2012–13 Winnipeg Jets season
# 2012–13 Winnipeg Jets season

The 2012–13 Winnipeg Jets season was the 14th season for the National Hockey League franchise and the second in Winnipeg. The franchise played in Atlanta since the 1999–2000 NHL season, and relocated to Winnipeg following the conclusion of the 2010–11 NHL season. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout.

## Regular season

The Jets struggled on the power play during the regular season and finished 30th overall in power-play percentage at 14.09% (21 for 149).

### Standings

Southeast Division :

| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | y – Washington Capitals | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 149 | 126 | +23 | 57 |
| 2 | Winnipeg Jets | 48 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 128 | 109 | +19 | 51 |
| 3 | Carolina Hurricanes | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 128 | 133 | −5 | 42 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 48 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 148 | 104 | +44 | 40 |
| 5 | Florida Panthers | 48 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 112 | 143 | −31 | 36 |

Eastern Conference :

| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | AT | z – Pittsburgh Penguins | 48 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 165 | 119 | +46 | 72 |
| 2 | NE | y – Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 149 | 126 | +23 | 63 |
| 3 | SE | y – Washington Capitals | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 149 | 130 | +19 | 57 |
| 4 | NE | x – Boston Bruins | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 24 | 131 | 109 | +22 | 62 |
| 5 | NE | x – Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 145 | 133 | +12 | 57 |
| 6 | AT | x – New York Rangers | 48 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 130 | 112 | +18 | 56 |
| 7 | NE | x – Ottawa Senators | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 116 | 104 | +12 | 56 |
| 8 | AT | x – New York Islanders | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 139 | 139 | 0 | 55 |
| 9 | SE | Winnipeg Jets | 48 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 128 | 144 | −16 | 51 |
| 10 | AT | Philadelphia Flyers | 48 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 133 | 141 | −8 | 49 |
| 11 | AT | New Jersey Devils | 48 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 112 | 129 | −17 | 48 |
| 12 | NE | Buffalo Sabres | 48 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 115 | 143 | −28 | 48 |
| 13 | SE | Carolina Hurricanes | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 128 | 160 | −32 | 42 |
| 14 | SE | Tampa Bay Lightning | 48 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 148 | 150 | −2 | 40 |
| 15 | SE | Florida Panthers | 48 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 112 | 171 | −59 | 36 |

## Schedule and results

2012–13 Game Log :

January: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)

#JanVisitorScoreHomeOT/SODecisionAttendanceRecordPoints

119Ottawa4–1WinnipegPavelec15,0040–1–00

221Winnipeg1–2BostonSOPavelec17,5650–1–11

322Winnipeg4–2WashingtonPavelec18,5061–1–13

425Pittsburgh2–4WinnipegPavelec15,0042–1–15

527NY Islanders4–5WinnipegOTMontoya15,0043–1–17

629Winnipeg3–4MontrealPavelec21,2733–2–17

731Winnipeg3–6FloridaPavelec15,7313–3–17 :

February: 7–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 5–2–0)

#FebVisitorScoreHomeOT/SODecisionAttendanceRecordPoints

81Winnipeg3–8Tampa BayPavelec19,2043–4–17

95Florida2–3WinnipegOTPavelec15,0044–4–19

107Toronto3–2WinnipegPavelec15,0044–5–19

119Winnipeg1–0OttawaMontoya18,5945–5–111

1212Philadelphia3–2WinnipegPavelec15,0045–6–111

1315Pittsburgh3–1WinnipegPavelec15,0045–7–111

1417Boston3–2WinnipegPavelec15,0045–8–111

1519Winnipeg2–1BuffaloPavelec19,0706–8–113

1621Winnipeg4–3CarolinaPavelec18,2827–8–115

1723Winnipeg3–5PhiladelphiaPavelec19,9337–9–115

1824Winnipeg4–2New JerseyPavelec17,6258–9–117

1926Winnipeg4–3NY RangersPavelec17,2009–9–119

2028New Jersey1–3WinnipegPavelec15,00410–9–121 :

