WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Last Game
Winnipeg Jets 4
St. Louis Blues 0
Jets Scorers: Scheifele (2), Gagner (3), Barron (1), Perfetti (2)
Blues Scorers: None
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (25 sv, 0 ga)
Blues Goaltender: Thomas Greiss (39 sv, 3 ga)
Jets PP: 0-for-5
Jets PK: 2-for-2
Recap: After a scoreless first period, the Jets scored once in the second and three times in the third to shut out the St. Louis Blu es 4-0 on
Monday night. Josh Morrissey had two assists for the only multi-point night for the Jets. Morgan Barron, who scored his first goal of the season, and Neal Pionk led the Jets with six shots each. Connor Hellebuyck turned away 25 shots, including 13 in the first period, to earn his first shutout of the season.
On the Road
The Jets are in the midst of playing six of eight games on the road to open the season and went 1-2-0 during their first road trip… 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 six games to start the season… The Jets have won their two games by an average score of 4-1.3, 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 five of their six games to start the season and are 3-2-0 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.
Point Streaks
Cole Perfetti (2G, 3A) is riding a four-game point streak, which is the longest by the member of the Jets this season… Eight Jets have had points in consecutive games to start the season.
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 2-for-19 on the power play to start the season and are 0-for-9 in their past three contests… 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.
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.
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 three 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.
LOS ANGELES KINGS TEAM NOTES:
OCT. 27 vs. WINNIPEG – 7:30 PM PT // Venue: Crypto.com Arena // TV: Bally Sports West // Radio: iHeartRadio
-The LA Kings host the Winnipeg Jets for the first of three meetings between the clubs.
-This marks the second game of the Kings’ three-game homestand (4-2 W vs. TBL, Oct. 25; Toronto, Oct. 29).
-The Kings are 2-0-0 against Central Division teams this season.
WARM-UPS
1) Anze Kopitar’s 65.5% even-strength face off winning percentage ranks first in the league among all skaters (min. EV faceoffs: 100), while is overall face-off winning percentage (60.4%) ranks second behind Patrice Bergeron (62.8%) (min. face-offs: 130).
2) Dating back to March 17, 2021, Phillip Danault has points in five of his last seven games against Winnipeg (2-4=6).
3) Adrian Kempe’s five even-strength goals are tied for most in the league.
4) No team has more third period shots on goal than the Kings’ 89.
5) The Kings’ 131 blocked shots rank third in the league.
VS. WINNIPEG ALL-TIME:
All-Time Record: 19-10-0-9
Home: 11-3-0-4
Away: 8-7-0-5
OT: 1-9-0
Shootout: 0-4
2021-22: 1-1-1
Franchise Leaders vs. WINNIPEG:
Anze Kopitar* – 28 GP, 28 PTS (10-18=28)
Drew Doughty* – 25 GP, 15 PTS (1-14=15)
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
LAST MEETING vs. WINNIPEG: April 2, 2022 – LAK 3 vs. WPG 2
Venue: Crypto.com Arena
LAK Goals: Kempe (29), Kopitar (18), Vilardi (3)
WPG Goals: Ehlers (22), Lowry (11)
Goalies: LAK: Petersen (25 saves, 27 shots) WPG: Hellebuyck (35 saves, 38 shots)
LAK PP: 1-for-3
LAK PK: 6-for-6
THE NEXT THREE:
Thurs., Oct. 29 | vs. Toronto | 4:00 p.m. PT | Bally’s Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network o Sean Durzi scored his first career goal against Toronto last season (Nov. 24, 2021), becoming third Kings defenseman to score a goal in their NHL debut after Felix Potvin (1970) and John English (1988).
Mon., Oct. 31 | at St. Louis | 5:00 p.m. PT | Bally’s Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network o No active goaltender has more wins (13) or shutouts (4) against St. Louis than Jonathan Quick.
Tues., Nov. 1 | at Dallas | 5:30 p.m. PT | Bally’s Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network o Only Patrick Kane (30-42=72) has more points against the Dallas Stars than Anze Kopitar (20-38=58) among active skaters.
INJURY & MGL REPORT
Player, Games Missed, Date(s), Status
F Viktor Arvidsson, 2 games, Oct. 13 (illness); Oct. 25 (illness)
F Alex Iafallo, 4 games, Oct. 18 – Pres. (lower-body)
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 6
RECENT TRANSACTIONS (as of 10/27/22)
Oct. 18 – Alex Iafallo (F) placed on injured reserve and Jacob Moverare (D) recalled from Ontario (AHL)
Oct. 23 – Jacob Moverare (D) loaned to Ontario (AHL), Austin Wagner (F) recalled from Ontario (AHL) and Alex Iafallo (F) placed on
long-term injured reserve.
