WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Last Game
Winnipeg Jets 6, Los Angeles Kings 4
Jets Scorers: Scheifele (5), Lowry (1), Dubois (3), Schmidt (1), Jonsson-Fjällby (1), Wheeler (1)
Kings Scorers: Kaliyev (2), Lizotte (2), Vilardi (6), Moore (1)
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (40 sv, 4 ga)
Kings Goaltender: Jonathan Quick (13 sv, 5 ga)
Jets PP: 2-for-5
Jets PK: 3-for-4
Recap: Despite begin outshot 44-19, the Jets left Los Angeles with a 6-4 victory against the Kings on Thursday night… Adam Lowry (1G, 1A) and Morgan Barron (2A) led the Jets with two points each, as 12 different members of the Jets found the scoresheet… Axel Jonsson-Fjällby scored his first goal in a Jets uniform at 14:23 of the third period, which was the game-winning goal… Connor Hellebuyck turned away 40 shots for the second time this season in his second consecutive win.
On the Road
Thursday’s win evened Winnipeg’s record on the road to 2-2-0 this season… Neal Pionk (3G, 1A), Adam Lowry (1G, 3A), and Pierre-Luc Dubois (4A) lead the Jets on the road with four points in four games… The Jets are in the midst of playing six of eight games on the road to open the season… The six games are a pair of three-game, four-night trips… Winnipeg’s first 15 road games are against Western Conference teams…The Jets were 16-17-8 on the road last season and have dropped six of their past seven road games dating back to last season… Kyle Connor led the Jets in scoring on the road last season with 52 points (26G, 26A) in 39 games, which was tied for seventh in the NHL… His 52 points was one shy of tying the franchise record (Ilya Kovalchuk – 53 in 2005-06).
Gotta Get Four
The winning side has scored at least four goals in each of Winnipeg’s seven games to start the season… The Jets have won their four games by an average score of 4.5-2, while they have lost three games by an average score of 4.3-1.3… Winnipeg went 28-1-2 last season when scoring four goals in a game and 6-20-5 when allowing four goals or more.
Back-2-Back
The Jets are playing their second of 13 back-to-back sets on their schedule this season… 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.
Tallying First
The Jets have scored the opening goal in six of their seven games to start the season and are 4-2-0 when scoring first… The Jets were 24-10-6 last season when scoring the game’s first goal and 15-22-5 when trailing first.
Central Rivals
The Jets are 2-1-0 against their Central Division counterparts this season… Ten of Winnipeg’s first 21 games this season are against Central Division teams… 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… Kyle Connor (15G, 16A) and Mark Scheifele (16G, 15A) each had 31 points against the Central Division last season to lead the Jets.
Making the Most of It
The Jets tallied six goals on 19 shots on Thursday, which marked the first time in franchise history the Jets scored at least six goals on less than 20 shots… Winnipeg’s 31.6% team shooting percentage is the ninth-best in a game in franchise history… Adam Lowry, Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele, and Axel Jonsson-Fjällby all scored on their only shot of the game… It’s the fifth time all-time that four players have scored on their only shot in a game, which ties a franchise record… All five occurrences have happened since relocation… Mark Scheifele holds the franchise record with 30 games of scoring on his only shot.
On the Board
Adam Lowry, Nate Schmidt, Axel Jonsson-Fjällby, and Blake Wheeler all scored their first goals of the season on Thursday… The Jets have had 11 different players find the back of the net this season, which ranks tied for 16th in the NHL… Prior to Thursday, only seven Jets players had registered a goal this season, which was tied for the fewest in the NHL.
