WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets finish a three-game California road trip on Tuesday night when they face the San Jose Sharks. The Jets have split the first two games of the trip – winning 3-2 in Anaheim over the Ducks on Thursday before losing 4-1 to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday afternoon. After Tuesday’s game, Winnipeg returns home for their final homestand of the season, which begins on Friday against the Detroit Red Wings.
Tale of the Tape
WPG Stat SJS
74 GP 73
41 W 19
30 L 39
3 OT 15
85 PTS 53
221 GF 209
209 GA 286
19.6% PP 17.4%
83.1% PK 83.1%
Next Five Games
Date Opp TV Radio
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
Apr. 8 NSH 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
Tuesday, March 28
Morning Skate 11:30 a.m.
Jets at San Jose Sharks 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 29
Travel Day – No Media Availability
Thursday, March 30
Practice – Canada Life Centre 12:00 p.m.
All Times Local
Last Game
Los Angeles Kings 4
Winnipeg Jets 1
Jets Scorer: Dubois (25)
Kings Scorers: Arvidsson (21, 22), Iafallo (11), Doughty (7)
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (25 sv, 3 ga)
Kings Goaltender: Joonas Korpisalo (25 sv, 1 ga)
Jets PP: 1-for-6
Jets PK: 1-for-2
Recap: Pierre-Luc Dubois scored Winnipeg’s lone goal in the second period in a 4-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday afternoon. Blake Wheeler paced the Jets with five shots, while Dubois and Nino Niederreiter each had five hits. Nate Schmidt had three blocked shots.
Where They Stand
The Jets are in the second wild card position in the Western Conference… Winnipeg trails the Seattle Kraken by three points for the first wild card spot, while the Calgary Flames are four points behind the Jets.
Low Scoring
Prior to Saturday’s game, Winnipeg had held their opponents to three goals or less in five consecutive games… Meanwhile, the Jets have been held to three goals or less in eight consecutive games, including being shut out twice… The last time Winnipeg scored more than three goals in
game was a 5-4 win at TBL on Mar. 11… The Jets have scored one goal or less in a game 19 times this season, which is tied for third most in the NHL season behind Chicago (25) and Anaheim (20).
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 ninth in the NHL.
Against the Pacific
Winnipeg is 12-6-3 against the Pacific Division this season… Kyle Connor (10G, 16A) leads the Jets with 26 points in 21 games against the
Pacific Division this season, while Mark Scheifele has 13 goals in 21 games, including six of his 11 power play goals this season.
Backend Production
Jets defencemen have combined for 172 points (42G, 130A) this season, which is tied for sixth in the NHL… A defenceman has been in on 32 of
Winnipeg’s past 29 goals… Josh Morrissey (69), Neal Pionk (30), 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 19-18-1 on the road this season… Winnipeg has won four of their past seven road games… Kyle Connor (13G, 21A) leads the Jets in scoring on the road with 34 points in 38 games… Mark Scheifele has a team leading 19 goals, which is tied for 12th in the NHL… Nikolaj Ehlers has 19 points (7G, 12A) in 21 road games this season and has a point in 12 of the 21 games.
PK Prowess
Winnipeg is tied for fourth in the NHL with a penalty kill successful 83.1% of the time… Winnipeg has been perfect on the penalty kill in eight of its past 11 games (22-for-27, 81.5%)… 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. SJS Records
Overall Record
GP W L OT
39 13 21 5
Home Record
GP W L OT
19 5 11 3
Away Record
GP W L OT
20 8 10 2
Jets vs. SJS Notes
Season Series
The Jets and Sharks play their second of three meetings this the season Tuesday in San Jose… Winnipeg lost 3-2 in overtime to San Jose on Mar. 6…The Sharks make a return visit on Apr. 10 for the final game between the two clubs this season.
Recent History
Winnipeg is 6-3-3 in its past 12 games against the Sharks and went 1-1-1 last season the trio of games… Eight of the 12 games have been decided by one goal… The Jets have been held without a power play goal in their last four games against San Jose (0-for-12).
In San Jose
Winnipeg dropped their last two games at SAP Center at San Jose to the Sharks, but had one the previous four games prior to that… Both losses have come by one goal.
