WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets continue a three-game California road trip on Saturday afternoon when they travel to face the Los Angeles Kings. The Jets started the trip with a 3-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night. It was Winnipeg’s third win in their past four games. Winnipeg finishes the trip against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday before returning to Winnipeg for a five-game homestand, beginning Friday against the Detroit Red Wings.
Tale of the Tape
WPG Stat LAK
73 GP 71
41 W 41
29 L 20
3 OT 10
85 PTS 92
220 GF 247
205 GA 229
19.7% PP 24.4%
83.4% PK 75.9%
Next Five Games
Date Opp TV Radio
Mar. 25 At LAK TSN CJOB/Power 97
Mar. 28 At SJS TSN CJOB/Power 97
Mar. 31 DET TSN CJOB/Power 97
Apr. 2 NJD TSN CJOB/Power 97
Apr. 5 CGY SN CJOB/Power 97
Recent Five Games
Date Opp SC Res Streak
Mar. 16 BOS 3-0 L 2L
Mar. 18 At NSH 3-2 OTW 1W
Mar. 19 At STL 3-0 L 1L
Mar. 21 ARI 2-1 W 1W
Mar. 23 At ANA 3-2 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: Jamie Thomas
Host: Kelly Moore
Upcoming Schedule
Saturday, March 25
Jets at Los Angeles Kings 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 26
Day Off – No Media Availability
Monday, March 27
Practice – Toyota Sports Center 12:00 p.m.
All Times Local
Last Game
Winnipeg Jets 3
Anaheim Ducks 2
Jets Scorers: Appleton (3), Connor (28), Lowry (11)
Ducks Scorers: Fowler (10), Vatrano (18)
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (18 sv, 2 ga)
Ducks Goaltender: Lukas Dostal (30 sv, 3 ga)
Jets PP: 0-for-2
Jets PK: 1-for-2
Recap: Adam Lowry scored midway through the third period to lift the Jets past the Ducks 3-2 on Thursday. Lowry also added an assist for a two-point night. Mason Appleton scored in the first period for Winnipeg, while Kyle Connor had a second period tally. Connor and Josh Morrissey paced the Jets with four shots. Brenden Dillon was the only member of the Jets to register two hits.
Slim Margins
The Jets have earned their past five victories by one goal… Winnipeg has scored three goals or less in each of the wins… The Jets have 14 wins when scoring three goals or less this season, which is tied for seventh in the NHL… Winnipeg also has five wins this season when scoring two goals or less… The Jets 17 one-goal wins are tied for seventh in the NHL.
Where They Stand
The Jets are in the second wild card position in the Western Conference… Winnipeg trails the Seattle Kraken by one point for the first wild card spot, while the Nashville Predators are five points behind the Jets.
Against the Pacific
Winnipeg is 12-5-3 against the Pacific Division this season… Kyle Connor (10G, 15A) leads the Jets with 25 points in 20 games against the Pacific Division this season, while Mark Scheifele has 13 goals in 20 games, including six of his 11 power play goals this season.
Backend Production
Jets defencemen have combined for 171 points (42G, 129A) this season, which is tied for fourth in the NHL… A defenceman has been in on 22 of Winnipeg’s past 28 goals… Josh Morrissey (69), Neal Pionk (29), Dylan DeMelo (22), and Brenden Dillon (21) have all reached the 20-point mark, while Nate Schmidt has 16 points.
Road Record
The Jets are 19-17-1 on the road this season… Winnipeg has won four of their past six road games… Kyle Connor (13G, 20A) leads the Jets in scoring on the road with 33 points in 37 games… Mark Scheifele has a team leading 19 goals, which is tied for eighth in the NHL… Nikolaj Ehlers has 19 points (7G, 12A) in 20 road games this season and has a point in 12 of the 20 games.
PK Prowess
Winnipeg is third in the NHL with a penalty kill successful 83.4% of the time… Winnipeg has been perfect on the penalty kill in seven of its past nine games (18-for-22, 81.8%)… 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.
Power Outage
The Jets have gone six consecutive games without scoring a power play goal, going 0-for-21… The longest stretch without a power play goal since relocation was 10 games from Mar. 14-Apr. 1/16.
Jets vs. LAK Records
Overall Record
GP W L OT
40 20 18 2
Home Record
GP W L OT
21 12 8 1
Away Record
GP W L OT
19 8 10 1
Jets vs. LAK Notes
Season Series
The Jets and Kings meet three times this season… Winnipeg won the first game 6-4 in Los Angeles on Oct. 27, while falling 6-5 in a shootout at home on Feb. 28.
