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2017–18 Winnipeg Jets
Division 2nd Central
Conference 2nd Western
2017–18 record 52–20–10
Home record 32–7–2
Road record 20–13–8
Goals for 277
Goals against 218
Team information
General manager Kevin Cheveldayoff
Coach Paul Maurice
Captain Blake Wheeler
Alternate captains Dustin Byfuglien
Mark Scheifele
Arena Bell MTS Place
Minor league affiliate(s) Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Patrik Laine (44)
Assists Blake Wheeler (68)
Points Blake Wheeler (91)
Penalty minutes Dustin Byfuglien (112)
Plus/minus Mark Scheifele (+19)
Wins Connor Hellebuyck (44)
Goals against average Michael Hutchinson (2.34)

The 2017–18 Winnipeg Jets season was the 19th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997, and the seventh in Winnipeg, Manitoba, since the franchise relocated from Atlanta prior to the start of the 2011–12 NHL season.[1] The Jets clinched their second playoff spot since relocating from Atlanta after beating the Nashville Predators 5–4 in a shootout on March 25, 2018. The Jets finished the season with 114 points, the second-best record in the NHL. Both are the best-ever finishes for both the Thrashers/Jets franchise and any Winnipeg-based NHL team.

On April 11, 2018, the Jets won their first playoff game in franchise history when they defeated the Minnesota Wild 3–2 ending an 8-game playoff losing streak. On April 20, 2018, the team won its first playoff series when they defeated the Wild 5–0 and advanced to the Second Round. They then took the President's Trophy-winning Nashville Predators to seven games to advance to the Western Conference Final–the deepest playoff run for a Winnipeg-based NHL team. The original Jets only got as far as the second round during their run in Winnipeg, in 1985 and 1987. Their season would come to an end during the Western Conference Final where they lost to the Vegas Golden Knights in five games.

Standings[]

Divisional standings[]

Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Nashville Predators 82 53 18 11 47 267 211 +56 117
2 x – Winnipeg Jets 82 52 20 10 48 277 218 +59 114
3 x – Minnesota Wild 82 45 26 11 42 253 232 +21 101
4 x – Colorado Avalanche 82 43 30 9 41 257 237 +20 95
5 St. Louis Blues 82 44 32 6 41 226 222 +4 94
6 Dallas Stars 82 42 32 8 38 235 225 +10 92
7 Chicago Blackhawks 82 33 39 10 32 229 256 −27 76
Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Conference standings[]

Top 3 (Central Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Nashville Predators 82 53 18 11 47 267 211 +56 117
2 x – Winnipeg Jets 82 52 20 10 48 277 218 +59 114
3 x – Minnesota Wild 82 45 26 11 42 253 232 +21 101
Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.
Top 3 (Pacific Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Vegas Golden Knights 82 51 24 7 47 272 228 +44 109
2 x – Anaheim Ducks 82 44 25 13 40 235 216 +19 101
3 x – San Jose Sharks 82 45 27 10 40 252 229 +23 100
Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.
Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 PA x – Los Angeles Kings 82 45 29 8 43 239 203 +36 98
2 CE x – Colorado Avalanche 82 43 30 9 41 257 237 +20 95
3 CE St. Louis Blues 82 44 32 6 41 226 222 +4 94
4 CE Dallas Stars 82 42 32 8 38 235 225 +10 92
5 PA Calgary Flames 82 37 35 10 35 218 248 −30 84
6 PA Edmonton Oilers 82 36 40 6 31 234 263 −29 78
7 CE Chicago Blackhawks 82 33 39 10 32 229 256 −27 76
8 PA Vancouver Canucks 82 31 40 11 31 218 264 −46 73
9 PA Arizona Coyotes 82 29 41 12 27 208 256 −48 70
Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results[]

Pre-season[]

The pre-season schedule was published on June 12, 2017.[2]

Regular season[]

The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.[3]

2017–18 game log

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs[]

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics[]

Final Stats[4]

