2020–21 Winnipeg Jets season

2020–21 Winnipeg Jets
Division	3rd North
2020–21 record	30–23–3
Home record	13–13–2
Road record	17–10–1
Goals for	170
Goals against	154
Team information
General manager	Kevin Cheveldayoff
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Blake Wheeler
Alternate captains	Josh Morrissey Mark Scheifele
Arena	Bell MTS Place
Minor league affiliate(s)	Manitoba Moose (AHL) Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Kyle Connor (26)
Assists	Mark Scheifele (42)
Points	Mark Scheifele (63)
Penalty minutes	Blake Wheeler (50)
Plus/minus	Nikolaj Ehlers (+15)
Wins	Connor Hellebuyck (24)
Goals against average	Laurent Brossoit (2.42)

The 2020–21 Winnipeg Jets season was the 22nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997, and the 10th in Winnipeg, Manitoba, since the franchise relocated from Atlanta prior to the start of the 2011–12 NHL season.

Due to the Canada–U.S. border restrictions brought in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jets were re-aligned with the other six Canadian franchises into the newly-formed North Division. The league's 56 game season was played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Winnipeg and the other Canadian teams played an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

On May 5, the Jets clinched a playoff berth after a 4–0 defeat over the Calgary Flames. In the First Round of the playoffs, they completed the franchise's first playoff sweep against the Edmonton Oilers, with a 4–3 triple overtime win in game four. However, the Jets were upset in the Second Round, being swept by the Montreal Canadiens.

Standings

Divisional standings

North Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Toronto Maple Leafs	56	35	14	7	29	187	148	+39	77
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	56	35	19	2	31	182	150	+32	72
3	x – Winnipeg Jets	56	30	23	3	24	170	154	+16	63
4	x – Montreal Canadiens	56	24	21	11	20	159	168	−9	59
5	e – Calgary Flames	56	26	27	3	21	156	161	−5	55
6	e – Ottawa Senators	56	23	28	5	18	157	190	−33	51
7	e – Vancouver Canucks	56	23	29	4	16	147	187	−40	50

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.

