2016–17 Winnipeg Jets season

2016–17 Winnipeg Jets
Division	5th Central
Conference	8th Western
2016–17 record	12–13–2
Home record	8–5–0
Road record	4–8–2
Goals for	72
Goals against	80
Team information
General Manager	Kevin Cheveldayoff
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Blake Wheeler
Alternate captains	Dustin Byfuglien Mark Scheifele
Arena	MTS Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Patrik Laine (16)
Assists	Nikolaj Ehlers (18)
Points	Mark Scheifele (26)
Penalties in minutes	Chris Thorburn (43)
Plus/minus	Tyler Myers Mark Scheifele (+5)
Wins	Connor Hellebuyck (9)
Goals against average	Connor Hellebuyck (2.76)
<2015–16   The 2016–17 Winnipeg Jets season is the 18th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997, and the sixth in Winnipeg, Manitoba since the franchise relocated from Atlanta prior to the start of the 2011–12 NHL season.[1] Off-season Standings Divisional standings Central Division Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 Chicago Blackhawks 25 16 6 3 14 72 63 +9 35 2 St. Louis Blues 24 14 7 3 13 67 67 0 31 3 Minnesota Wild 23 11 8 4 11 64 50 +14 26 4 Nashville Predators 22 11 8 3 11 65 57 +8 25 5 Dallas Stars 25 9 10 6 9 63 85 −22 24 6 Winnipeg Jets 26 11 13 2 10 69 78 −9 24 7 Colorado Avalanche 22 9 12 1 9 49 66 −17 19 Updated to game(s) played on December 2, 2016. Source: National Hockey League Conference standings Top 3 (Central Division) Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 Chicago Blackhawks 25 16 6 3 14 72 63 +9 35 2 St. Louis Blues 24 14 7 3 13 67 67 0 31 3 Minnesota Wild 23 11 8 4 11 64 50 +14 26 Source: National Hockey League Top 3 (Pacific Division) Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 San Jose Sharks 25 15 9 1 15 60 51 +9 31 2 Anaheim Ducks 24 12 8 4 12 62 56 +6 28 3 Edmonton Oilers 25 13 10 2 12 76 66 +10 28 Source: National Hockey League Western Conference Wild Card Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 PA Los Angeles Kings 24 13 10 1 12 62 61 +1 27 2 PA Calgary Flames 27 12 13 2 10 63 79 −16 26 3 CE Nashville Predators 22 11 8 3 11 65 57 +8 25 4 CE Dallas Stars 25 9 10 6 9 63 85 −22 24 5 CE Winnipeg Jets 26 11 13 2 10 69 78 −9 24 6 PA Vancouver Canucks 24 10 12 2 8 55 73 −18 22 7 CE Colorado Avalanche 22 9 12 1 9 49 66 −17 19 8 PA Arizona Coyotes 22 8 11 3 6 54 69 −15 19 Updated to game(s) played on December 2, 2016. Source: National Hockey League Schedule and results Pre-season 2016 Winnipeg Jets Pre-season game log Rookie Tournament: 0–3–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1^[a] September 16 Winnipeg Rookies 1–4 Calgary Rookies Berdin 2,706 0–1–0 Recap 2^[a] September 18 Winnipeg Rookies 2–3 Vancouver Rookies Phillips 4,113 0–2–0 Recap 3^[a] September 19 Winnipeg Rookies 1–4 Edmonton Rookies Berdin 2,789 0–3–0 Recap ^[a]Rookie Tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia September/October: 4–3–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)[2] # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 27 Calgary 3–0 Winnipeg Comrie 15,006 0–1–0 Recap 2 September 29 Minnesota 1–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 1–1–0 Recap 3 September 30 Edmonton 1–5 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,294 2–1–0 Recap 4 October 2 Winnipeg 4–0 Calgary Pavelec 18,158 3–1–0 Recap 5 October 3 Ottawa 2–4 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,294 4–1–0 Recap 6 October 6 Winnipeg 2–5 Edmonton Hellebuyck 18,500 4–2–0 Recap 7 October 8 Winnipeg 1–5 Minnesota Hutchinson 18,302 4–3–0 Recap Regular season 2016–17 Game Log[3] October: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 Carolina 4–5 Winnipeg OT Hellebuyck 15,296 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 15 Winnipeg 3–4 Minnesota Hutchinson 19,024 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 17 Boston 