2018–19 Winnipeg Jets season

The 2018–19 Winnipeg Jets season was the 20th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997, and the eighth in Winnipeg, Manitoba, since the franchise relocated from Atlanta prior to the start of the 2011–12 NHL season. The Jets clinched a playoff spot of March 23, 2019, after a 5–0 win against the Nashville Predators. The Jets faced the St. Louis Blues in the first round of the playoffs, where they lost in six games.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
The pre-season schedule was published on June 12, 2018.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 17 	Minnesota 	1–2 	Winnipeg 	 	Brossoit 	15,321 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 20 	Winnipeg 	3–7 	Edmonton 	 	Comrie 	18,347 	1–1–0 	Recap
3 	September 21 	Calgary 	3–4 	Winnipeg 	OT 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	2–1–0 	Recap
4 	September 23 	Edmonton 	3–5 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	3–1–0 	Recap
5 	September 24 	Winnipeg 	5–4 	Calgary 	OT 	Brossoit 	17,207 	4–1–0 	Recap
6 	September 26 	Winnipeg 	3–4 	Minnesota 	 	Brossoit 	16,921 	4–2–0 	Recap
7 	September 27 	New Jersey 	5–3 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	4–3–0 	Recap
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 4 	Winnipeg 	5–1 	St. Louis 	 	Hellebuyck 	18,292 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 6 	Winnipeg 	1–5 	Dallas 	 	Hellebuyck 	18,131 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 9 	Los Angeles 	1–2 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 11 	Winnipeg 	0–3 	Nashville 	 	Hellebuyck 	17,228 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap
5 	October 14 	Carolina 	1–3 	Winnipeg 	 	Brossoit 	15,321 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 16 	Edmonton 	5–4 	Winnipeg 	OT 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	3–2–1 	7 	Recap
7 	October 18 	Vancouver 	1–4 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	4–2–1 	9 	Recap
8 	October 20 	Arizona 	3–5 	Winnipeg 	 	Brossoit 	15,321 	5–2–1 	11 	Recap
9 	October 22 	St. Louis 	4–5 	Winnipeg 	OT 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	6–2–1 	13 	Recap
10 	October 24 	Toronto 	4–2 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	6–3–1 	13 	Recap
11 	October 26 	Winnipeg 	2–1 	Detroit 	 	Brossoit 	19,515 	7–3–1 	15 	Recap
12 	October 27 	Winnipeg 	2–3 	Toronto 	 	Hellebuyck 	19,545 	7–4–1 	15 	Recap
===Playoffs===
The Jets faced the St. Louis Blues in the First Round of the playoffs, and were defeated in six games.
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Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2	Western Conference First Round vs. (C3) St. Louis Blues: St. Louis won 4–2
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 10 	St. Louis 	2–1 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	0–1 	Recap
2 	April 12 	St. Louis 	4–3 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	0–2 	Recap
3 	April 14 	Winnipeg 	6–3 	St. Louis 	 	Hellebuyck 	18,486 	1–2 	Recap
4 	April 16 	Winnipeg 	2–1 	St. Louis 	OT 	Hellebuyck 	18,346 	2–2 	Recap
5 	April 18 	St. Louis 	3–2 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	2–3 	Recap
6 	April 20 	Winnipeg 	2–3 	St. Louis 	 	Hellebuyck 	18,524 	2–4 	Recap
==Player statistics==
As of April 20, 2019
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	20	71	91	0 	60
 	82	38	46	84	8 	38
 	82	34	32	66	 	18
 	82	30	20	50	 	42
 	82	8 	42	50	8 	58
 	82	15	26	41	 	26
 	62	21	16	37	2 	15
 	80	9 	22	31	11	63
 	59	6 	25	31	9 	14
 	42	4 	27	31	4 	69
 	82	15	15	30	 	44
 	80	14	15	29	9 	41
 	69	11	14	25	20	6
 	77	9 	15	24	 	4
 	78	12	11	23	6 	33
 	78	5 	15	20	6 	62
† 	20	5 	8 	13	 	2
‡ 	44	9 	2 	11	10	64
 	36	3 	7 	10	9 	4
 	41	1 	6 	7 	0 	20
 	57	0 	6 	6 	4 	47
† 	18	0 	5 	5 	5 	7
 	30	1 	3 	4 	0 	2
‡ 	13	0 	2 	2 	 	2
 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
† 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
† 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	2	6	8	4	4
 	6	3	2	5	 	0
 	6	2	3	5	0	8
 	6	1	4	5	1	6
 	6	0	5	5	3	2
 	6	3	1	4	2	0
 	6	2	1	3	2	2
 	6	1	2	3	1	0
 	5	1	1	2	0	0
 	5	0	2	2	1	8
 	6	1	0	1	 	0
 	6	0	1	1	 	4
 	6	0	1	1	 	0
 	6	0	0	0	1	0
 	6	0	0	0	2	0
 	6	0	0	0	 	0
 	6	0	0	0	0	4
 	6	0	0	0	0	4
 	2	0	0	0	0	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	63	62	3,704:06	34	20	3	179	2.90	2,051	.913	2	0	3	4
 	21	19	1,165:17	13	6 	2	49 	2.52	652 	.925	1	0	0	0
 	1 	1 	59:53 	0 	1 	0	5 	5.01	28 	.821	0	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	6	359:56	2	4	16	2.67	184	.913	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.
