# 2020–21 Winnipeg Jets season

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 tenth in Winnipeg, 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 v t e | 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 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.
2020–21 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2021 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Mark Scheifele | 56 | 21 | 42 | 63 | −4 | 12 |
| Kyle Connor | 56 | 26 | 24 | 50 | −4 | 12 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 47 | 21 | 25 | 46 | +15 | 15 |
| Blake Wheeler | 50 | 15 | 31 | 46 | −17 | 50 |
| Andrew Copp | 55 | 15 | 24 | 39 | +2 | 20 |
| Neal Pionk | 54 | 3 | 29 | 32 | +6 | 20 |
| Paul Stastny | 56 | 13 | 16 | 29 | −3 | 32 |
| Mason Appleton | 56 | 12 | 13 | 25 | +11 | 14 |
| Adam Lowry | 52 | 10 | 14 | 24 | +6 | 13 |
| Josh Morrissey | 56 | 4 | 17 | 21 | −1 | 25 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois$^†$ | 41 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −6 | 36 |
| Mathieu Perreault | 56 | 9 | 10 | 19 | +6 | 16 |
| Derek Forbort | 56 | 2 | 10 | 12 | +1 | 35 |
| Trevor Lewis | 56 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +7 | 2 |
| Dylan DeMelo | 52 | 0 | 9 | 9 | +10 | 20 |
| Nate Thompson | 44 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 4 |
| Logan Stanley | 37 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +13 | 26 |
| Patrik Laine$^‡$ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| Jansen Harkins | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
| Tucker Poolman | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 20 |
| Kristian Vesalainen | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordie Benn$^†$ | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 |
| Dominic Toninato | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sami Niku | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 8 |
| David Gustafsson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Ville Heinola | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Kyle Connor | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −2 | 0 |
| Mark Scheifele | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 17 |
| Blake Wheeler | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| Josh Morrissey | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −4 | 6 |
| Adam Lowry | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 0 |
| Neal Pionk | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −5 | 2 |
| Logan Stanley | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +6 | 4 |
| Mason Appleton | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 2 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 8 |
| Paul Stastny | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 8 |
| Mathieu Perreault | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Tucker Poolman | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Thompson | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 |
| Andrew Copp | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
| Derek Forbort | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Dominic Toninato | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 |
| Jordie Benn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 |
| Dylan DeMelo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 |
| Trevor Lewis | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jansen Harkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kristian Vesalainen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Connor Hellebuyck | 45 | 45 | 2,602:49 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 112 | 2.58 | 1,335 | .916 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laurent 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 |
| Connor Hellebuyck | 8 | 8 | 537:45 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 2.23 | 289 | .931 | 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.