4–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,296 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 19 Toronto 4–5 Winnipeg OT Hutchinson 15,294 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 23 Edmonton 3–0 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 33,240 (outdoors) 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 October 25 Winnipeg 2–3 Dallas Hutchinson 18,040 2–4–0 4 Recap 7 October 27 Dallas 1–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 3–4–0 6 Recap 8 October 28 Winnipeg 1–0 Colorado Hutchinson 16,135 4–4–0 8 Recap 9 October 30 Buffalo 3–1 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,294 4–5–0 8 Recap November: 7–7–2 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 2–6–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Washington 3–2 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 4–6–0 8 Recap 11 November 3 Winnipeg 3–4 Washington OT Hutchinson 18,506 4–6–1 9 Recap 12 November 4 Winnipeg 5–3 Detroit Hellebuyck 20,027 5–6–1 11 Recap 13 November 6 Winnipeg 2–5 NY Rangers Hellebuyck 18,006 5–7–1 11 Recap 14 November 8 Dallas 2–8 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 6–7–1 13 Recap 15 November 10 Winnipeg 3–2 Arizona Hellebuyck 11,185 7–7–1 15 Recap 16 November 11 Winnipeg 2–3 Colorado OT Hutchinson 16,517 7–7–2 16 Recap 17 November 13 Los Angeles 2–3 Winnipeg SO Hellebuyck 15,294 8–7–2 18 Recap 18 November 15 Chicago 0–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 9–7–2 20 Recap 19 November 17 Winnipeg 2–5 Philadelphia Hellebuyck 19,432 9–8–2 20 Recap 20 November 19 Winnipeg 1–4 Boston Hutchinson 17,565 9–9–2 20 Recap 21 November 20 Winnipeg 1–3 Carolina Hellebuyck 10,809 9–10–2 20 Recap 22 November 23 Winnipeg 1–3 Minnesota Hellebuyck 19,022 9–11–2 20 Recap 23 November 25 Winnipeg 1–5 Nashville Hellebuyck 17,192 9–12–2 20 Recap 24 November 27 Nashville 0–3 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 10–12–2 22 Recap 25 November 29 New Jersey 2–3 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 11–12–2 24 Recap December: 1–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1 Edmonton 6–3 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 11–13–2 24 Recap 27 December 3 Winnipeg 3–2 St. Louis OT Hutchinson 19,362 12–13–2 26 Recap 28 December 4 Winnipeg – Chicago –– 29 December 6 Detroit – Winnipeg –– 30 December 8 NY Rangers – Winnipeg –– 31 December 10 Winnipeg – Calgary –– 32 December 11 Winnipeg – Edmonton –– 33 December 15 Florida – Winnipeg –– 34 December 18 Colorado – Winnipeg –– 35 December 20 Winnipeg – Vancouver –– 36 December 22 Winnipeg – Vancouver –– 37 December 27 Winnipeg – Chicago –– 38 December 29 Columbus – Winnipeg –– 39 December 31 NY Islanders – Winnipeg –– January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 3 Winnipeg – Tampa Bay –– 41 January 4 Winnipeg – Florida –– 42 January 7 Winnipeg – Buffalo –– 43 January 9 Calgary – Winnipeg –– 44 January 11 Montreal – Winnipeg –– 45 January 13 Winnipeg – Arizona –– 46 January 14 Winnipeg – Los Angeles –– 47 January 16 Winnipeg – San Jose –– 48 January 18 Arizona – Winnipeg –– 49 January 21 St. Louis – Winnipeg –– 50 January 23 Anaheim – Winnipeg –– 51 January 24 San Jose – Winnipeg –– 52 January 26 Winnipeg – Chicago –– 53 January 31 Winnipeg – St. Louis –– February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 2 Winnipeg – Dallas –– 55 February 4 Winnipeg – Colorado –– 56 February 7 Minnesota – Winnipeg –– 57 February 10 Chicago – Winnipeg –– 58 February 11 Tampa Bay – Winnipeg –– 59 February 14 Dallas – Winnipeg –– 60 February 16 Winnipeg – Pittsburgh –– 61 February 18 Winnipeg – Montreal –– 62 February 19 Winnipeg – Ottawa –– 63 February 21 Winnipeg – Toronto –– 64 February 28 Minnesota – Winnipeg –– March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 3 St. Louis – Winnipeg –– 66 March 4 Colorado – Winnipeg –– 67 March 6 San Jose – Winnipeg –– 68 March 8 Pittsburgh – Winnipeg –– 69 March 11 Calgary – Winnipeg –– 70 March 13 Winnipeg – Nashville –– 71 March 14 Winnipeg – New Jersey –– 72 March 16 Winnipeg – NY Islanders –– 73 March 19 Minnesota – Winnipeg –– 74 March 21 Philadelphia – Winnipeg –– 75 March 23 Winnipeg – Los Angeles –– 76 March 24 Winnipeg – Anaheim –– 77 March 26 Vancouver – Winnipeg –– 78 March 30 Anaheim – Winnipeg –– April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 Ottawa – Winnipeg –– 80 April 4 Winnipeg – St. Louis –– 81 April 6 Winnipeg – Columbus –– 82 April 8 Nashville – Winnipeg –– Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Player statistics As of November 11, 2016 Skaters Regular Season[4] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Scheifele, MarkMark Scheifele 15 9 10 19 9 12 Laine, PatrikPatrik Laine 15 11 5 16 2 4 Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler 15 4 7 11 −1 12 Byfuglien, DustinDustin Byfuglien 15 0 8 8 1 19 Ehlers, NikolajNikolaj Ehlers 15 4 8 12 5 8 Armia, JoelJoel Armia 10 1 3 4 0 2 Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias 10 2 1 3 2 4 Perreault, MathieuMathieu Perreault 10 1 2 3 −5 6 Connor, KyleKyle Connor 14 1 3 4 −6 4 Myers, TylerTyler Myers 10 2 3 5 5 13 Lowry, AdamAdam Lowry 15 3 1 4 −1 13 Enstrom, TobyToby Enstrom 15 1 3 4 3 10 Morrissey, JoshJosh Morrissey 15 0 2 2 1 4 Chiarot, BenBen Chiarot 14 0 3 3 −4 4 Burmistrov, AlexanderAlexander Burmistrov 14 0 2 2 −4 0 Stafford, DrewDrew Stafford 6 0 1 1 1 2 Little, BryanBryan Little 1 0 1 1 1 0 Tanev, BrandonBrandon Tanev 15 2 1 3 0 17 Postma, PaulPaul Postma 12 0 2 2 0 0 Thorburn, ChrisChris Thorburn 10 0 0 0 −3 18 Stuart, MarkMark Stuart 5 0 0 0 1 0 Melchiori, JulianJulian Melchiori 1 0 0 0 0 0 Petan, NicNic Petan 4 0 3 3 -2 0 Dano, MarkoMarko Dano 5 2 1 3 0 2 Copp, AndrewAndrew Copp 5 2 2 4 1 0 Goaltenders Regular Season[5] Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM Hellebuyck, ConnorConnor Hellebuyck 19 18 945:55 9 9 0 49 2.57 534 .908 2 0 0 0 Hutchinson, MichaelMichael Hutchinson 11 9 430:27 2 4 2 29 2.90 251 .884 1 0 0 0 ^† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Jets. Stats reflect time with the Jets only. ^‡ Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record Roster Updated October 16, 2016.[6] # Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace 40 Armia, JoelJoel Armia  RW R 23 2015 Pori, Finland 91 Burmistrov, AlexanderAlexander Burmistrov C L 25 2010 Kazan, Soviet Union 33 Byfuglien, DustinDustin Byfuglien (A) D/RW R 31 2010 Minneapolis, Minnesota 7 Chiarot, BenBen Chiarot D L 26 2010 Hamilton, Ontario 81 Connor, KyleKyle Connor LW L 19 2015 Clinton Township, Michigan 9 Copp, AndrewAndrew Copp C L 22 2013 Ann Arbor, Michigan 56 Dano, MarkoMarko Dano  C/RW L 22 2016 Eisenstadt, Austria 27 Ehlers, NikolajNikolaj Ehlers LW L 20 2014 Aalborg, Denmark 39 Enstrom, TobiasTobias Enstrom D L 32 2003 Nordingrå, Sweden 37 Hellebuyck, ConnorConnor Hellebuyck G L 23 2012 Commerce, Michigan 34 Hutchinson, MichaelMichael Hutchinson G R 26 2013 Barrie, Ontario 29 Laine, PatrikPatrik Laine RW R 18 2016 Tampere, Finland 18 Little, BryanBryan Little C R 29 2006 Edmonton, Alberta 17 Lowry, AdamAdam Lowry C L 23 2011 St. Louis, Missouri 16 Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias  C L 28 2016 Mississauga, Ontario 44 Morrissey, JoshJosh Morrissey D L 21 2013 Calgary, Alberta 57 Myers, TylerTyler Myers  D R 26 2015 Houston, Texas 85 Perreault, MathieuMathieu Perreault LW L 28 2014 Drummondville, Quebec 19 Petan, NicolasNicolas Petan  C L 21 2013 Delta, British Columbia 4 Postma, PaulPaul Postma D R 27 2007 Red Deer, Alberta 55 Scheifele, MarkMark Scheifele (A) C R 23 2011 Kitchener, Ontario 12 Stafford, DrewDrew Stafford RW R 31 2015 