2020–21 game log
January: 5–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 14 Calgary 3–4 Winnipeg OT Hellebuyck 0 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 January 18 Winnipeg 1–3 Toronto Hellebuyck 0 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 January 19 Winnipeg 4–3 Ottawa OT Brossoit 0 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 January 21 Winnipeg 4–1 Ottawa Hellebuyck 0 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 January 23 Ottawa 3–6 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 4–1–0 8 Recap 6 January 24 Edmonton 4–3 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 January 26 Edmonton 4–6 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 5–2–0 10 Recap 8 January 30 Vancouver 4–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 5–3–0 10 Recap
February: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 February 1 Calgary 4–3 Winnipeg SO Hellebuyck 0 5–3–1 11 Recap 10 February 2 Calgary 2–3 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 6–3–1 13 Recap 11 February 4 Calgary 1–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 7–3–1 15 Recap 12 February 9 Winnipeg 2–3 Calgary Hellebuyck 0 7–4–1 15 Recap 13 February 11 Ottawa 1–5 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 8–4–1 17 Recap 14 February 13 Ottawa 2–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 8–5–1 17 Recap 15 February 15 Winnipeg 6–5 Edmonton Hellebuyck 0 9–5–1 19 Recap 16 February 17 Winnipeg 2–3 Edmonton Hellebuyck 0 9–6–1 19 Recap 17 February 19 Winnipeg 2–0 Vancouver Brossoit 0 10–6–1 21 Recap 18 February 21 Winnipeg 4–3 Vancouver OT Hellebuyck 0 11–6–1 23 Recap 19 February 25 Montreal 3–6 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 12–6–1 25 Recap 20 February 27 Montreal 1–2 Winnipeg OT Hellebuyck 0 13–6–1 27 Recap
March: 9–7–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 7–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 21 March 1 Vancouver 4–0 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 13–7–1 27 Recap 22 March 2 Vancouver 2–5 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 14–7–1 29 Recap 23 March 4 Winnipeg 4–3 Montreal OT Hellebuyck 0 15–7–1 31 Recap 24 March 6 Winnipeg 1–7 Montreal Hellebuyck 0 15–8–1 31 Recap 25 March 9 Winnipeg 4–3 Toronto Hellebuyck 0 16–8–1 33 Recap 26 March 11 Winnipeg 3–4 Toronto OT Hellebuyck 0 16–8–2 34 Recap 27 March 13 Winnipeg 2–5 Toronto Brossoit 0 17–8–2 36 Recap 28 March 15 Montreal 4–2 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 17–9–2 36 Recap 29 March 17 Montreal 3–4 Winnipeg OT Hellebuyck 0 18–9–2 38 Recap 30 March 18 Winnipeg 1–2 Edmonton Brossoit 0 18–10–2 38 Recap 31 March 20 Winnipeg 2–4 Edmonton Hellebuyck 0 18–11–2 38 Recap 32 March 22 Winnipeg 4–0 Vancouver Hellebuyck 0 19–11–2 40 Recap 33 March 24 Winnipeg 5–1 Vancouver Hellebuyck 0 20–11–2 42 Recap 34 March 26 Winnipeg 3–2 Calgary Hellebuyck 0 21–11–2 44 Recap 35 March 27 Winnipeg 2–4 Calgary Brossoit 0 21–12–2 44 Recap 36 March 29 Winnipeg 5–1 Calgary Hellebuyck 0 22–12–2 46 Recap 37 March 31 Toronto 3–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 22–13–2 46 Recap
April: 5–7–1 (Home: 1–5–1 ; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 April 2 Toronto 2–1 Winnipeg SO Hellebuyck 0 22–13–3 47 Recap — April 4 Vancouver Winnipeg Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 10. 39 April 5 Ottawa 3–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 23–13–3 49 Recap — April 6 Vancouver Winnipeg Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 11. 40 April 8 Winnipeg 4–2 Montreal Hellebuyck 0 24–13–3 51 Recap 41 April 10 Winnipeg 5–0 Montreal Hellebuyck 0 25–13–3 53 Recap 42 April 12 Winnipeg 2–4 Ottawa Hellebuyck 0 25–14–3 53 Recap 43 April 14 Winnipeg 3–2 Ottawa Brossoit 0 26–14–3 55 Recap 44 April 15 Winnipeg 5–2 Toronto Hellebuyck 0 27–14–3 57 Recap 45 April 17 Edmonton 3–0 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 27–15–3 57 Recap 46 April 22 Toronto 5–3 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 27–16–3 57 Recap 47 April 24 Toronto 4–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 27–17–3 57 Recap 48 April 26 Edmonton 6–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 27–18–3 57 Recap 49 April 28 Edmonton 3–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 27–19–3 57 Recap 50 April 30 Winnipeg 3–5 Montreal Hellebuyck 0 27–20–3 57 Recap
May: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 May 3 Winnipeg 1–2 Ottawa Brossoit 0 27–21–3 57 Recap 52 May 5 Winnipeg 4–0 Calgary Hellebuyck 0 28–21–3 59 Recap 53 May 8 Ottawa 4–2 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 28–22–3 59 Recap 54 May 10 Vancouver 3–1 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 28–23–3 59 Recap 55 May 11 Vancouver 0–5 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 29–23–3 61 Recap 56 May 14 Toronto 2–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 30–23–3 63 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2021 Stanley Cup playoffs
North Division First Round vs. (N2) Edmonton Oilers: Winnipeg won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 May 19 Winnipeg 4–1 Edmonton Hellebuyck 1–0 Recap 2 May 21 Winnipeg 1–0 Edmonton OT Hellebuyck 2–0 Recap 3 May 23 Edmonton 4–5 Winnipeg OT Hellebuyck 3–0 Recap 4 May 24 Edmonton 3–4 Winnipeg 3OT Hellebuyck 4–0 Recap North Division Second Round vs. (N4) Montreal Canadiens: Montreal won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 2 Montreal 5–3 Winnipeg Hellebuyck — 0–1 Recap 2 June 4 Montreal 1–0 Winnipeg Hellebuyck — 0–2 Recap 3 June 6 Winnipeg 1–5 Montreal Hellebuyck 2,500 0–3 Recap 4 June 7 Winnipeg 2–3 Montreal OT Hellebuyck 2,500 0–4 Recap
Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Scheifele, MarkMark Scheifele 56 21 42 63 −4 12 Connor, KyleKyle Connor 56 26 24 50 −4 12 Ehlers, NikolajNikolaj Ehlers 47 21 25 46 +15 15 Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler 50 15 31 46 −17 50 Copp, AndrewAndrew Copp 55 15 24 39 +2 20 Pionk, NealNeal Pionk 54 3 29 32 +6 20 Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny 56 13 16 29 −3 32 Appleton, MasonMason Appleton 56 12 13 25 +11 14 Lowry, AdamAdam Lowry 52 10 14 24 +6 13 Morrissey, JoshJosh Morrissey 56 4 17 21 −1 25 Dubois, Pierre-LucPierre-Luc Dubois † || 41 || 8 || 12 || 20 || −6 || 36 Perreault, MathieuMathieu Perreault 56 9 10 19 +6 16 Forbort, DerekDerek Forbort 56 2 10 12 +1 35 Lewis, TrevorTrevor Lewis 56 5 5 10 +7 2 DeMelo, DylanDylan DeMelo 52 0 9 9 +10 20 Thompson, NateNate Thompson 44 2 3 5 +4 4 Stanley, LoganLogan Stanley 37 1 3 4 +13 26 Laine, PatrikPatrik Laine ‡ || 1 || 2 || 1 || 3 || +1 || 4 Harkins, JansenJansen Harkins 26 1 1 2 −2 4 Poolman, TuckerTucker Poolman 39 0 1 1 −2 2 Beaulieu, NathanNathan Beaulieu 25 0 1 1 −5 20 Vesalainen, KristianKristian Vesalainen 12 0 1 1 0 0 Benn, JordieJordie Benn † || 8 || 0 || 1 || 1 || +2 || 0 Toninato, DominicDominic Toninato 2 0 1 1 0 0 Niku, SamiSami Niku 6 0 0 0 −3 8 Gustafsson, DavidDavid Gustafsson 4 0 0 0 −1 0 Heinola, VilleVille Heinola 5 0 0 0 −2 2