Recent History
The Jets have won four of their past six games against the Kings, including a pair of wins by one goal… Dating back to 2016, 14 of the 18 games between the Jets and Kings have been decided by one goal, including six in overtime or a shootout.
In Los Angeles
Winnipeg has won consecutive games at Crypto.com Arena and is 4-2-0 in its past six trips to Los Angeles… The Jets are 3-for-9 on the power play in their past two games in LA.
Player Notes
Blake Wheeler leads the team with 25 points (10G, 15A) in 31 career games against the Kings… Pierre-Luc Dubois has nine points (4G, 5A) in 10 games against Los Angeles… Mark Scheifele (2G, 5A) and Kyle Connor (2G, 5A) are on five-game point streaks against the Kings.
Jets vs. LAK Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
12/18/2018 @LA L 1 4 28 3 0 6 31 3 0 6
03/18/2019 @LA W 3 2 28 1 1 11 17 2 1 9
10/22/2019 LA L 2 3 28 5 0 8 41 4 1 10
11/30/2019 @LA L 1 2 34 3 0 0 34 0 0 6
02/18/2020 LA W 6 3 35 2 0 4 34 2 0 4
10/28/2021 @LA W 3 2 31 4 1 4 32 2 0 8
11/13/2021 LA W 3 2 23 1 0 4 29 2 0 2
04/02/2022 LA L 2 3 27 6 0 6 38 3 1 12
10/27/2022 @LA W 6 4 19 5 2 8 44 4 1 10
02/28/2023 LA SOL 5 6 31 3 0 10 37 4 1 8
LOS ANGELES KINGS NOTES:
MARCH 25 vs. Winnipeg Jets – 1:00 PM PT // Venue: Crypto.com Arena // TV: Bally Sports West // Radio: iHeartRadio
- The LA Kings host the Winnipeg Jets for the third, and final, meeting between these two clubs this season (4-6 L on Oct. 27; 6-5 SOW on Feb. 28).
- The Kings aim to take the season series, 2-1, for the first time since the 2019-20 campaign (2-1-0).
- Tonight’s game marks the sixth game of the Kings’ seven-game homestand (2-1 SOL vs. NSH on Mar. 11; 5-2 W vs. NYI on Mar. 14; 4-1 W on Mar. 16 vs. CBJ; 2-3 SOL on Mar. 18 vs. VAN; 8-2 W on Mar. 20 vs. CGY; Mar. 26 vs. STL).
WARM-UPS
1) Tonight is the first game of the Kings’ tenth set of back-to-backs this season. Prior to this weekend, the team is 10-4-4 in back-to-backs (6-2-1 in the first game, 4-2-3 in the second).
2) The Kings have points in three of their last four games vs. Winnipeg (2-1-1), dating back to Nov. 13, 2021.
3) Adrian Kempe is one goal shy from tying his career-high of 35 set last season.
4) Per NHL PR, Anze Kopitar’s two-point first period on Monday (0-2=2) marked his 41st multi-point first period to tie Dave Taylor for the fourth most in Kings history. The only others with more: Marcel Dionne (65), Wayne Gretzky (53) and Luc Robitaille (52).
5) Only Minnesota’s Connor Dewar (7) has more successful neutral zone body checks this season than Blake Lizotte (6).
vs. WINNIPEG^ ALL-TIME:
All-Time Record: 20-11-0-9
Home: 11-4-0-4
Away: 9-7-0-5
OT: 2-9
Shootout: 1-4
2021-22: 1-1-1
2022-23: 1-1-0
^-dating back to Atlanta franchise (1999-00)
FRANCHISE LEADERS vs. WINNIPEG^:
Anze Kopitar* – 30 GP, 32 PTS (14-18=32)
Drew Doughty* – 27 GP, 17 PTS (1-16=17)
Dustin Brown – 28 GP, 14 PTS (8-6=14)
Jeff Carter – 19 GP, 12 PTS (5-7=12)
Tyler Toffoli – 17 GP, 11 PTS (5-6=11)
*-denotes active roster player
^-dating back to Atlanta franchise (1999-00)
LAST MEETING vs. WINNIPEG: Feb. 28, 2023 – LAK 6 vs. WPG 5 (SO)
Venue: Canada Life Centre
LAK Goals: Kopitar (21, 22, 23, 24), Vilardi (19), Kempe (SO GDG)
WPG Goals: Morrissey (12, 13), Connor (27), Stenlund (4, 5)
Goalies: LAK: Copley (SOW; 26 saves – 31 shots) WPG: Hellebuyck (SOL; 32 saves – 37 shots)
LAK PP: 1-for-4
LAK PK: 0-for-3
THE NEXT THREE:
Sun., March 26 | vs. St. Louis Blues | 7:30 p.m. PT | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
The Kings look to sweep the season series against the Blues for the third time in franchise history and the first since the 2012-13 season (3-0-0).