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 5 Stuart, MarkMark Stuart D L 32 2011 Rochester, Minnesota 13 Tanev, BrandonBrandon Tanev LW L 24 2016 Toronto, Ontario 22 Thorburn, ChrisChris Thorburn RW R 33 2007 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 8 Trouba, JacobJacob Trouba D R 22 2012 Rochester, Michigan 26 Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler (C) RW R 30 2011 Robbinsdale, Minnesota Transactions Winnipeg has been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season. Trades Date Details Ref June 24, 2016 To Philadelphia Flyers CHI's 1st-round pick in 2016 2nd-round pick in 2016 To Winnipeg Jets 1st-round pick in 2016 3rd-round pick in 2016 [7] June 25, 2016 To Montreal Canadiens 7th-round pick in 2016 To Winnipeg Jets 7th-round pick in 2017 [8] Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Shawn Matthias Colorado Avalanche 2 years, $4.25 million [9] July 1, 2016 Quinton Howden Florida Panthers 1 year, $650,000 [10] July 1, 2016 Brian Strait New York Islanders 1 year, $600,000 [11] Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Andrew MacWilliam New Jersey Devils 1 year, $575,000 [12] July 11, 2016 Thomas Raffl EC Red Bull Salzburg Undisclosed [13] Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref Lost via retirement Date Player Ref June 1, 2016 Grant Clitsome [14] Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 2, 2016 Julian Melchiori 2 years, $1.25 million [15] July 2, 2016 Jamie Phillips 2 years, $1.35 million entry-level contract [15] July 3, 2016 Patrik Laine 3 years, $10.725 million entry-level contract [16] July 7, 2016 Mathieu Perreault 4 years, $16.5 million contract extension [17] July 8, 2016 Brenden Kichton 1 year, $600,000 [18] July 8, 2016 Mark Scheifele 8 years, $49 million contract extension [19] July 14, 2016 Joel Armia 2 years, $1.85 million contract extension [20] July 14, 2016 Adam Lowry 2 years, $2.25 million contract extension [20] July 18, 2016 Jack Roslovic 3 years, $3.4125 million entry-level contract [21] July 21, 2016 Brandon Tanev 1 year, $874,125 [22] August 15, 2016 JC Lipon 1 year, $650,000 [23] Draft picks Below are the Winnipeg Jets' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 2 Patrik Laine RW Finland Tappara (Liiga) 1 18^[a] Logan Stanley D Canada Windsor Spitfires (OHL) 3 79^[b] Luke Green D Canada Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) 4 97 Jacob Cederholm D Sweden HV71 (SHL) 5 127 Jordan Stallard C Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL) 6 157 Mikhail Berdin G Russia Russia U18 (MHL) Notes ^[a] The Philadelphia Flyers’ first-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Chicago’s first-round pick and a second-round pick both in 2016 (22nd and 36th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for a third-round pick in 2016 (79th overall) and this pick.[24] The Winnipeg Jets’ second-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first and third-round pick both in 2016 (18th and 79th overall) to Winnipeg in exchange for Chicago’s first-round pick in 2016 (22nd overall) and this pick.[24] The Winnipeg Jets' third round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 25, 2015 that sent Jiri Tlusty to Winnipeg in exchange for a conditional sixth-round pick in 2015 and this pick.[25] ^[b] The Philadelphia Flyers’ third-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Chicago’s first-round pick and a second-round pick both in 2016 (22nd and 36th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for a first-round pick in 2016 (18th overall) and this pick.[24] The Winnipeg Jets' seventh-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2017 to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.[26] References National Hockey League (2010). 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