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Scheifele, MarkMark Scheifele 4 2 3 5 +2 0 Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler 4 2 3 5 +3 0 Connor, KyleKyle Connor 4 2 2 4 +2 0 Morrissey, JoshJosh Morrissey 4 1 3 4 0 2 Pionk, NealNeal Pionk 4 0 3 3 +1 2 Ehlers, NikolajNikolaj Ehlers 2 2 0 2 0 0 Poolman, TuckerTucker Poolman 4 1 1 2 +4 0 Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny 4 1 1 2 +1 4 Thompson, NateNate Thompson 4 0 2 2 +1 2 Copp, AndrewAndrew Copp 4 0 2 2 +2 0 Lowry, AdamAdam Lowry 4 0 2 2 +1 0 Dubois, Pierre-LucPierre-Luc Dubois 3 0 2 2 −1 4 Perreault, MathieuMathieu Perreault 4 1 0 1 0 2 Appleton, MasonMason Appleton 4 1 0 1 +2 2 Toninato, DominicDominic Toninato 2 1 0 1 +2 0 Stanley, LoganLogan Stanley 4 0 1 1 +3 4 DeMelo, DylanDylan DeMelo 4 0 0 0 +2 2 Lewis, TrevorTrevor Lewis 4 0 0 0 0 0 Forbort, DerekDerek Forbort 4 0 0 0 0 0 Vesalainen, KristianKristian Vesalainen 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Hellebuyck, ConnorConnor Hellebuyck	45	45	2,602:49	24	17	3	112	2.58	1,335	.916	4	0	0	0
Brossoit, LaurentLaurent Brossoit	14	11	744:07	6	6	0	30	2.42	368	.918	1	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Hellebuyck, ConnorConnor Hellebuyck	4	4	300:07	4	0	8	1.60	159	.950	1	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Jets. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.