March: 8–7–1 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–3–1)

#MarVisitorScoreHomeOT/SODecisionAttendanceRecordPoints

212Washington3–0WinnipegPavelec15,00410–10–121

225Winnipeg1–4FloridaPavelec14,57410–11–121

237Winnipeg2–1Tampa BayMontoya19,20411–11–123

248Winnipeg3–2FloridaOTPavelec16,44212–11–125

2510Winnipeg2–3New JerseySOPavelec17,62512–11–226

2612Toronto2–5WinnipegPavelec15,00413–11–228

2714NY Rangers1–3WinnipegPavelec15,00414–11–230

2816Winnipeg5–4TorontoSOPavelec19,40115–11–232

2917Winnipeg1–4OttawaPavelec19,22715–12–232

3019Boston1–3WinnipegPavelec15,00416–12–234

3121Washington4–0WinnipegPavelec15,00416–13–234

3222Washington6–1WinnipegPavelec15,00416–14–234

3324Tampa Bay2–3WinnipegPavelec15,00417–14–236

3426Winnipeg4–1CarolinaPavelec16,22518–14–238

3528Winnipeg0–4PittsburghMontoya18,64918–15–238

3630Carolina3–1WinnipegPavelec15,00418–16–238 :

April: 6–5–1 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 1–4–0)

#AprVisitorScoreHomeOT/SODecisionAttendanceRecordPoints

371Winnipeg2–4NY RangersPavelec17,20018–17–238

382Winnipeg2–5NY IslandersPavelec11,81918–18–238

394Winnipeg1–4MontrealPavelec21,27318–19–238

406Philadelphia1–4WinnipegPavelec15,00419–19–240

419Buffalo1–4WinnipegPavelec15,00420–19–242

4211Florida2–7WinnipegPavelec15,00421–19–244

4316Tampa Bay3–4WinnipegSOPavelec15,00422–19–246

4418Carolina3–4WinnipegOTPavelec15,00423–19–248

4520NY Islanders5–4WinnipegSOPavelec15,00423–19–349

4622Winnipeg2–1BuffaloPavelec18,65424–19–351

4723Winnipeg3–5WashingtonPavelec18,50624–20–351

4825Montreal4–2WinnipegPavelec15,00424–21–351 :

Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT/SO Loss :

## Player statistics

Final stats

Regular Season :

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andrew Ladd | 48 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 10 | 22 |
| Blake Wheeler | 48 | 19 | 22 | 41 | −3 | 28 |
| Evander Kane | 48 | 17 | 16 | 33 | −3 | 80 |
| Bryan Little | 48 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 4 |
| Dustin Byfuglien | 43 | 8 | 20 | 28 | −1 | 34 |
| Nik Antropov | 40 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 16 |
| Grant Clitsome | 44 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 18 |
| Kyle Wellwood | 39 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| Tobias Enstrom | 22 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −8 | 8 |
| Olli Jokinen | 45 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −19 | 14 |
| Zach Bogosian | 33 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 29 |
| Ron Hainsey | 47 | 0 | 13 | 13 | −8 | 10 |
| Alexander Burmistrov | 44 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| Paul Postma | 34 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −5 | 6 |
| Antti Miettinen | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| James Wright | 38 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −5 | 31 |
| Chris Thorburn | 42 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −5 | 70 |
| Mark Stuart | 42 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 53 |
| Eric $Tangradi^†$ | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 22 |
| Zach Redmond | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Aaron Gagnon | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Jim Slater | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 19 |
| Anthony Peluso | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Alexei $Ponikarovsky^‡$ | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 6 |
| Derek Meech | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike $Santorelli^†$ | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 0 |
| Patrice Cormier | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 7 |
| Mark Scheifele | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 126 | 215 | 341 | −40 | 525 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :

| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ondrej Pavelec | 44 | 43 | 2552:43 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 119 | 2.80 | 1251 | .905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Montoya | 7 | 5 | 351:21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2.91 | 168 | .899 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 48 | 2904:04 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 136 | 2.81 | 1419 | .904 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

$^†Denotes$ player spent time with another team before joining the Jets. Stats reflect time with the Jets only. $^‡Traded$ mid-season Bold/italics denotes franchise record

## Transactions

Winnipeg has been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.

