemen combined for 192 points (46G, 146A), which was seventh in the NHL… A defenceman was in on 47 of Winnipeg’s last 63 goals to end the regular season… Josh Morrissey (76), Neal Pionk (35), Dylan DeMelo (27), Brenden Dillon (23) reached the 20-point mark, while Nate Schmidt had 19 points… All five of those defencemen are back with the Jets this season… Defencemen accounted for 27.8% of Winnipeg’s points last season, which was fourth in the NHL… With Morrissey scoring 16 goals and Pionk scoring 10 goals, it was 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.
OT
The Jets are 1-0 in overtime this season… The Jets went 10-3 in overtime (9-2) and shootouts (1-1) during last season, which led the NHL with an .769 winning percentage… Winnipeg played in just two shootouts last season, going 1-1…
Jets vs. DET Notes
Season Series
The Jets and Red Wings play twice this season… Detroit makes the trip to Winnipeg on Dec. 20.
Recent History
The Jets have dropped three of their past five games to the Red Wings after winning the previous four contests… The teams combined for 20 goals in two games last season.
In Detroit
The Jets are 5-4-0 in their past nine trips to Detroit.
Player Notes
Nino Niederreiter has 12 goals in 28 career games against the Red Wings, of which six are power play goals… He leads Jets players with 17 points in the 28 games
Jets vs. DET Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
12/05/2017 @Det L 1 5 26 6 1 12 32 6 0 12
03/02/2018 Det W 4 3 42 3 0 2 33 1 1 6
10/26/2018 @Det W 2 1 40 5 1 6 28 3 1 10
01/11/2019 Det W 4 2 27 3 0 8 35 4 1 6
12/10/2019 Det W 5 1 30 5 1 16 17 4 0 18
12/12/2019 @Det L 2 5 28 1 0 8 34 4 2 2
01/13/2022 @Det W 3 0 32 1 0 14 33 5 0 6
04/06/2022 Det L 1 3 33 3 0 8 35 4 0 6
01/10/2023 @Det L 5 7 37 3 1 6 23 3 1 6
03/31/2023 Det W 6 2 29 3 0 2 25 1 1 6
DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:
LAST GAME
RED WINGS 4 vs. SEATTLE 5 OT (10/24/23)
1ST PERIOD: No scoring
2ND PERIOD: DET Veleno (Määttä, Sprong) 1:07-EV; SEA Schwartz (Dunn, Beniers) 5:16-PP; SEA Schwartz (Wennberg, Bjorkstrand) 17:54-EV; SEA Kartye (Dumoulin) 19:04-EV
3RD PERIOD: DET Gostisbehere (Seider, Larkin) 2:10-PP; DET Larkin (Gostisbehere, Seider) 4:38-PP; DET DeBrincat (Larkin, Gostisbehere) 10:26-PP; SEA McCann (Beniers, Eberle) 18:38-PP
OT: SEA Eberle (McCann, Dunn) 4:55-EV
SHOTS: DET 27 (11-8-8-0) / SEA 38 (11-13-13-1)
GOALIES: DET Husso (OTL, 33-38) / SEA Daccord (W, 23-27)
PP: DET 3-6 / SEA 2-5
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Robby Fabbri – lower body (6 / Oct. 12)
Klim Kostin – undisclosed (3 / Oct. 20)
Jeff Petry – upper body (2 / Oct. 22)
Total Man Games Lost: 11
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
10/20 – Recalled forward Jonatan Berggren from Grand Rapids under emergency conditions … Placed forward Robby Fabbri on injured reserve retroactive to 10/12
TONIGHT’S GAME
DETROIT RED WINGS (5-1-1) vs. WINNIPEG JETS (3-3-0)
Thursday, October 26, 2023 / 7:00 P.M. ET / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: Bally Sports Detroit / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TONIGHT: 33rd all-time meeting, 18th in Detroit … First of two games this season, only game at Little Caesars Arena
ALL-TIME vs. WPG: 17-13-0-2 / HOME: 10-5-0-2 / LAST 10: 5-3-2 / IN 2022-23: 1-1-0 / THIS SEASON: 0-0-0
DET top scorers vs. WPG: David Perron (12-12-24 in 33 GP), Jeff Petry (4-14-18 in 28 GP), Dylan Larkin (2-5-7 in 14 GP), Daniel Sprong (3-3-6 in 7 GP), Moritz Seider (0-5-5 in 4 GP), Andrew Copp (0-4-4 in 3 GP), Lucas Raymond (1-2-3 in 4 GP), Klim Kostin (1-1-2 in 4 GP), Joe Veleno (1-1-2 in 4 GP), Jonatan Berggren (1-0-1 in 2 GP)
WPG top scorers vs. DET: Mark Scheifele (5-12-17 in 16 GP), Nino Niederreiter (12-5-17 in 28 GP), Kyle Connor (6-6-12 in 11 GP), Nikolaj Ehlers (3-9-12 in 11 GP), Alex Iafallo (3-6-9 in 8 GP), Neal Pionk (2-4-6 in 10 GP), Mason Appleton (0-3-3 in 5 GP), Dominic Toninato (1-1-2 in 4 GP), Rasmus Kupari (0-2-2 in 2 GP), Cole Perfetti (0-2-2 in 2 GP), David Gustafsson (0-1-1 in 1 GP)
