2017–18 Winnipeg Jets season

The 2017–18 Winnipeg Jets season was the 19th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997, and the seventh in Winnipeg, Manitoba, since the franchise relocated from Atlanta prior to the start of the 2011–12 NHL season. The Jets clinched their second playoff spot since relocating from Atlanta after beating the Nashville Predators 5–4 in a shootout on March 25, 2018. The Jets finished the season with 114 points, the second-best record in the NHL. Both are the best-ever finishes for both the Thrashers/Jets franchise and any Winnipeg-based NHL team.
On April 11, 2018, the Jets won their first playoff game in franchise history when they defeated the Minnesota Wild 3–2 ending an 8-game playoff losing streak. On April 20, 2018, the team won its first playoff series when they defeated the Wild 5–0 and advanced to the Second Round. They then took the President's Trophy-winning Nashville Predators to seven games to advance to the Western Conference Final–the deepest playoff run for a Winnipeg-based NHL team. The original Jets only got as far as the second round during their run in Winnipeg, in 1985 and 1987. Their season would come to an end during the Western Conference Final where they lost to the Vegas Golden Knights in five games. 
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
The pre-season schedule was published on June 12, 2017.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 18 	Minnesota 	3–2 	Winnipeg 	SO 	Hellebuyck 	15,294 	0–0–1 	Recap
2 	September 20 	Edmonton 	4–1 	Winnipeg 	 	Mason 	15,294 	0–1–1 	Recap
3 	September 21 	Winnipeg 	0–1 	Minnesota 	 	Hellebuyck 	16,518 	0–2–1 	Recap
4 	September 23 	Winnipeg 	2–6 	Edmonton 	 	Hutchinson 	18,347 	0–3–1 	Recap
5 	September 25 	Calgary 	2–5 	Winnipeg 	 	Mason 	15,294 	1–3–1 	Recap
6 	September 27 	Ottawa 	3–5 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,294 	2–3–1 	Recap
7 	September 30 	Winnipeg 	2–3 	Calgary 	SO 	Mason 	19,289 	2–3–2 	Recap
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 4 	Toronto 	7–2 	Winnipeg 	 	Mason 	15,321 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 7 	Winnipeg 	3–6 	Calgary 	 	Mason 	19,289 	0–2–0 	0 	Recap
3 	October 9 	Winnipeg 	5–2 	Edmonton 	 	Hellebuyck 	18,347 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap
4 	October 12 	Winnipeg 	4–2 	Vancouver 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,589 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap
5 	October 14 	Carolina 	1–2 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 17 	Columbus 	5–2 	Winnipeg 	 	Mason 	15,321 	3–3–0 	6 	Recap
7 	October 20 	Minnesota 	3–4 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	4–3–0 	8 	Recap
8 	October 26 	Winnipeg 	1–2 	Pittsburgh 	OT 	Hellebuyck 	18,445 	4–3–1 	9 	Recap
9 	October 27 	Winnipeg 	1–2 	Columbus 	OT 	Mason 	14,224 	4–3–2 	10 	Recap
10 	October 29 	Pittsburgh 	1–7 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	5–3–2 	12 	Recap
11 	October 31 	Winnipeg 	2–1 	Minnesota 	 	Hellebuyck 	18,814 	6–3–2 	14 	Recap
===Playoffs===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 11 	Minnesota 	2–3 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	1–0 	Recap
2 	April 13 	Minnesota 	1–4 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	2–0 	Recap
3 	April 15 	Winnipeg 	2–6 	Minnesota 	 	Hellebuyck 	19,175 	2–1 	Recap
4 	April 17 	Winnipeg 	2–0 	Minnesota 	 	Hellebuyck 	19,277 	3–1 	Recap
5 	April 20 	Minnesota 	0–5 	Winnipeg 	 	Hellebuyck 	15,321 	4–1 	Recap
==Player statistics==
Final Stats
;Skaters
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	81	23	68	91	13	52
 	82	44	26	70	8 	24
 	82	29	31	60	14	26
 	60	23	37	60	19	18
 	75	31	25	56	7 	16
 	82	16	27	33	2 	28
 	69	8 	37	45	15	112
 	70	17	22	39	4 	38
 	82	6 	30	36	9 	48
 	79	12	17	29	3 	22
 	81	7 	19	26	15	45
 	55	3 	21	24	9 	34
 	82	9 	19	28	17	14
 	45	8 	13	21	9 	8
 	60	5 	8 	13	−1	39
 	31	5 	9 	14	5 	2
 	57	2 	12	14	15	32
 	61	8 	10	18	13	18
 	62	3 	8 	11	6 	22
† 	19	4 	9 	13	6 	4
 	43	1 	5 	6 	8 	20
 	23	2 	1 	3 	−2	6
 	27	1 	2 	3 	−1	10
 	15	2 	0 	2 	0 	6
† 	17	1 	3 	4 	9 	0
 	10	1 	1 	2 	0 	21
 	24	1 	1 	2 	2 	0
 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	17	3 	18	21	2 	10
 	17	14	6 	20	6 	10
 	17	5 	11	16	2 	20
 	17	6 	9 	15	5 	0
 	17	5 	7 	12	2 	4
 	17	3 	7 	10	2 	2
 	16	4 	3 	7 	7 	8
 	15	0 	7 	7 	4 	2
 	17	4 	2 	6 	–4	11
 	17	1 	5 	6 	5 	2
 	17	2 	1 	3 	6 	17
 	16	1 	2 	3 	–1	4
 	16	0 	3 	3 	3 	15
 	10	0 	3 	3 	4 	2