Trades

Date

Details

June 23, 2012

To Toronto Maple LeafsConditional 7th-round pick in 2013

To Winnipeg JetsJonas Gustavsson

February 13, 2013

To Pittsburgh Penguins7th-round pick in 2013

To Winnipeg JetsEric Tangradi

February 13, 2013

To New Jersey DevilsAlexei Ponikarovsky

To Winnipeg Jets7th-round pick in 2013 4th-round pick in 2014

March 10, 2013

To Columbus Blue JacketsSpencer Machacek

To Winnipeg JetsTomas Kubalik

↑ Condition not satisfied.↑ Trade of negotiating rights to.

Free agents signed

PlayerFormer teamContract terms

Alexei PonikarovskyNew Jersey Devils1 year, $1.8 million

Olli JokinenCalgary Flames2 years, $9 million

Al MontoyaNew York Islanders1 year, $601,000

Mark DekanichColumbus Blue Jackets1 year, $600,000

Juho OlkinuoraUniversity of Denver2 years, $1.485 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost

PlayerNew teamContract terms

Tanner GlassPittsburgh Penguins2 years, $2.2 million

Jonas GustavssonDetroit Red Wings2 years, $3 million

Chris MasonNashville Predators1 year, $1.25 million

Tim StapletonDinamo Minskundisclosed

Arturs KuldaSibir Novosibirskundisclosed

Mark FloodLokomotiv Yaroslavlundisclosed

Brett FesterlingNurnberg Ice Tigersundisclosed

Eric FehrWashington Capitals1 year, $600,000

Claimed via waivers

PlayerFormer teamDate claimed off waivers

Anthony PelusoSt. Louis BluesJanuary 16, 2013

James WrightFlorida PanthersJanuary 18, 2013

Mike SantorelliFlorida PanthersApril 3, 2013

Lost via waivers

PlayerNew teamDate claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement

Player

Player signings

PlayerDateContract terms

Jim SlaterJune 13, 20123 years, $4.8 million

Ondrej PavelecJune 25, 20125 years, $19.5 million

Derek MeechJuly 1, 20121 year, $700,000

Ben MaxwellJuly 6, 20121 year, $650,000

Kyle WellwoodJuly 13, 20121 year, $1.6 million

Paul PostmaJuly 13, 20121 year, $550,000

Maxime MacenauerJuly 23, 20121 year, $525,000

Tobias EnstromJuly 27, 20125 years, $28.75 million contract extension

Spencer MachacekSeptember 11, 20121 year, $575,000

Evander KaneSeptember 15, 20126 years, $31.5 million

Jason JaffrayJanuary 16, 20131 year, $575,000

Arturs KuldaMarch 18, 20131 year, $550,000

Jacob TroubaApril 2, 20133 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract

Adam LowryApril 16, 20133 years, $2.485 million entry-level contract

Austen BrassardJune 1, 20133 years, $1.86 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

Winnipeg's picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Round

Overall

Player

Position

Nationality

College/Junior/Club team (League)

1

9

Jacob Trouba

D

 United States

U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)

2

39

Lukas Sutter

C

 Canada

Saskatoon Blades (WHL)

3

70

Scott Kosmachuk

RW

 Canada

Guelph Storm (OHL)

5

130

Connor Hellebuyck

G

 United States

Odessa Jackalopes (NAHL)

6

160

Ryan Olsen

C

 Canada

Saskatoon Blades (WHL)

7

190

Jamie Phillips

G

 Canada

Toronto Jr. Canadiens (OJHL)

See also

2012–13 NHL season

References

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