UPCOMING GAMES
Sat., Oct. 28: RED WINGS at BRUINS / 7:00 P.M. ET / TD Garden / TV: BSD EXTRA / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Mon., Oct. 30: RED WINGS at ISLANDERS / 7:00 P.M. ET / UBS Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Thu., Nov. 2: RED WINGS vs. PANTHERS / 7:00 P.M. ET / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD EXTRA / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
LAST TIME OUT
Oct. 24 vs. Seattle – 5-4 OTL
Detroit scored three power play goals in the third period, but fell 5-4 in overtime against Seattle to move to 5-1-1 overall and 3-0-1 inside Little Caesars Arena … The result extended Detroit’s point streak to six consecutive games (5-0-1), marking the team’s longest point streak since a six-game stretch from Nov. 20-Dec. 4, 2021 (5-0-1) … Detroit has scored an NHL-best 34 goals through its first seven games, tying the 2017-18 Maple Leafs for the second-highest total in the past 30 years. Tampa Bay scored 37 goals through seven games to begin the 2012-13 campaign … The Red Wings scored three power play goals in a single period for the first time since doing so in the second stanza on March 29, 2016 at Montréal … Detroit also finished with three power play goals on Oct. 21 at Ottawa … The Red Wings have tallied multiple power play goals in five-of-seven games to open the 2023-24 season … The Red Wings rank second in the NHL in power play efficiency at 41.4 percent (12-for-29) through seven games. New Jersey has the NHL’s top power play rating at 42.3 percent (11-for-26) … Dylan Larkin finished with a power play goal and two assists to extend his point streak to seven-consecutive games (4-10-14 in 7 GP) … Larkin became the first Red Wings skater to record a season-opening point streak of seven games since Brian Rafalski (7 GP in 2008-09) … Larkin ranks second among NHL skaters with 14 points (4-10-14 in 7 GP), trailing only Jack Hughes (4-13-17 in 6 GP) … Larkin is tied for the league lead in power play goals (3) and paces the NHL in power play points (10) … Larkin tallied his fourth consecutive multi-point game (3-8-11 in 4 GP) … Larkin also had four-straight multi-point outings last season from Feb. 11-16 (5-5-10 in 4 GP) … Larkin’s power play goal marked the 450th point of his NHL career … arkin’s power play marker was the 183rd goal of his NHL career, tying Sid Abel for 19th place on the franchise’s all-time list … Shayne Gostisbehere also finished with a power play goal and two assists for his second multi-point game of the season … Gostisbehere (3-6-9 in 7 GP) and Cale Makar (3-6-9 in 6 GP) are tied for the NHL’s scoring lead among defensemen … Alex DeBrincat gave Detroit a 4-3 lead with his NHL-leading ninth goal of the season … DeBrincat (9 goals in 7 GP) has outscored San Jose (8 goals in 6 GP) through games played on Oct. 25 … DeBrincat is tied for the league lead in power play goals (3) and ranks third among NHL skaters with 13 points (9-4-13) in seven games … DeBrincat has recorded 11 points (8-3-11) in four games at Little Caesars Arena this season … DeBrincat has compiled 26 points (16-10-26) in 14 career games at Little Caesars Arena … Moritz Seider dished out a pair of assists for his third multi-point game of the season … Seider has recorded seven points (1-6-7) in seven games to begin the 2023-24 season … Seider (13-86-99 in 171 GP) is one point shy of 100 for his NHL career … Joe Veleno opened the scoring with his fourth goal of the season … Veleno is on a career-long three-game goal streak (4-0-4 in 3 GP) … Olli Määttä logged the primary assist on Veleno’s goal … Daniel Sprong also picked up an assist on Veleno’s goal to extend his point streak to three straight games (0-3-3 in 3 GP) … In all, Sprong has logged five points (2-3-5) in seven games to begin the 2023-24 season … Ville Husso stopped 33 shots to move to 3-1-1 in five starts to begin the 2023-24 season … Husso is 12-1-3 when making 32-or-more saves since joining the Red Wings.
