1988–89 Winnipeg Jets season

The 1988–89 Winnipeg Jets season was their 17th season and 10th in the National Hockey League. The Jets finished 5th in the Smythe Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Regular Season==
In a victory over the Vancouver Canucks on January 13, 1989, Winnipeg Jets goaltender Pokey Reddick became the first goaltender in NHL history to not register a shutout in the first 100 games of his career. Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.17, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T 	October 6, 1988 	2–2 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	0–0–1
2 	L 	October 9, 1988 	4–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	0–1–1
4 	W 	October 14, 1988 	4–3 OT 	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	1–2–1
5 	T 	October 16, 1988 	3–3 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	1–2–2
6 	L 	October 19, 1988 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	1–3–2
7 	W 	October 23, 1988 	3–2 	Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	2–3–2
8 	L 	October 28, 1988 	4–7 	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	2–4–2
9 	W 	October 30, 1988 	8–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	3–4–2
10 	W 	November 1, 1988 	8–1 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	4–4–2
11 	T 	November 3, 1988 	3–3 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	4–4–3
12 	L 	November 5, 1988 	2–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	4–5–3
13 	W 	November 8, 1988 	8–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	5–5–3
14 	L 	November 11, 1988 	5–6 OT 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	5–6–3
15 	W 	November 13, 1988 	7–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	6–6–3
16 	W 	November 16, 1988 	2–1 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	7–6–3
17 	W 	November 18, 1988 	3–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	8–6–3
18 	W 	November 20, 1988 	7–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	9–6–3
19 	L 	November 25, 1988 	3–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	9–7–3
20 	T 	November 26, 1988 	4–4 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	9–7–4
21 	L 	November 29, 1988 	3–4 	New York Rangers (1988–89) 	9–8–4
22 	W 	December 2, 1988 	6–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	10–8–4
23 	L 	December 4, 1988 	3–6 	Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	10–9–4
24 	W 	December 6, 1988 	5–4 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	11–9–4
25 	T 	December 8, 1988 	5–5 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	11–9–5
26 	W 	December 10, 1988 	7–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	12–9–5
27 	L 	December 11, 1988 	6–8 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	12–10–5
28 	W 	December 14, 1988 	4–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	13–10–5
29 	L 	December 17, 1988 	3–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	13–11–5
30 	L 	December 18, 1988 	1–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	13–12–5
31 	T 	December 21, 1988 	5–5 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	13–12–6
32 	L 	December 23, 1988 	4–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	13–13–6
33 	L 	December 26, 1988 	1–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	13–14–6
34 	W 	December 28, 1988 	6–2 	St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	14–14–6
35 	T 	December 31, 1988 	4–4 OT 	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	14–14–7
36 	W 	January 4, 1989 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	15–14–7
37 	T 	January 6, 1989 	4–4 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	15–14–8
38 	T 	January 8, 1989 	4–4 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	15–14–9
39 	L 	January 10, 1989 	1–2 	Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	15–15–9
40 	L 	January 11, 1989 	3–8 	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	15–16–9
41 	W 	January 13, 1989 	3–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	16–16–9
42 	L 	January 15, 1989 	1–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 	16–17–9
43 	L 	January 18, 1989 	4–9 	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	16–18–9
44 	W 	January 20, 1989 	7–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 	17–18–9
45 	L 	January 21, 1989 	3–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	17–19–9
46 	L 	January 25, 1989 	4–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 	17–20–9
47 	L 	January 26, 1989 	6–8 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	17–21–9
48 	W 	January 28, 1989 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	18–21–9
49 	L 	January 31, 1989 	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	18–22–9
50 	L 	February 1, 1989 	4–7 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	18–23–9
51 	L 	February 3, 1989 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	18–24–9
52 	L 	February 5, 1989 	2–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	18–25–9
53 	L 	February 9, 1989 	3–4 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	18–26–9
54 	L 	February 11, 1989 	3–7 	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	18–27–9
55 	T 	February 13, 1989 	2–2 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	18–27–10
56 	L 	February 15, 1989 	1–6 	Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	18–28–10
57 	W 	February 17, 1989 	3–2 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	19–28–10
58 	W 	February 19, 1989 	7–6 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	20–28–10
59 	L 	February 21, 1989 	3–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	20–29–10
60 	L 	February 22, 1989 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	20–30–10