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler 81 23 68 91 13 52
Laine, PatrikPatrik Laine 82 44 26 70 8 24
Ehlers, NikolajNikolaj Ehlers 82 29 31 60 14 26
Scheifele, MarkMark Scheifele 60 23 37 60 19 18
Connor, KyleKyle Connor 75 31 25 56 7 16
Little, BryanBryan Little 82 16 27 33 2 28
Byfuglien, DustinDustin Byfuglien 69 8 37 45 15 112
Perreault, MathieuMathieu Perreault 70 17 22 39 4 38
Myers, TylerTyler Myers 82 6 30 36 9 48
Armia, JoelJoel Armia 79 12 17 29 3 22
Morrissey, JoshJosh Morrissey 81 7 19 26 15 45
Trouba, JacobJacob Trouba 55 3 21 24 9 34
Copp, AndrewAndrew Copp 82 9 19 28 17 14
Lowry, AdamAdam Lowry 45 8 13 21 9 8
Hendricks, MattMatt Hendricks 60 5 8 13 −1 39
Roslovic, JackJack Roslovic 31 5 9 14 5 2
Chiarot, BenBen Chiarot 57 2 12 14 15 32
Tanev, BrandonBrandon Tanev 61 8 10 18 13 18
Kulikov, DmitryDmitry Kulikov 62 3 8 11 6 22
Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny

|| 19 || 4 || 9 || 13 || 6 || 4

Enstrom, TobiasTobias Enstrom 43 1 5 6 8 20
Dano, MarkoMarko Dano 23 2 1 3 −2 6
Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias 27 1 2 3 −1 10
Petan, NicNic Petan 15 2 0 2 0 6
Morrow, JoeJoe Morrow

|| 17 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 9 || 0

Lemieux, BrendanBrendan Lemieux 10 1 1 2 0 21
Poolman, TuckerTucker Poolman 24 1 1 2 2 0
Niku, SamiSami Niku 1 1 0 1 0 0

Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler 17 3 18 21 2 10
Scheifele, MarkMark Scheifele 17 14 6 20 6 10
Byfuglien, DustinDustin Byfuglien 17 5 11 16 2 20
Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny 17 6 9 15 5 0
Laine, PatrikPatrik Laine 17 5 7 12 2 4
Connor, KyleKyle Connor 17 3 7 10 2 2
Myers, TylerTyler Myers 16 4 3 7 7 8
Ehlers, NikolajNikolaj Ehlers 15 0 7 7 4 2
Tanev, BrandonBrandon Tanev 17 4 2 6 –4 11
Little, BryanBryan Little 17 1 5 6 5 2
Trouba, JacobJacob Trouba 17 2 1 3 6 17
Copp, AndrewAndrew Copp 16 1 2 3 –1 4
Chiarot, BenBen Chiarot 16 0 3 3 3 15
Roslovic, JackJack Roslovic 10 0 3 3 4 2
Armia, JoelJoel Armia 13 2 0 2 2 6
Morrissey, JoshJosh Morrissey 16 1 1 2 2 6
Lowry, AdamAdam Lowry 17 0 2 2 -4 8
Perreault, MathieuMathieu Perreault 9 1 0 1 1 4
Morrow, JoeJoe Morrow 6 1 0 1 2 14
Kulikov, DmitriDmitri Kulikov 1 0 0 0 –1 2
Poolman, TuckerTucker Poolman 2 0 0 0 1 0
Hendricks, MattMatt Hendricks 5 0 0 0 0 4
Enstrom, TobiasTobias Enstrom 11 0 0 0 –2 2

Goaltenders
Regular season[4]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Hellebuyck, ConnorConnor Hellebuyck 67 64 3,965:54 44 11 9 157 2.35 2048 .923 6 0 2 0
Mason, SteveSteve Mason 13 12 684:53 5 6 1 37 3.21 392 .905 1 0 1 0
Hutchinson, MichaelMichael Hutchinson 3 3 128:45 2 1 0 7 2.34 75 .906 0 0 1 0
Comrie, EricEric Comrie 3 3 180:26 1 2 0 12 3.99 94 .872 0 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Hellebuyck, ConnorConnor Hellebuyck 17 17 1,015:07 9 8 40 2.36 511 .922 2 0 0 2
Mason, SteveSteve Mason 1 0 20:00 0 0 0 0.00 7 1.000 0 0 0 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Jets. Statistics reflect time with the Jets only.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Jets only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions[]