Helle-tastic
Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck has started six of Winnipeg’s seven games this season, going 4-2-0 with a 2.50 goals-against average and .925 save percentage… He’s averaging 33.1 shots and 30.6 saves per game… Hellebuyck’s 184 saves rank third in the NHL this season and he’s one of only seven netminders in the league this summer to register a shutout
On the Docket
Aside from opening the season at Canada Life Centre, other highlights of the home schedule include Patrik Laine and the Columbus Blue Jackets coming to Winnipeg on Dec. 2… Former head coach Paul Maurice, after nine seasons as the Jets bench boss, brings his new team – the President Trophy winning Florida Panthers – to Canada Life Centre on Dec. 6… The longest homestand of the season is the final one on the schedule, which spans five games from Mar. 31-Apr. 10… Winnipeg doesn’t play from Jan. 31-Feb. 10, as the NHL All-Star Weekend takes place on Feb. 3-4 in Florida, followed by the club’s five-day player break… January also features the Jets’ longest road trip of the campaign, as they will play five straight contests away from Manitoba from Jan. 17-24… December is the team’s busiest month, with the Jets playing 16 games in total – nine at home and seven on the road. Winnipeg’s first 15 road games of the season are against Western Conference teams… The Jets first visit to the Eastern Conference is not until back-to-back games on Dec. 22-23 at Boston and Washington… Winnipeg plays 13 back-to-backs this season: eleven are consecutive games as the visiting team and two feature a game at Canada Life Centre and a game on the road.
On The Power Play
The Jets are 4-for-24 (33.3%) on the power play to start the season and scored multiple power play goals on Thursday for the first time this season… The Jets finished 17th in the NHL with a power play that clicked at 21.1% last season… It was the fifth consecutive season the power play has finished better than 20.0%… Winnipeg’s 52 power play goals was the most in the previous three seasons… The Jets longest streak with a power play goal was five games from Dec. 17-Jan. 6… Kyle Connor led the Jets with 28 power play points (8G, 20A) last season… Pierre-Luc Dubois led the team with 15 power play goals, which is a career high. His previous best was six power play goals as a rookie with the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2017-18.
Home Comforts
The Jets are 1-1-0 at Canada Life Centre to start the season and have won six of their past seven home games dating back to last season… The Winnipeg went 23-15-3 at home last season, which ranked 15th in the NHL with 49 points… Winnipeg also started the season with four consecutive wins in their first four games at Canada Life Centre… The Jets outscored their opposition 140-115 in the 41 home games and 13 of the 23 wins came by three goals or more… Winnipeg’s 140 goals on home ice were 10th in the NHL… Winnipeg finished ninth in the NHL with a 52.0% faceoff winning percentage… Winnipeg is 231-150-36 all-time at Canada Life Centre and have posted a .500 record or better at home in six consecutive seasons.
Extra Time
The Jets are 1-0 in overtime thanks to Neal Pionk’s game-winning goal on Oct. 19 against Colorado… Winnipeg was 7-11 in games that went to extra time last season, including 5-7 in overtime and 2-4 in shootouts… The 11 overtime/shootout losses is tied for sixth most in the NHL… The franchise record for overtime/shootout losses in a season is 13, which happened during the 2009-10 and 2014-15 seasons… Seven of Winnipeg’s 12 overtime games happened on the road last season… Mark Scheifele (twice), Kyle Connor, Pierre-Luc Dubois, and Nikolaj Ehlers scored Winnipeg’s
overtime goals this season… Two of Winnipeg’s five overtime goals last season were scored within the first 32 seconds of the overtime period.
Goal-Games
Two of the Jets four wins have come by at least three goals, while all three of Winnipeg’s losses this season have come by three goals… Winnipeg finished last season 12-5-11 in one-goal games… Meanwhile, the Jets were 10-12 in games decided by two goals and 17-15 in games decided by three goals or more.
Zeros
The Jets registered their first shutout of the season on Monday against St. Louis… The Jets had five shutouts last season, which is two shy of the franchise record… The Jets beat the Seattle Kraken on Dec. 9 and Detroit Red Wings on Jan. 13 by a 3-0 score, while they shut out Minnesota 2-0 on Jan. 8, Vegas 4-0 on Mar. 22, and Philadelphia 4-0 on Apr. 27.
KC Wins The Byng
Kyle Connor won the NHL’s Lady Byng Trophy last season, given ”to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.”… Connor had just four penalty minutes en route to tallying 93 points (47G, 46A).