==Transactions==
The Jets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Anaheim DucksChase De Leo 	To Winnipeg JetsNic Kerdiles 	
 	To Montreal CanadiensJoel ArmiaSteve Mason7th-round pick in 20194th-round pick in 2020 	To Winnipeg JetsSimon Bourque 	
 	To Vegas Golden KnightsFuture considerations 	To Winnipeg JetsJimmy Oligny 	
 	To Buffalo Sabres6th-round pick in 2019 	To Winnipeg JetsNathan Beaulieu 	
 	To Columbus Blue JacketsFuture considerations 	To Winnipeg JetsAlex Broadhurst 	
 	To Florida Panthers7th-round pick in 2021 	To Winnipeg JetsBogdan Kiselevich 	
 	To Minnesota Wild7th-round pick in 2020 	To Winnipeg JetsMatt Hendricks 	
 	To New York RangersBrendan Lemieux1st-round pick in 2019Conditional 4th-round pick in 2022	To Winnipeg JetsKevin Hayes 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsNic Petan 	To Winnipeg JetsPar Lindholm 	
 	To Philadelphia FlyersKevin Hayes 	To Winnipeg Jets5th-round pick in 2019	
 	To |Winnipeg JetsNeal Pionk1st-round pick in 2019 	To New York RangersJacob Trouba 	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Laurent Brossoit 	from Edmonton Oilers 	1-year 	
 	Dennis Everberg 	from Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (KHL)	1-year 	
 	Seth Griffith 	from Buffalo Sabres 	1-year 	
 	Matt Hendricks 	to Minnesota Wild 	1-year 	
 	Michael Hutchinson	to Florida Panthers 	1-year 	
 	Paul Stastny 	to Vegas Golden Knights 	3-year 	
 	Patrice Cormier 	to Barys Astana (KHL) 	Unknown 	
 	Buddy Robinson 	to Calgary Flames 	2-year 	
 	Michael Sgarbossa 	to Washington Capitals 	1-year 	
 	Jan Kostalek 	to Sparta Praha (ELH) 	Unknown 	
 	Jamie Phillips 	to Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 	Unknown 	
 	Julian Melchiori 	to Florida Panthers 	1-year 	
 	Tobias Enstrom 	to Modo Hockey (Allsv.) 	1-year 	
 	Jimmy Lodge 	to Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL) 	1-year 	
 	Logan Shaw 	from San Diego Gulls (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Ken Appleby 	from Manitoba Moose (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Andrei Chibisov 	from Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL) 	1-year 	
 	Joona Luoto 	from Tappara (Liiga) 	3-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player 	Team 	Ref
 	Marko Dano	to Colorado Avalanche 	
 	Marko Dano	from Colorado Avalanche	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player 	Via 	Ref
 	Simon Bourque 	Mutual termination	
 	Dennis Everberg	Mutual termination	
===Retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
 	 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Joe Morrow 	1-year 	
 	Cameron Schilling 	1-year 	
 	Skyler McKenzie 	3-year 	
 	Connor Hellebuyck 	6-year 	
 	Adam Lowry 	3-year 	
 	Brandon Tanev 	1-year 	
 	Marko Dano 	1-year 	
 	Tucker Poolman 	3-year 	
 	Jacob Trouba 	1-year 	
 	Nic Petan 	1-year 	
 	Nic Kerdiles 	1-year 	
 	Kristian Vesalainen	3-year 	
 	JC Lipon 	1-year 	
 	Blake Wheeler 	5-year 	
 	Eric Comrie 	1-year 	
 	Josh Morrissey 	2-year 	
 	Johnny Kovacevic 	2-year 	
 	Leon Gawanke 	3-year 	
 	Laurent Brossoit 	1-year 	
 	Seth Griffith 	1-year 	
 	JC Lipon 	1-year 	
 	David Gustafsson 	3-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Winnipeg Jets' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 	60 	David Gustafsson	C 	Sweden 	HV71 (SHL)
3 	91 	Nathan Smith 	C 	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
5 	1501	Declan Chisholm 	D 	Canada 	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
5 	153 	Giovanni Vallati	D 	Canada 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
6 	184 	Jared Moe 	G 	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
7 	215 	Austin Wong 	C 	Canada 	Okotoks Oilers (AJHL)
Notes:
# The Boston Bruins' fifth-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on March 1, 2017, that sent Drew Stafford to Boston in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Winnipeg will receive a fifth-round pick in 2018 if the Bruins reach the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs and Stafford plays in half of Boston's remaining games in the 2016–17 NHL season – was converted on April 4, 2017.
==References==
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