2020–21 Winnipeg Jets season

2020–21 Winnipeg Jets
Division	North
2020–21 record	7–3–1
Home record	5–2–1
Road record	2–1–0
Goals for	39
Goals against	32
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 (7)
Assists	Mark Scheifele (9)
Points	Mark Scheifele (14)
Penalty minutes	Blake Wheeler (14)
Plus/minus	Nikolaj Ehlers (+9)
Wins	Connor Hellebuyck (5)
Goals against average	Connor Hellebuyck (2.48)

The 2020–21 Winnipeg Jets season is 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 is to be played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Winnipeg and the other Canadian teams will play an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

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	183	154	+29	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	22	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	17	151	188	−37	50

Source: National Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

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

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mark Scheifele	10	4	9	13	−2	4
Nikolaj Ehlers	10	6	6	12	9	0
Kyle Connor	10	6	5	11	−4	4
Blake Wheeler	10	3	8	11	−9	10
Andrew Copp	10	4	6	10	4	4
Adam Lowry	10	4	4	8	0	0
Neal Pionk	10	0	7	7	1	2
Paul Stastny	10	2	4	6	5	2
Mason Appleton	10	1	4	5	3	4
Derek Forbort	10	1	4	5	4	10
Josh Morrissey	10	0	4	4	−4	2
Patrik Laine‡	1	2	1	3	1	4
Trevor Lewis	10	1	1	2	1	0
Mathieu Perreault	10	1	1	2	2	2
Dylan DeMelo	6	0	2	2	−2	4
Nathan Beaulieu	10	0	1	1	2	12
Jansen Harkins	9	0	0	0	−2	4
Logan Stanley	9	0	0	0	4	6
Nate Thompson	4	0	0	0	0	0
David Gustafsson	3	0	0	0	−1	0
Sami Niku	3	0	0	0	−2	6
Kristian Vesalainen	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ville Heinola	1	0	0	0	2	0
Tucker Poolman	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Connor Hellebuyck	7	7	423:22	4	2	1	19	2.69	205	.907	0	0	0	0
Laurent Brossoit	3	3	181:15	2	1	0	9	2.98	110	.918	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.

Roster

Updated April 27, 2024

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
22		Mason Appleton	C	R	28	2022	Green Bay, Wisconsin
36		Morgan Barron	C	L	25	2022	Halifax, Nova Scotia
39		Laurent Brossoit	G	L	31	2023	Port Alberni, British Columbia
81		Kyle Connor	LW	L	27	2015	Clinton Township, Michigan
60		Collin Delia	G	L	29	2023	Rancho Cucamonga, California
2		Dylan DeMelo	D	R	31	2020	London, Ontario
5		Brenden Dillon	D	L	33	2021	New Westminster, British Columbia
27		Nikolaj Ehlers	LW	L	28	2014	Aalborg, Denmark
19		David Gustafsson	C	L	24	2018	Tingsryd, Sweden
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
15		Rasmus Kupari	C	R	24	2023	Kotka, Finland
17		Adam Lowry (C)	C	L	31	2011	St. Louis, Missouri
23		Sean Monahan	C	L	29	2024	Brampton, Ontario
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	C	L	22	2020	Whitby, Ontario
4		Neal Pionk	D	R	28	2019	Omaha, Nebraska
54		Dylan Samberg	D	L	25	2017	Hermantown, Minnesota
55		Mark Scheifele (A)	C	R	31	2011	Kitchener, Ontario
88		Nate Schmidt	D	L	32	2021	St. Cloud, Minnesota
64		Logan Stanley	D	L	26	2016	Kitchener, Ontario
73		Tyler Toffoli	RW	R	32	2024	Scarborough, Ontario
13		Gabriel Vilardi	C	R	24	2023	Kingston, Ontario