Oct. 24 – Austin Wagner loaned to Ontario (AHL)
VILARDI PARTY
Gabriel Vilardi recorded his fifth goal of the season Tuesday night against the Lightning, tying his total through 25 games last season. Vilardi also collected an assist for his fourth multi-point game (1-1=1) game of the season, tying him for most in the league. Vilardi leads
the team in points with nine (5-4=9) in eight games. His seven even-strength points rank tied for sixth in the league. At 23 years and 72 days old, Vilardi is one of four players 23 years or younger to have at least nine points on the season, joining Rasmus Dahlin (5-4=9), Andrei Svechnikov (7-2=9) and Brady Tkachuk (5-5=10). All four players are the leading point scorer for their respective clubs. Vilardi joins Tkachuk as the only two players in the league 23 years or younger to have four multi-point games this season. Vilardi opened the season for the LA Kings with his first period goal on Oct. 11, becoming the fourth-youngest LA skater in the past 15 years to score in the team’s season-opening game at 23 years and 56 days old. Vilardi finished the night with two points (1-1=2) for his fifth career multi-point game. He followed his opening night performance with another two-point (1-1=2) outing on Oct. 15 against the Wild. Vilardi once again found score sheet three separate times (2-1=3) in LA’s back-to-back on last Monday and Tuesday in Detroit (1-0=1) and Nashville (1-1=2).
TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK
The Kings have found the back of the net 27 times this season so far, third-best in the league behind Pittsburgh (30) and Boston (29). Of the Kings’ 27 goals, six have come from the Fiala-Kopitar-Kempe line, more than any other offensive line in the league. The line also ranks first in goals for per 60 minutes (min. TOI: 65 minutes):
Highest Goals For Per 60 Minutes (min TOI: 65 minutes)
Line Minutes GF/60
Fiala-Kopitar-Kempe (LAK) 76.6 min. 4.70
Tkachuk-Stutzle-Batherson (OTT) 69.6 min. 4.31
Nyquist-Jenner-Gaudreau (CBJ) 70.7 min. 3.40
Lafrenire-Trochek-Panarin (NYR) 89.3 min. 3.36
Necas-Kotkaniemi-Svechnikov (CAR) 74.3 min. 3.23
PENALTY KILLIN’ IT
The Kings have killed nine consecutive penalties and 14 of their last 15 shorthanded opportunities dating back to Oct. 18. Since that date, LA’s penalty kill has accumulated a successful killing percentage of 93.3%, tied for third-best in the league (min. GP: 4):
Highest PK % since Oct. 18 (min. GP: 4)
Player PK%
New York Islanders 100.0%
New Jersey Devils 100.0%
Los Angeles Kings 93.3%
Colorado Avalanche 93.3%
San Jose Sharks 92.9%
Boston Bruins 92.9%
New Jersey Devils 92.9%
Entering tonight, LA’s penalty kill against Winnipeg ranks fourth all-time (min. GP: 5):
All-Time PK% vs. Winnipeg (min. GP: 5)
Team GP PK%
Arizona Coyotes 40 86.7%
New Jersey Devils 67 86.6%
Montreal Canadiens 76 86.1%
Los Angeles Kings 38 86.0%
New York Rangers 68 85.7%
STAT OF THE GAME
Since re-entering the league prior to the 2011-12 season, no team has a lower goals-against average per game at home against the Winnipeg Jets than the LA Kings (2.18 GA/GP). Overall, LA’s GA/GP against Winnipeg is 2.52, ranking fourth-best in the league. During that same time (2011-22), the Kings have established a goal-against per game among all opponents of 2.56 which ranks third-best in the league behind Boston (2.48) and St. Louis (2.53):
Lowest GA/GP since 2011-12
Team GP GA/GP
Boston Bruins 837 2.48
St. Louis Blues 836 2.53
Los Angeles Kings 838 2.56
New York Rangers 838 2.66
Pittsburgh Penguins 836 2.69
Furthermore, the team’s 2.40 goals-against average at home is second in the league to Boston (2.39) while their road GA/GP of 2.72 is third:
Lowest GA/GP since 2011-12 at home
Team GP GA/GP
Boston Bruins 420 2.39
Los Angles Kings 417 2.40
St. Louis Blues 416 2.47
Minnesota Wild 419 2.52
Washington Capitals 417 2.54
The Kings (1,002) have allowed the fewest goals at home in the league since the 2011-12 season. (min. GP: 400).
DRAW TWO
The Kings have drawn a league-leading 43 penalties since the 2022-23 season began. With an average penalties drawn per game of 5.3, LA is on track to draw 435 penalties. The last time LA eclipsed the 400 drawn penalties marker was in the 2009-10 season with 408:
Most penalties drawn by team
Team GP Penalties drawn
Los Angeles Kings 8 43
Florida Panthers 7 40
Seattle Kraken 8 37
Tampa Bay Lightning 8 37
Minnesota Wild 6 36
Arizona Coyotes 6 36
Out of the team’s eight games played so far, five of them have had five or more penalties drawn by LA skaters. There are only five skaters on the club’s active roster who have not drawn a penalty yet this season. Gabriel Vilardi leads the team in drawn penalties with six:
Kings leaders in penalties drawn
Player GP Penalties drawn
Gabriel Vilardi 8 6
Brendan Lemieux 7 5
Adrian Kempe 7 4
Kevin Fiala 7 4
Four Players 7 3
LET’S GET PHYSICAL
With 16 hits in his last four games, and 22 so far this season, Carl Grundstrom leads the team in hits. Since his NHL debut on March 9, 2019, only Matt Roy (353) and Dustin Brown (341) tallied more hits than Grundstrom among LA skaters. With a 3.14 hits-per-game played average, Grundstrom is on pace to lead the team in hits for the third consecutive season (134 in 2021-22; 104 in 2020-21). Grundstrom scored his first goal of the season last Thursday night in Pittsburgh for the 21st goal of his career. In 136 career NHL games, Grundstrom has registered 21 goals and 16 assists for 37 points, which ranks seventh among Swede-born players in Kings history and third-most among Swedish-born players from the 2016 NHL Draft class.