Roster

Updated April 21, 2021

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
22	United States	Appleton, MasonMason Appleton	4.0 C	R	29	2015	Green Bay, Wisconsin
88	Canada	Beaulieu, NathanNathan Beaulieu	2.0 D	L	32	2019	Strathroy, Ontario
40	Canada	Benn, JordieJordie Benn	2.0 D	L	37	2021	Victoria, British Columbia
30	Canada	Brossoit, LaurentLaurent Brossoit	1.0 G	L	31	2018	Port Alberni, British Columbia
1	Canada	Comrie, EricEric Comrie	1.0 G	L	29	2013	Edmonton, Alberta
81	United States	Connor, KyleKyle Connor	6.0 LW	L	28	2015	Clinton Township, Michigan
9	United States	Copp, AndrewAndrew Copp	4.0 C	L	30	2013	Ann Arbor, Michigan
2	Canada	DeMelo, DylanDylan DeMelo	2.0 D	R	31	2020	London, Ontario
13	Canada	Dubois, Pierre-LucPierre-Luc Dubois	4.0 C	L	26	2021	Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
27	Denmark	Ehlers, NikolajNikolaj Ehlers	6.0 LW	L	29	2014	Aalborg, Denmark
24	United States	Forbort, DerekDerek Forbort	2.0 D	L	33	2020	Duluth, Minnesota
19	Sweden	Gustafsson, DavidDavid Gustafsson	4.0 C	L	24	2018	Tingsryd, Sweden
12	Canada	Harkins, JansenJansen Harkins	4.0 C	L	27	2015	Cleveland, Ohio
14	Finland	Heinola, VilleVille Heinola	2.0 D	L	24	2019	Honkajoki, Finland
37	United States	Hellebuyck, ConnorConnor Hellebuyck	1.0 G	L	31	2012	Commerce, Michigan
23	United States	Lewis, TrevorTrevor Lewis	4.0 C	R	38	2021	Salt Lake City, Utah
18	Canada	Little, BryanBryan Little	4.0 C	R	37	2006	Edmonton, Alberta
17	Canada	Lowry, AdamAdam Lowry	4.0 C	L	31	2011	St. Louis, Missouri
46	Finland	Luoto, JoonaJoona Luoto	6.0 LW	L	27	2019	Tampere, Finland
44	Canada	Morrissey, JoshJosh Morrissey  (A)	2.0 D	L	29	2013	Calgary, Alberta
8	Finland	Niku, SamiSami Niku	2.0 D	L	28	2015	Haapavesi, Finland
62	Canada	Nogier, NelsonNelson Nogier	2.0 D	R	28	2014	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
85	Canada	Perreault, MathieuMathieu Perreault	6.0 LW	L	37	2014	Drummondville, Quebec
4	United States	Pionk, NealNeal Pionk	2.0 D	R	29	2019	Hermantown, Minnesota
3	United States	Poolman, TuckerTucker Poolman	2.0 D	R	31	2013	East Grand Forks, Minnesota
54	United States	Samberg, DylanDylan Samberg	2.0 D	L	26	2017	Hermantown, Minnesota
55	Canada	Scheifele, MarkMark Scheifele  (A)	4.0 C	R	32	2011	Kitchener, Ontario
64	Canada	Stanley, LoganLogan Stanley	2.0 D	L	26	2016	Kitchener, Ontario
25	United States	Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny	4.0 C	L	39	2020	Quebec City, Quebec
73	United States	Suess, C. J.C. J. Suess	6.0 LW	L	30	2014	Forest Lake, Minnesota
11	United States	Thompson, NateNate Thompson	4.0 C	L	40	2020	Anchorage, Alaska
21	United States	Toninato, DominicDominic Toninato	4.0 C	L	31	2020	Duluth, Minnesota
93	Finland	Vesalainen, KristianKristian Vesalainen	6.0 LW	L	25	2017	Helsinki, Finland
26	United States	Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler  (C)	7.0 RW	R	38	2011	Robbinsdale, Minnesota