2019–20 Winnipeg Jets season
# 2019–20 Winnipeg Jets season

The 2019–20 Winnipeg Jets season was the 21st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997, and the ninth in Winnipeg, since the franchise relocated from Atlanta prior to the start of the 2011–12 NHL season.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Jets advanced to the playoffs and faced the Calgary Flames in the qualifying round, losing in a four-game series.

## Regular season

The Jets lost their season opener 6–4 to the New York Rangers on October 3. The Jets struggled in the opening month of October, compiling a 6–7–0 record with 12 points out of a possible 26 to start the season.

## Standings

### Divisional standings

Central Division :

| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | 94 |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | 92 |
| 3 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | 82 |
| 4 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | 80 |
| 5 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | 78 |
| 6 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | 77 |
| 7 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | 72 |

### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | .662 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | .657 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 3 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | .606 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 4 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | .594 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 5 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | .585 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 6 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 8 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | .564 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 9 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | .563 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 10 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | .558 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 11 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | .529 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | .514 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 13 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | .472 | |
| 14 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | .457 | |
| 15 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | .450 | |

**Tiebreaking procedures**

* Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
* Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
* Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
* Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
* Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
* Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
* Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

## Schedule and results

### Pre-season

The pre-season schedule was published on June 13, 2019.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.

2019–20 game log :

Legend:

  Win (2 points)

  Loss (0 points)

  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

The Jets faced the Calgary Flames in the qualifying round, losing in four games.

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs :

Legend:

  Win

  Loss :

## Player statistics

### Skaters

Regular season :

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kyle Connor | 71 | 38 | 35 | 73 | 4 | 34 |
| Mark Scheifele | 71 | 29 | 44 | 73 | 2 | 45 |
| Blake Wheeler | 71 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 1 | 37 |
| Patrik Laine | 68 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 8 | 22 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 71 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 14 | 30 |
| Neal Pionk | 71 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 10 | 32 |
| Josh Morrissey | 65 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 1 | 24 |
| Jack Roslovic | 71 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 12 |
| Andrew Copp | 63 | 10 | 16 | 26 | −3 | 10 |
| Tucker Poolman | 57 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −1 | 24 |
| Mathieu Perreault | 49 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −9 | 10 |
| Adam Lowry | 49 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 23 |
| Luca Sbisa | 44 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 51 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −4 | 32 |
| Mason Appleton | 46 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −9 | 20 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | 38 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 |
| Anthony Bitetto | 51 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 32 |
| Jansen Harkins | 29 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 |
| Gabriel Bourque | 52 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 7 |
| Logan Shaw | 35 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Little | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Ville Heinola | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Cody $Eakin^†$ | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Sami Niku | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −2 | 12 |
| Nick $Shore^†$ | 42 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 8 |
| David Gustafsson | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| Carl Dahlstrom | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 6 |
| C. J. Suess | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Dylan $DeMelo^†$ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mark Letestu | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joona Luoto | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
| Andrei Chibisov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Playoffs :

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adam Lowry | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
| Andrew Copp | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
| Jack Roslovic | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| Neal Pionk | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 0 |
| Jansen Harkins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Josh Morrissey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 |
| Kyle Connor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 |
| Blake Wheeler | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 5 |
| Patrik Laine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Mark Scheifele | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Shore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
| Cody Eakin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
| Mason Appleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tucker Poolman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Logan Shaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Dylan DeMelo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gabriel Bourque | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Mathieu Perreault | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :

| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Connor Hellebuyck | 58 | 56 | 3,268:33 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 140 | 2.57 | 1,796 | .922 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Laurent Brossoit | 19 | 15 | 987:53 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 3.28 | 512 | .895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Playoffs :

| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Connor Hellebuyck | 4 | 4 | 236:32 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3.04 | 125 | .904 | 0 | 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. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