The Jets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades[]

Date Details Ref
June 21, 2017 To Vegas Golden Knights
1st-round pick in 2017
3rd-round pick in 2019
To Winnipeg Jets
CBJ's 1st-round pick in 2017
Expansion Draft considerations[a]
[5]
February 26, 2018 To St. Louis Blues
Erik Foley
Conditional 1st-round pick in 2018
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2020
To Winnipeg Jets
Paul Stastny
[6]
February 26, 2018 To Montreal Canadiens
4th-round pick in 2018
To Winnipeg Jets
Joe Morrow
[7]

Notes:

The Vegas Golden Knights selected Chris Thorburn in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft.

Free agents acquired[]

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Steve Mason Philadelphia Flyers 2-year, $8.2 million [8]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Dmitri Kulikov Buffalo Sabres 3-year, $12.99 million [9]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Michael Sgarbossa Florida Panthers 1-year, $650,000 [10]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Buddy Robinson San Jose Sharks 1-year, $650,000 [11]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Cameron Schilling Los Angeles Kings 1-year, $650,000 [12]
August 27, 2017 (2017-08-27) Matt Hendricks Edmonton Oilers 1-year, $700,000 [13]

Free agents lost[]

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Paul Postma Boston Bruins 1-year, $725,000 [14]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Brenden Kichton Carolina Hurricanes 1-year, $700,000 [15]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Brian Strait New Jersey Devils 1-year, $650,000 [16]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Ondrej Pavelec New York Rangers 1-year, $1.3 million [17]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Anthony Peluso Washington Capitals 1-year, $650,000 [18]
August 18, 2017 (2017-08-18) Quinton Howden Dinamo Minsk 1-year [19]
September 13, 2017 (2017-09-13) Scott Kosmachuk Hartford Wolf Pack Unknown [20]
October 11, 2017 (2017-10-11) Mark Stuart Adler Mannheim 1-year [21]

Claimed via waivers[]

Player Previous team Date Ref

Lost via waivers[]

Player New team Date Ref

Lost via retirement[]

Date Player Ref

Player signings[]

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24) Ben Chiarot 2-year, $2.8 million [22]
July 10, 2017 (2017-07-10) Brandon Tanev 1-year, $700,000 [23]
July 12, 2017 (2017-07-12) Andrew Copp 2-year, $2 million [24]
July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13) Mason Appleton 3-year, $2.275 million entry-level contract [25]
July 17, 2017 (2017-07-17) JC Lipon 1-year, $650,000 [26]
July 24, 2017 (2017-07-24) Connor Hellebuyck 1-year, $2.25 million [27]
September 14, 2017 (2017-09-14) Bryan Little 6-year, $31.746 million contract extension [28]
September 25, 2017 (2017-09-25) Luke Green 3-year, $2.54 million entry-level contract [29]
October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04) Nikolaj Ehlers 7-year, $42 million [30]
March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25) C. J. Suess 1-year, $925,000 entry-level contract [31]
May 19, 2018 (2018-05-19) Mikhail Berdin 3-year, entry-level contract [32]

Draft picks[]

See also: List of Winnipeg Jets draft picks

Below are the Winnipeg Jets' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 241 Kristian Vesalainen LW Flag of Finland Finland Frölunda HC (SHL)
2 43 Dylan Samberg D Flag of the United States United States Hermantown High School (USHS)
3 74 Johnny Kovacevic D Flag of Canada Canada Merrimack College (Hockey East)
4 105 Santeri Virtanen C Flag of Finland Finland TPS U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
5 136 Leon Gawanke D Flag of Germany Germany Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
6 167 Arvid Holm G Flag of Sweden Sweden Karlskrona HK (J20 SuperElit)
7 198 Skyler McKenzie C Flag of Canada Canada Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
7 2112 Croix Evingson D Flag of the United States United States Shreveport Mudbugs (NAHL)