Single-Season Records
Kyle Connor finished third in franchise history with 47 goals last season. The most goals in a season in franchise history is 52, which Ilya Kovalchuk did in 2005-06 and 2007-08. Connor passed Patrik Laine (44 in 2017-18) for the most goals in a season since relocation… Kyle Connor ended the season fourth in franchise history with 93 points last season, which is the most since relocation. It’s the eighth time in franchise history a player has reached the 90-point mark in a season… Pierre-Luc Dubois’ 15 power play goals ended the season tied for eighth in franchise history and are the most since Patrik Laine had 15 power play tallies in 2018-19… Kyle Connor and Adam Lowry each had three shorthanded goals this season, which ranks tied for fourth in franchise history. Only three players in franchise history have scored four or more shorthanded goals in a season.
On the Farm
The Manitoba Moose are 4-0-1 on the season after sweeping a three-game, three-night road trip last weekend… The Moose are first in the AHL’s Central Division… Jansen Harkins leads the Moose and is seventh in AHL scoring with seven points (4G, 3A) in four games… Manitoba welcomes the Iowa Wild to Canada Life Centre on Saturday and Sunday to begin a six-game homestand.
Jets vs. ARI Notes
Season Series
This is Winnipeg’s only trip to Arizona in the three games between the two sides this season… The Jets entertain the Coyotes on Jan. 15 and Mar. 21 at Canada Life Centre.
Recent History
Dating back to 2011, the Jets are 19-6-0 against Arizona in 25 games… Winnipeg has lost consecutive games to the Coyotes during that span and have a pair of five-game winning streaks… The Jets have won three consecutive games against the Coyotes and have limited Arizona to one goal in three of the past four contests.
In Arizona
This is the first meeting between the Jets and Coyotes at Mullett Arena… Winnipeg has won the past three games between the two sides in Arizona, all by a margin of two goals… The Jets were 7-7-2 at Gila River Arena, the previous home of the Coyotes.
Player Notes
Mark Scheifele has 20 points (7G, 13A) in 22 games against Arizona during his career… He had a six-game point streak against the Coyotes from Oct. 9/14-Nov. 10/16 (1G, 5A)…Connor Hellebuyck boasts a 8-3-0 record with a 2.25 GAA and .919 SV% in 12 starts against the Coyotes, while David Rittich is 1-1-0, but has a .917 SV%.
ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Tonight is Arizona’s home opener and first ever game at Mullett Arena, its home rink for the 2022-23 season. It is the third venue the Coyotes will call home since moving to the Valley ahead of 1996-97
• The Coyotes/Jets franchise is 24-13-2-3 all-time in home openers and are seeking their first win in a home opener since the 2016-17 campaign (0-3-2 since)
• The Coyotes are fresh off a 6-3 victory over CBJ (10/25) where Clayton Keller and Shayne Gostisbehere notched 3 pts apiece
LAST GAME
Coyotes 6, Blue Jackets 3 – October 25, 2022 – Nationwide Arena
ARI Goals: Gostisbehere (3, 4), Kassian (1), Guenther (2), McBain (1), Crouse (2)
CBJ Goals: Gaudreau (5), Johnson (3), Peeke (2)
ARI Goalie: Ingram (W) – 30 svs on 33 shots
CBJ Goalie: Tarasov (L) – 8 svs on 12 shots | Merzlikins – 5 svs on 6 shots
PP: 2-6 PK: 5-5
Notes: ARI scored a season-high 6 goals to defeat CBJ and conclude the road trip 2-4-0…Shayne Gostisbehere registered 2-1-3 to mark his fourth career multi-goal game and notch his 200th career assist…The performance also marked his 60th career multi-point outing…Clayton Keller (0-3-3) tied his career-high with 3 assists…Dylan Guenther scored for the second consecutive game, again on the PP…Travis Boyd established a 3-game point/assist streak with the 3-game assist streak tying his career-best…Jack McBain and Zack Kassian scored their first goals of the season, while Liam O’Brien assisted on McBain’s goal for his first point of the campaign…Connor Ingram stopped 30-of-33 shots for his first win as a Coyote (second career win)…Lawson Crouse added his second ENG of the campaign…The Coyotes scored 6 goals on 19 shots, marking the fourth time in franchise history they’ve scored 6+ goals on 19 or fewer shots (3/15/22 at MTL, 1/8/96 at DET, 1/10/92 vs CHI)…ARI went 2-for-6 on the power play to elevate its season percentage to 29.6%