LAYING THE BODY
Defenseman Brandt Clarke collected his second assist of his career Tuesday night against the Lightning. Clarke, who made his NHL debut on Oct. 13, has appeared in every game for the Kings. The blueliner registered his first career point last Thursday night in Pittsburgh with a primary assist on Carl Grundstrom’s third period goal. In doing so, Clarke became the 7th youngest defenseman, and 18th youngest overall skater, in LA Kings history to record a point at 19 years and 253 days old. With nine blocks in his last three games, Clarke’s blocked shots total sits at 11. Since his NHL debut, Clarke’s blocked shot total ranks fourth in the league among all rookies:
Most blocked shots by rookie defensemen since Oct. 13
Player GP Blocked shots
Jordan Harris (MTL) 6 18
Kaiden Guhle (MTL) 6 14
Brandt Clarke (LAK) 7 11
Nils Lundkvist (DAL) 7 10
Noah Cates (PHI) 6 9
Clarke, who was drafted by the Kings eighth overall in the first round of the 2021 NHL Draft, became the 32nd teenager to play for the Kings in franchise history at the age of 19 years and 246 days. He is also the fourth teenager to make his NHL debut under Todd McLellan, joining Tobias Bjornfot (18 years, 182 days), Quinton Byfield (18 years, 252 days) and Arthur Kaliyev (19 years, 221 days).
In addition, Clarke became the 14th player drafted by the Kings to make their debut under head coach Todd McLellan (2019-20):
TIME MACHINE
Defenseman Drew Doughty currently sits atop the league in highest time on ice average per game with 27:34 minutes. With 28:08 min. of ice time logged on Tuesday against Tampa, Doughty became the first skater in the league to eclipse 200 minutes of total time on ice this season. The veteran blueliner has averaged a time on ice of 27:00 minutes or higher in six of the team’s eight games. Entering tonight, Doughty is the only player in the league to log 30+ minutes of time on ice in a single game this season (30:12 min; Oct. 18 at NSH):
Highest TOI/GP average among all skaters this season:
Player GP TOI/GP
Drew Doughty (LA) 8 27:34
Quinn Hughes (VAN) 5 27:14
Cale Makar (COL) 7 26:13
Roman Josi (NSH) 7 25:42
Victor Hedman (TBL) 8 25:33
Doughty has consistently logged heavy minutes since his NHL debut. In his rookie season (2008-09), Doughty led all rookies in TOI with 23:50 minutes. In his 15 seasons in the league, Doughty has finished in the top-five among all skaters in time on ice per game-played in 10 of them, including the last eight consecutive:
Doughty’s top-five TOI/GP seasons
Season TOI/GP League Rank
2010-11 25:39 5th
2012-13 26:24 4th
2014-15 29:00 2nd
2015-16 28:01 3rd
2016-17 27:09 2nd
2017-18 26:50 1st
2018-19 26:36 2nd
2019-20 25:49 2nd
2020-21 26:23 1st
2021-22 25:44 5th
The 2022-23 season marks Quick’s 15 th NHL season in the crease for the Kings. Quick, who has now played in 718 career games, currently sits second for most games played among active goaltenders behind Marc Andre-Fleury (944). In the Kings season-opener, which moved Quick into sole possession of second place with his 713rd career game, he stopped 47-of-51 shots, marking the most by a Kings goaltender in a season-opening game previously set by Rogie Vachon (45 on Oct. 7, 1972 at PIT). Overall, his 47-save performance ranks third-most in a season-opening game in league history behind Tomas Vokoun (52) and Jeff Hackett (48). Last season, Quick eclipsed the 20-win plateau for the ninth time in his career, posting a 23-13-9 record in 46 games with a 2.59 GAA and .910 SV%. On Dec. 9, 2021, he collected his 56th career shutout, making him the 23rd goaltender in NHL history to reach such mark. Quick won his 350th career game on Feb. 25, 2022 in Anaheim, becoming the fourth American-born goaltender to reach such mark, following Ryan Miller (391), John Vanbiesbrouck (374) and Tom Barrasso (369). The Milford, Conn. native started his 700th career game on Mar. 13, 2022 versus Florida, putting him in elite company as the 30th goaltender in NHL history, and fourth U.S.-born, to play in 700 games.