Player Notes
Sam Gagner has a team best 28 points (8G, 20A) in 45 games against the Sharks during his career… Blake Wheeler has 25 points (7G, 18A) in 29 games against San Jose. Ten of his 18 assists have come on the power play… Four of Mark Scheifele’s six career goals against the Sharks have come on the power play… Connor Hellebuyck is 7-5-2 with a .928 save percentage and 2.47 goals-against average in 15 career games against the Sharks.
Jets vs. SJS Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
12/20/2018 @SJ W 5 3 24 3 0 13 44 4 1 11
02/05/2019 SJ OTL 2 3 27 5 0 8 38 3 1 12
03/12/2019 SJ L 4 5 25 2 1 4 36 2 0 4
11/01/2019 @SJ W 3 2 19 2 0 4 53 2 0 4
11/27/2019 @SJ W 5 1 26 3 1 34 33 6 0 18
02/14/2020 SJ L 2 3 32 3 1 8 35 3 0 10
10/16/2021 @SJ L 3 4 23 3 0 17 31 5 2 13
10/30/2021 @SJ OTL 1 2 35 0 0 8 36 3 1 2
11/11/2021 SJ W 4 1 34 3 0 7 27 0 0 13
03/06/2023 SJ OTL 2 3 38 6 0 6 38 2 0 14
SAN JOSE SHARKS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Game 73 – 3/25 – SJS 3 at CGY 5…Erik Karlsson (0g, 2a) set a personal best and Sharks record with his 67th and 68th assists of the
campaign, the most ever by a Sharks defenseman in one year. Andrew Agozzino (0g, 1a) extended his scoring streak to three games
with an assist on the Sharks’ first goal. Logan Couture (1g, 0a) netted his 25th goal of the season, his first 25-goal campaign since
2018-19 and seventh of his career. Nico Sturm (1g, 0a) and Martin Kaut (1g, 0a) also lit the lamp in the tilt.
SJ Goals: Couture (25), Sturm (14), Kaut (3)
SF: 31
SA: 30
SJ PP: 0/3
SJ PK: 1/1
W: Markstrom
L: Kahkonen
RECENT SHARKS TRANSACTIONS
3/25 Reassigned D Nikolai Knyzhov to the San Jose Barracuda
3/25 Signed D Henry Thrun to a two-year contract
3/25 Reassigned D Derrick Pouliot to the San Jose Barracuda
3/22 Recalled F Jacob Peterson from the San Jose Barracuda
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: WINNIPEG JETS
The Winnipeg Jets conclude their stay in California with a Tuesday contest against the Sharks, the third game of their swing through the Golden State. The Jets have split the first two matchups, taking a 3-2 win at Anaheim last Thursday and most recently falling 4-1 to Los Angeles on Saturday. The Sharks won the lone prior meeting between the clubs this season, a game in which San Jose tied the game in the final minute and went on to win in overtime. The Jets find themselves in the heat of a tight Western Conference wild card race, trailing Seattle by three points for the first wild card and four points ahead of Calgary. Nashville also lingers with two games in hand and five points back.
March 28, 7:30 p.m.
SAN JOSE SHARKS VS WINNIPEG JETS
19-39-15 (53 pts), 8th Pacific 2022-23 RECORD/STANDING 41-30-3 (85 pts), 4th Central, 2nd WC
0-3-2 LAST 5 GAMES 3-2-0
1-0-0 SEASON SERIES 0-0-1
24-10-2-3 (incl. as ATL) ALL-TIME RECORD AGAINST OPPONENT 13-21-2-3 (incl. as ATL)
2022-23 PLAYER STATS
Logan Couture and Erik Karlsson (73) GAMES PLAYED LEADER 5 players (74)
Timo Meier (31) GOALS LEADER Mark Scheifele (38)
Erik Karlsson (68) ASSISTS LEADER Josh Morrissey (54)
Erik Karlsson (90) POINTS LEADER Kyle Connor (75)
PRIME PENALTY KILL…After going 9-for-9 on a three-game Canadian road trip, including 3-for-3 against the league’s top power play in Edmonton, the Sharks are now tied for the league’s fourth-best penalty kill at 83.1-percent on the year. The Sharks have finished top-two in the NHL on the PK in two of the past three years, including second (85.2%) in 2021-22 and first (85.7%) in 2019-20.