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Conor Timmins…Day-to-Day…Upper-Body (4 / 10/17)
Nick Schmaltz…Week-to-Week…Upper-Body (5 / 10/13)
Jakob Chychrun…IR…Upper-Body (6 / -)
Andrew Ladd…IR…(6 / -)
Total man games lost: 24 games
Ben McCartney (3)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-10/18 – Assigned F Ben McCartney to Tucson (AHL)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ)
OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Sun, Oct 30 5pm vs NYR Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra 620 AM
Tue, Nov 1 7pm vs FLA Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra 620 AM
Thur, Nov 3 7pm vs DAL Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona 98.7 FM
YOTES & JETS
- Tonight is the first of three ARI-WPG games this season, and the only one at Mullett Arena. The teams will also square off on 1/15 and 3/21 in Winnipeg
- The Coyotes have taken on this iteration of the Winnipeg Jets in a home opener two previous times (others: 10/15/11, 4-1 W; 10/9/14, 6-2 L)
- Nick Ritchie enters tonight with a 3-game point streak versus Winnipeg dating back to 12/5/21 (2-2-4 in that span)…He’s found the scoresheet both times he’s faced them as a member of the Coyotes, including a 2-pt showing (1-1-2) on 2/27/22
- Karel Vejmelka has squared off against the Jets three times in his young career and has posted a 1-1-1 record, 1.31 GAA and a .970 SV%. His lone career shutout also came against WPG on 11/29/21
- Coyotes franchise vs Jets:
• All-Time: 19-16-1-4
• Home: 12-6-1-1
• Road: 7-10-0-3
• L10: 3-6-1
• STRK: OT1
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE JETS
Nick Ritchie…5-4-9…15 career GP
Nick Bjugstad…3-4-7…15 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Schmaltz/Ritchie, 5)… Assists (Schmaltz, 7)…Points (Schmaltz, 12)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Gostisbehere, 2)…Assists (Valimaki, 3)…Points (Gostisbehere/Valimaki, 3)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
- Shayne Gostisbehere returns for his second season in AZ after posting 51 points last year (14-37-51) to lead Coyotes d-men
- The blueliner has picked up right where he left off by notching 4-4-8 in his first 6 GP. In his last 9 GP dating back to last season, Gostisbehere has posted 15 pts (7-8-15) to lead all NHL defensemen in that span
- Gostisbehere enters tonight among NHL defensemen in goals (4, T-2nd), points 8 (3rd), power-play points (5, T-2nd) and shots (23, T-7
th) in 2022-23. He’s also one of five d-men to register a shorthanded goal - Gostisbehere picked up his 200th career assist last time out, making him the second defenseman from the 2012 Draft Class to reach the milestone (Morgan Rielly)
- Since the start of 2021-22, Gostisbehere ranks among NHL d-men leaders in goals (18, T-6th), points (59, 11th) and power-play points (24, T-9 th)
KELLER INSTINCT
- Clayton Keller found the scoresheet for the fifth consecutive game with three assists on Tuesday, giving him 2-5-7 in 6 GP…The trio of helpers matched his career-high
-In his last 82 games (since 4/24/21), Keller has compiled 73 pts (31-42-73)
-Keller took off in mid-Nov of 2021 by compiling 57 points (25-32-57) in 51 GP from 11/18 until his last game on 3/30 when he suffered a season-ending leg injury…Since 11/18/21, Keller has registered 27-37-64 in 57 GP…His 1.12 points per game in that span ranks T-7th among RW (Min. 50 GP)
- Now 24 yrs old, Keller enters tonight two goals shy of 100 in his career. Among players to debut with the Coyotes/Jets franchise, six have reached the mark before their 25th birthday: Dale Hawerchuk (20 years, 263 days), Teemu Selanne (23 years, 193 days), Keith Tkachuk (23 years, 213 days), Brian Mullen (23 years, 358 days), Andrew McBain (24 years, 34 days) and Pat Elynuik (24 years, 62 days).