Tues., March 28 | at Calgary Flames | 7:00 p.m. MT (6:00 p.m. PT) | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
The Kings visit Calgary next week to begin their four-game Pacific Division road trip (Mar. 30 at EDM; April 1 at SEA; April 2 at VAN).
Thurs., March 30 | at Edmonton Oilers | 7:00 p.m. MT (6:00 p.m. PT) | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
The Kings have won their last two meetings against Edmonton and have points in their last three games vs. the Oilers in Edmonton (2-0-1).
INJURY & MGL REPORT
Player, Games Missed, Date(s), Status
F Trevor Moore, 23 games, Dec. 27 – Jan. 31 (upper-body); Feb. 23 – Mar. 6 (upper-body)
F Alex Iafallo, 23 games, Oct. 18 – Dec. 3 (lower-body)
F Brendan Lemieux, 18 games, Nov. 14 – Dec. 20 (lower-body)
F Arthur Kaliyev, 18 games, Dec. 22 – Jan. 31 (lower-body)
F Carl Grundstrom, 15 games, Jan. 19 – Feb. 26 (lower-body)
F Gabriel Vilardi, 10 games, Nov. 27 (lower-body); Jan. 19 – Feb. 13 (undisclosed)
D Sean Durzi, 8 games, Nov. 19 – Nov. 22. (lower-body); Mar. 9 – Pres. (lower-body)
F Quinton Byfield, 6 games, Oct. 27 – Nov. 5 (illness)
F Kevin Fiala, 5 games, Mar. 11 – Pres. (lower-body)
F Viktor Arvidsson, 3 games, Oct. 13 (illness); Oct. 25 (illness); Jan. 11 (illness)
D Drew Doughty, 1 game, Dec. 11 (lower-body)
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 130
RECENT TRANSACTIONS (as of 3/24/23)
Mar. 20 – Rights to Cole Krygier (D) acquired from Florida in exchange for future considerations.
LA KINGS TEAM NOTES:
HOME COOKIN’
The Kings enter tonight riding a 11-game home point streak (9-0-2), dating back to Feb. 11 (6-0 W vs. PIT). It is the first double digit home point streak the Kings have established since the 2001-02 season (9-0-2-0, Mar. 4 – April 14, 2002). Over those 11 games at Crypto.com Arena, the Kings have outscored their opponents 47-21 with a goals-for per game average of 4.27, the third-highest home average in the league during that time (since Feb. 11).
Should the Kings collect a point tonight, it would mark the second home point streak of at least 12 games in franchise history:
Longest home point streaks in Kings history
Season Start Date End Date Games W-L-T-OT
1992-93 Oct. 10, 1992 Dec. 8, 1992 13 12-0-1-0
2022-23 Feb. 11, 2023 Pres. 11 9-0-0-2
2001-02 Mar. 4, 2002 April 14, 2002 11 9-0-2-0
1990-91 Oct. 11, 1990 Nov. 20, 1990 11 10-0-1-0
1973-74 Mar. 2, 1974 Mar. 28, 1974 10 8-0-2-0
1972-73 Oct. 21, 1972 Nov. 22, 1972 10 8-0-2-0
2003-04 Nov. 29, 2003 Jan. 3, 2004 9 4-0-4-1
1991-92 Feb. 6, 1992 Mar. 17, 1992 9 8-0-1-0
1979-80 Oct. 10, 1979 Nov. 15, 1979 9 5-0-4-0
The team has an overall active point streak of 10 games, tied for the second-longest in franchise history (also 10 GP from Oct. 16 – Nov. 5, 1980 & Oct. 24 – Nov. 15, 1974). A point tonight would tie their streak for the lengthiest run in team history at 11 games, previously set from Feb. 28 to March 24, 1974 and matched from Jan. 22 – Feb. 17, 2011 and from Nov. 7-27, 2013.
BEST IN THE WEST AT HOME
LA is 12-3-2 over their last 17 home games since the beginning of January. In 36 games at Crypto.com Arena this season, the team has established a record of 23-9-4 with 50 points for a points percentage of .694%, topping all Western Conference teams and placing fifth in the league overall.
