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)
Penalty minutes	Chris Thorburn (43)
Plus/minus	Tyler Myers Mark Scheifele (+5)
Wins	Connor Hellebuyck (9)
Goals against average	Connor Hellebuyck (2.76)

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.

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Chicago Blackhawks	82	50	23	9	46	244	213	+31	109
2	x – Minnesota Wild	82	49	25	8	46	266	208	+58	106
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	46	29	7	44	235	218	+17	99
4	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	29	12	39	240	224	+16	94
5	Winnipeg Jets	82	40	35	7	37	249	256	−7	87
6	Dallas Stars	82	34	37	11	33	223	262	−39	79
7	Colorado Avalanche	82	22	56	4	21	166	278	−112	48

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

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) # 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
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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mark Scheifele	15	9	10	19	9	12
Patrik Laine	15	11	5	16	2	4
Blake Wheeler	15	4	7	11	−1	12
Dustin Byfuglien	15	0	8	8	1	19
Nikolaj Ehlers	15	4	8	12	5	8
Joel Armia	10	1	3	4	0	2
Shawn Matthias	10	2	1	3	2	4
Mathieu Perreault	10	1	2	3	−5	6
Kyle Connor	14	1	3	4	−6	4
Tyler Myers	10	2	3	5	5	13
Adam Lowry	15	3	1	4	−1	13
Toby Enstrom	15	1	3	4	3	10
Josh Morrissey	15	0	2	2	1	4
Ben Chiarot	14	0	3	3	−4	4
Alexander Burmistrov	14	0	2	2	−4	0
Drew Stafford	6	0	1	1	1	2
Bryan Little	1	0	1	1	1	0
Brandon Tanev	15	2	1	3	0	17
Paul Postma	12	0	2	2	0	0
Chris Thorburn	10	0	0	0	−3	18
Mark Stuart	5	0	0	0	1	0
Julian Melchiori	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nic Petan	4	0	3	3	-2	0
Marko Dano	5	2	1	3	0	2
Andrew Copp	5	2	2	4	1	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Connor Hellebuyck	19	18	945:55	9	9	0	49	2.57	534	.908	2	0	0	0
Michael 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 July 31, 2024

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
–		Jaret Anderson-Dolan	C	R	24	2024	Calgary, Alberta
22		Mason Appleton	C	R	28	2022	Green Bay, Wisconsin
36		Morgan Barron	C	L	25	2022	Halifax, Nova Scotia
–		Dylan Coghlan	D	R	26	2024	Duncan, British Columbia
1		Eric Comrie	G	L	29	2024	Edmonton, Alberta
81		Kyle Connor	LW	L	27	2015	Clinton Township, Michigan
2		Dylan DeMelo	D	R	31	2020	London, Ontario
27		Nikolaj Ehlers	LW	L	28	2014	Aalborg, Denmark
–		Haydn Fleury	D	L	28	2024	Carlyle, Saskatchewan
37		Connor Hellebuyck	G	L	31	2012	Commerce, Michigan
9		Alex Iafallo	LW/C	L	30	2023	Eden, New York
71		Axel Jonsson-Fjallby	LW	L	26	2022	Stockholm, Sweden
34		Kaapo Kahkonen	G	L	28	2024	Helsinki, Finland
15		Rasmus Kupari	C	R	24	2023	Kotka, Finland
17		Adam Lowry (C)	C	L	31	2011	St. Louis, Missouri
6		Colin Miller	D	R	31	2024	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
44		Josh Morrissey (A)	D	L	29	2013	Calgary, Alberta
7		Vladislav Namestnikov	C	L	31	2023	Voskresensk, Russia
62		Nino Niederreiter	RW	L	31	2023	Chur, Switzerland
91		Cole Perfetti (RFA)	C	L	22	2020	Whitby, Ontario
4		Neal Pionk	D	R	29	2019	Omaha, Nebraska
54		Dylan Samberg	D	L	25	2017	Hermantown, Minnesota
55		Mark Scheifele (A)	C	R	31	2011	Kitchener, Ontario
–		Mason Shaw	C	L	25	2024	Lloydminster, Alberta
64		Logan Stanley	D	L	26	2016	Kitchener, Ontario
13		Gabriel Vilardi	C	R	25	2023	Kingston, Ontario

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
June 25, 2016	To Montreal Canadiens 7th-round pick in 2016	To Winnipeg Jets 7th-round pick in 2017

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Shawn Matthias	Colorado Avalanche	2 years, $4.25 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Quinton Howden	Florida Panthers	1 year, $650,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Brian Strait	New York Islanders	1 year, $600,000

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Andrew MacWilliam	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $575,000
July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11)	Thomas Raffl	EC Red Bull Salzburg	Undisclosed

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

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Julian Melchiori	2 years, $1.25 million
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Jamie Phillips	2 years, $1.35 million entry-level contract
July 3, 2016 (2016-07-03)	Patrik Laine	3 years, $10.725 million entry-level contract
July 7, 2016 (2016-07-07)	Mathieu Perreault	4 years, $16.5 million contract extension
July 8, 2016 (2016-07-08)	Brenden Kichton	1 year, $600,000
July 8, 2016 (2016-07-08)	Mark Scheifele	8 years, $49 million contract extension
July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)	Joel Armia	2 years, $1.85 million contract extension
July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)	Adam Lowry	2 years, $2.25 million contract extension
July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)	Jack Roslovic	3 years, $3.4125 million entry-level contract
July 21, 2016 (2016-07-21)	Brandon Tanev	1 year, $874,125
August 15, 2016 (2016-08-15)	JC Lipon	1 year, $650,000

Draft picks

See also: List of Winnipeg Jets 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• ^[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.
• 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.

References