- Below is a complete list of the fewest games played with the franchise (NHL debut or otherwise) to reach 100 goals with the club
POWER PLAY PROWESS
- Thru 6 games, the Coyotes power play has operated at 29.6% (8-for-27), which enters tonight 5th in the NHL -Arizona reached 8 PPG in the sixth game of 2022-23. Last season it took the Coyotes until Dec. 10 (26 GP) to reach 8 PPG as a team
- 2022-23 is just the seventh time in Coyotes/Jets franchise history that the team has registered 8+ PPG within the first six games of a season, and the third since relocation (2022-23, 2002-03, 2000-01 [9 PPG], 1992-93 [10 PPG], 1991-92, 1987-88 [9 PPG], 1982-83)
- Nick Ritchie has scored all three of his goals on the man-advantage. His career-high is 5 PPG set in 2020-21 w/BOS
- Gostisbehere paces ARI with 5 power play points. Two of those points are goals, which already matches his PPG total from last season.
- Gostisbehere’s 5 PPP are T-2nd in the League among defensemen (Cale Makar, 6; Calen Addison, 5)
TOP GUEN
- Dylan Guenther scored for the second consecutive game on Tuesday, a power-play marker that went down as the GWG
- Both of Guenther’s goals have come on the power play. He is the 27th player in NHL history to register 2+ PPG and at least 1 GWG within his first 5 NHL games, and the seventh since the start of 2005-06 (most recent: Drake Batherson in 2018-19, Patrik Laine in 2016-17, Tomas Hertl in 2013-14, Joe Pavelski & Evgeni Malkin in 2006-07, Alex Ovechkin in 2005-06)
- In Coyotes/Jets franchise history, Guenther is the sixth player to tally his first 2 career NHL goals on the man-advantage, joining Bill Thomas (2005-07 seasons), Boris Mironov (1993-94), Keith Tkachuk (1991-92), Luciano Borsato (1991-92) and Craig Norwich (1979-80)
- Among the aforementioned players, Craig Norwich (first 6 goals), Bill Thomas (first 4 goals), Boris Mironov (first 4 goals) and Luciano Borsato (first 3 goals) have scored a higher amount of their first career goals on the power play -At 19 years old, Guenther is the seventh teenager to notch a goal in consecutive games in Coyotes/Jets franchise history. Clayton Keller did so four times in 2017-18 (max. 3 GP), Jakob Chychrun (2x; max. 2 GP) and Christian Fischer (2 GP) achieved the feat in 2016-17 and Peter Mueller had three such runs in 2007-08 (max. 3 GP)…In the original Jets era, Shane Doan did it in 1995-96 (2 GP) and Dale Hawerchuk enjoyed 14 such runs over the 1981-83 seasons, topping out at 6 consecutive games with a goal Longest goal streaks by a teenager, Coyotes/Jets franchise history -Bold indicates occurrence post relocation to AZ
Name Streak Dates Age Range Scoring Line
Dale Hawerchuk 6 games 3/13/82 – 3/24/82 18y/343d – 18y/354d 9-6-15
Dale Hawerchuk 5 games 12/27/81 – 1/7/82 18y/267d – 18y/274d 6-2-8
Clayton Keller 3 games 3/22/18 – 3/26/18 19y/236d – 19y/240d 3-3-6
Peter Mueller 3 games 1/17/08 – 1/21/08 19y/278d – 19y/282d 3-2-5
Dale Hawerchuk 3 games 2/12/83 – 2/15/83 19y/314d – 19y/317d 3-4-7
Dale Hawerchuk 3 games 1/21/83 – 1/25/83 19y/292d – 19y/296d 3-0-3
Dale Hawerchuk 3 games 10/23/81 – 10/28/81 18y/202d – 18y/207d 6-3-9
HOME OPENER
Mullett Arena is the fourth venue the Coyotes/Jets franchise will primarily play their home games in, and third in Arizona. The previous four instances can be found below:
First game at…
-Mullett Arena (Tempe, AZ) | 10/28/22 | TBD vs WPG
-Glendale Arena (Glendale, AZ) | 12/27/03 | 3-1 L vs NSH
-America West Arena (Phoenix, AZ) | 10/10/96 | 4-1 W vs SJ
-Winnipeg Arena (Winnipeg, MB) | 10/14/79 | 4-2 W vs CLR