61 	L 	February 24, 1989 	4–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	20–31–10
62 	W 	February 26, 1989 	1–0 	Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	21–31–10
63 	T 	March 1, 1989 	4–4 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	21–31–11
64 	L 	March 3, 1989 	4–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	21–32–11
65 	L 	March 5, 1989 	3–4 	New York Islanders (1988–89) 	21–33–11
66 	L 	March 7, 1989 	5–9 	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	21–34–11
67 	L 	March 8, 1989 	0–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	21–35–11
68 	L 	March 10, 1989 	1–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) 	21–36–11
69 	W 	March 12, 1989 	9–7 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	22–36–11
70 	L 	March 14, 1989 	3–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	22–37–11
71 	W 	March 15, 1989 	6–3 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	23–37–11
72 	W 	March 18, 1989 	10–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	24–37–11
73 	L 	March 20, 1989 	1–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	24–38–11
74 	L 	March 23, 1989 	4–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	24–39–11
75 	W 	March 24, 1989 	4–3 OT 	Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	25–39–11
76 	L 	March 26, 1989 	3–7 	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	25–40–11
77 	T 	March 28, 1989 	3–3 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	25–40–12
78 	L 	March 29, 1989 	1–2 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	25–41–12
79 	L 	March 31, 1989 	1–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	25–42–12
80 	W 	April 2, 1989 	3–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 	26–42–12
==Playoffs==
*The Jets did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	75	41	55	96 	28 	-30	14 	3 	4
 	C 	80	27	61	88 	80 	14 	9 	1 	2
 	RW 	80	37	40	77 	71 	-35	20 	1 	3
 	LW 	75	31	37	68 	36 	-5 	7 	1 	1
 	D 	75	15	47	62 	32 	6 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	75	22	34	56 	62 	-18	9 	2 	5
 	RW 	56	26	25	51 	29 	5 	5 	0 	6
 	LW 	57	14	30	44 	74 	-17	1 	0 	0
 	D 	78	6 	38	44 	78 	-19	2 	0 	2
 	C 	70	10	26	36 	163	-17	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	47	14	15	29 	52 	12 	0 	2 	0
 	LW 	59	14	9 	23 	33 	-15	1 	0 	0
 	D 	57	6 	10	16 	228	-12	0 	0 	0
 	D 	69	1 	14	15 	36 	-11	0 	1 	0
 	D 	66	1 	14	15 	226	-23	1 	0 	0
 	D 	74	3 	9 	12 	190	-25	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	22	6 	5 	11 	6 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	53	4 	7 	11 	41 	-14	1 	0 	0
 	D 	38	0 	9 	9 	45 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	64	5 	3 	8 	38 	-24	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	31	5 	2 	7 	52 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	28	3 	2 	5 	82 	-7 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	34	3 	1 	4 	61 	-3 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	14	1 	3 	4 	2 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	22	0 	4 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	2 	0 	2 	24 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1 	1 	2 	17 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	0 	2 	2 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	1 	0 	1 	14 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	1 	1 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/D	3 	0 	0 	0 	5 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	20	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2109	41	11	17	7 	144	4.10	0 	1132	988 	.873
 	1092	22	8 	8 	2 	78 	4.29	1 	554 	476 	.859
 	1102	20	6 	8 	3 	68 	3.70	1 	574 	506 	.882
 	120 	2 	1 	1 	0 	12 	6.00	0 	66 	54 	.818
 	443 	9 	0 	8 	0 	44 	5.96	0 	255 	211 	.827
Team: 	4866	80	26	42	12	346	4.27	2 	2581	2235	.866
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage 
==Awards and Records==
*The Jets did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
===Trades===
July 19, 1988 	To New Jersey DevilsSteve Rooney3rd round pick in 1990 - Brad Bombardir 	To Winnipeg JetsAlain Chevrier7th round pick in 1989 - Doug Evans
July 29, 1988 	To Quebec NordiquesJoel Baillargeon 	To Winnipeg JetsFuture Considerations
September 29, 1988	To St. Louis BluesPeter Douris 	To Winnipeg JetsKent Carlson12th round pick in 1989 - Sergei Kharin4th round pick in 1990 - Scott Levins
October 12, 1988 	To Washington CapitalsKent Carlson 	To Winnipeg JetsFuture Considerations
November 25, 1988 	To Los Angeles KingsGilles Hamel 	To Winnipeg JetsPaul Fenton
December 6, 1988 	To Quebec NordiquesMario Marois 	To Winnipeg JetsGord Donnelly
December 10, 1988 	To Philadelphia FlyersSteven Fletcher 	To Winnipeg JetsFuture Considerations
December 30, 1988 	To Boston BruinsRay Neufeld 	To Winnipeg JetsMoe Lemay
January 19, 1989 	To Chicago BlackhawksAlain Chevrier 	To Winnipeg Jets4th round pick in 1989 - Allain Roy
February 9, 1989 	To Vancouver CanucksJamie Husgen 	To Winnipeg JetsFuture Considerations
June 17, 1989 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsRandy GilhenAndrew McBainJim Kyte 	To Winnipeg JetsRandy CunneyworthRick TabaracciDave McLlwain
June 17, 1989 	To St. Louis Blues3rd round pick in 1989 - Denny Felsner2nd round pick in 1991 - Steve Staios	To Winnipeg JetsGreg Paslawski3rd round pick in 1989 - Kris Draper
===Waivers===
October 3, 1988 	From Edmonton OilersDave Hunter
January 14, 1989	To Edmonton OilersDave Hunter
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Steven Fletcher	Montreal Canadiens
Matt Hervey 	Undrafted Free Agent
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1988–89 NHL season
==References==
category:Winnipeg Jets seasons
Category:1988 in hockey
Category:1989 in hockey