 	13	2 	0 	2 	2 	6
 	16	1 	1 	2 	2 	6
 	17	0 	2 	2 	-4	8
 	9 	1 	0 	1 	1 	4
 	6 	1 	0 	1 	2 	14
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	–1	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	11	0 	0 	0 	–2	2
;Goaltenders
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	67	64	3,965:54	44	11	9	157	2.35	2048	.923	6	0	2	0
 	13	12	684:53 	5 	6 	1	37 	3.21	392 	.905	1	0	1	0
 	3 	3 	128:45 	2 	1 	0	7 	2.34	75 	.906	0	0	1	0
 	3 	3 	180:26 	1 	2 	0	12 	3.99	94 	.872	0	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	17	17	1,015:07	9	8	40	2.36	511	.922 	2	0	0	2
 	1 	0 	20:00 	0	0	0 	0.00	7 	1.000	0	0	0	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Jets. Statistics reflect time with the Jets only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Jets only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
==Transactions==
The Jets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details 	Ref
June 21, 2017 	To Vegas Golden Knights1st-round pick in 20173rd-round pick in 2019 	To Winnipeg JetsCBJ's 1st-round pick in 2017Expansion Draft considerations	
February 26, 2018	To St. Louis BluesErik FoleyConditional 1st-round pick in 2018Conditional 4th-round pick in 2020	To Winnipeg JetsPaul Stastny 	
February 26, 2018	To Montreal Canadiens4th-round pick in 2018 	To Winnipeg JetsJoe Morrow 	
Notes:
* The Vegas Golden Knights selected Chris Thorburn in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft.
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Steve Mason 	Philadelphia Flyers	2-year, $8.2 million 	
 	Dmitri Kulikov 	Buffalo Sabres 	3-year, $12.99 million 	
 	Michael Sgarbossa	Florida Panthers 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Buddy Robinson 	San Jose Sharks 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Cameron Schilling	Los Angeles Kings 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Matt Hendricks 	Edmonton Oilers 	1-year, $700,000 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Paul Postma 	Boston Bruins 	1-year, $725,000 	
 	Brenden Kichton	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year, $700,000 	
 	Brian Strait 	New Jersey Devils 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Ondrej Pavelec 	New York Rangers 	1-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Anthony Peluso 	Washington Capitals	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Quinton Howden 	Dinamo Minsk 	1-year 	
 	Scott Kosmachuk	Hartford Wolf Pack 	Unknown 	
 	Mark Stuart 	Adler Mannheim 	1-year 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
 	 	 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player	New team	Date	Ref
 	 	 	
===Lost via retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Ben Chiarot 	2-year, $2.8 million 	
 	Brandon Tanev 	1-year, $700,000 	
 	Andrew Copp 	2-year, $2 million 	
 	Mason Appleton 	3-year, $2.275 million entry-level contract	
 	JC Lipon 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Connor Hellebuyck	1-year, $2.25 million 	
 	Bryan Little 	6-year, $31.746 million contract extension 	
 	Luke Green 	3-year, $2.54 million entry-level contract 	
 	Nikolaj Ehlers 	7-year, $42 million 	
 	C. J. Suess 	1-year, $925,000 entry-level contract 	
 	Mikhail Berdin 	3-year, entry-level contract 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Winnipeg Jets' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	241 	Kristian Vesalainen	LW 	 	Frölunda HC (SHL)
2 	43 	Dylan Samberg 	D 	 	Hermantown High School (USHS)
3 	74 	Johnny Kovacevic 	D 	 	Merrimack College (Hockey East)
4 	105 	Santeri Virtanen 	C 	 	TPS U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
5 	136 	Leon Gawanke 	D 	 	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
6 	167 	Arvid Holm 	G 	 	Karlskrona HK (J20 SuperElit)
7 	198 	Skyler McKenzie 	C 	 	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
7 	2112	Croix Evingson 	D 	 	Shreveport Mudbugs (NAHL)
Draft notes:
# The Columbus Blue Jackets' first-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017, that sent a first-round pick in 2017, a third-round pick in 2019 to Vegas and ensured that Vegas selected Chris Thorburn in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft from Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.
# The Montreal Canadiens' seventh-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2016 to Montreal in exchange for this pick.
==References==
Category:Winnipeg Jets seasons
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