Draft notes:[33]

  1. The Columbus Blue Jackets' first-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017, that sent a first-round pick in 2017, a third-round pick in 2019 to Vegas and ensured that Vegas selected Chris Thorburn in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft from Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.[34]
  2. The Montreal Canadiens' seventh-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2016 to Montreal in exchange for this pick.[35]

References[]

  1. National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books, 19. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4. 
  2. Jets announce 2017 pre-season schedule (June 12, 2017). Retrieved on September 19, 2017.
  3. Jets Release 2017-18 Regular Season Schedule (June 22, 2017). Retrieved on September 19, 2017.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Winnipeg Jets Stats - 2017-2018. Retrieved on September 19, 2017.
  5. 2017 NHL expansion draft results: All the Golden Knights’ trades. sbnation.com (June 21, 2017). Retrieved on June 26, 2017.
  6. Jets acquire Paul Stastny from St. Louis (February 26, 2018). Retrieved on February 26, 2018.
  7. Jets acquire Joe Morrow from the Montreal Canadiens (February 26, 2018). Retrieved on February 26, 2018.
  8. Jets sign Steve Mason. NHL.com (July 1, 2017). Retrieved on July 1, 2017.
  9. Jets sign Dmitry Kulikov. NHL.com (July 1, 2017). Retrieved on July 1, 2017.
  10. Jets sign Michael Sgarbossa. NHL.com (July 1, 2017). Retrieved on July 1, 2017.
  11. Jets sign Buddy Robinson. NHL.com (July 1, 2017). Retrieved on July 1, 2017.
  12. Jets sign Cameron Schilling. NHL.com (July 1, 2017). Retrieved on July 1, 2017.
  13. Jets sign Matt Hendricks (August 27, 2017). Retrieved on August 29, 2017.
  14. Bruins Bolster Depth with Three Signings on First Day of Free Agency. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 1, 2017.
  15. Carolina Hurricanes sign defenceman Brenden Kichton to two-way deal. sportsnet.ca. Retrieved on July 1, 2017.
  16. Devils Sign Defenseman Brian Strait To A One-Year, Two-Way Contract. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 1, 2017.
  17. Rangers Agree to Terms with Ondrej Pavelec. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 1, 2017.
  18. Capitals Sign Anthony Peluso. Caps PR (July 1, 2017). Retrieved on July 1, 2017.
  19. Khokhlachyov to Spartak; Howden to Minsk. August 18 transfer highlights. en.khl.ru. Retrieved on August 24, 2017.
  20. PACK SIGN FORWARD SCOTT KOSMACHUK. hartfordwolfpack.com. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
  21. Adler sign Mark Stuart (German). adler-mannheim.de. Retrieved on October 15, 2017.
  22. Jets sign Ben Chiarot. nhl.com. Retrieved on June 26, 2017.
  23. Jets sign Brandon Tanev. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2017.
  24. Jets sign Andrew Copp. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 14, 2017.
  25. Jets sign Mason Appleton. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 14, 2017.
  26. Jets sign JC Lipon. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 21, 2017.
  27. Jets sign Connor Hellebuyck. nhl.com. Retrieved on July 26, 2017.
  28. Jets extend Bryan Little. nhl.com. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
  29. Jets sign Luke Green. nhl.com. Retrieved on September 26, 2017.
  30. Jets extend Nikolaj Ehlers (October 4, 2017). Retrieved on October 5, 2017.
  31. Jets sign C.J. Suess (March 25, 2018). Retrieved on March 25, 2018.
  32. Jets sign Mikhail Berdin (May 19, 2018). Retrieved on May 20, 2018.
  33. 2017 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions Transactions. Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved on June 1, 2017.
  34. Jets swap first-round picks with Golden Knights (June 21, 2017). Retrieved on June 21, 2017.
  35. Draft Day Recap (June 25, 2016). Retrieved on June 25, 2016.
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