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.^[1]

2020–21 Winnipeg Jets
Division	3rd North
2020–21 record	30–23–3
Home record	13–13–2
Road record	17–10–1
Goals for	170
Goals against	154
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 (26)
Assists	Mark Scheifele (42)
Points	Mark Scheifele (63)
Penalty minutes	Blake Wheeler (50)
Plus/minus	Nikolaj Ehlers (+15)
Wins	Connor Hellebuyck (24)
Goals against average	Laurent Brossoit (2.42)
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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.^[2] 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.^[3] However, the Jets were upset in the second round, being swept by the Montreal Canadiens.^[4]

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	Calgary Flames	56	26	27	3	22	156	161	−5	55
6	Ottawa Senators	56	23	28	5	18	157	190	−33	51
7	Vancouver Canucks	56	23	29	4	17	151	188	−37	50

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
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)
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.^[6]

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 [7] 2 January 18 Winnipeg 1–3 Toronto Hellebuyck 0 1–1–0 2 [8] 3 January 19 Winnipeg 4–3 Ottawa OT Brossoit 0 2–1–0 4 [9] 4 January 21 Winnipeg 4–1 Ottawa Hellebuyck 0 3–1–0 6 [10] 5 January 23 Ottawa 3–6 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 4–1–0 8 [11] 6 January 24 Edmonton 4–3 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 4–2–0 8 [12] 7 January 26 Edmonton 4–6 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 5–2–0 10 [13] 8 January 30 Vancouver 4–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 5–3–0 10 [14]
February: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 February 1 Calgary 4–3 Winnipeg SO Hellebuyck 0 5–3–1 11 [15] 10 February 2 Calgary 2–3 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 6–3–1 13 [16] 11 February 4 Calgary 1–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 7–3–1 15 [17] 12 February 9 Winnipeg 2–3 Calgary Hellebuyck 0 7–4–1 15 [18] 13 February 11 Ottawa 1–5 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 8–4–1 17 [19] 14 February 13 Ottawa 2–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 8–5–1 17 [20] 15 February 15 Winnipeg 6–5 Edmonton Hellebuyck 0 9–5–1 19 [21] 16 February 17 Winnipeg 2–3 Edmonton Hellebuyck 0 9–6–1 19 [22] 17 February 19 Winnipeg 2–0 Vancouver Brossoit 0 10–6–1 21 [23] 18 February 21 Winnipeg 4–3 Vancouver OT Hellebuyck 0 11–6–1 23 [24] 19 February 25 Montreal 3–6 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 12–6–1 25 [25] 20 February 27 Montreal 1–2 Winnipeg OT Hellebuyck 0 13–6–1 27 [26]
March: 9–7–1 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 7–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 21 March 1 Vancouver 4–0 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 13–7–1 27 [27] 22 March 2 Vancouver 2–5 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 14–7–1 29 [28] 23 March 4 Winnipeg 4–3 Montreal OT Hellebuyck 0 15–7–1 31 [29] 24 March 6 Winnipeg 1–7 Montreal Hellebuyck 0 15–8–1 31 [30] 25 March 9 Winnipeg 4–3 Toronto Hellebuyck 0 16–8–1 33 [31] 26 March 11 Winnipeg 3–4 Toronto OT Hellebuyck 0 16–8–2 34 [32] 27 March 13 Winnipeg 5—2 Toronto Brossoit 0 17–8–2 36 [33] 28 March 15 Montreal 4–2 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 17–9–2 36 [34] 29 March 17 Montreal 3–4 Winnipeg OT Hellebuyck 0 18–9–2 38 [35] 30 March 18 Winnipeg 1–2 Edmonton Brossoit 0 18–10–2 38 [36] 31 March 20 Winnipeg 2–4 Edmonton Hellebuyck 0 18–11–2 38 [37] 32 March 22 Winnipeg 4–0 Vancouver Hellebuyck 0 19–11–2 40 [38] 33 March 24 Winnipeg 5–1 Vancouver Hellebuyck 0 20–11–2 42 [39] 34 March 26 Winnipeg 3–2 Calgary Hellebuyck 0 21–11–2 44 [40] 35 March 27 Winnipeg 2–4 Calgary Brossoit 0 21–12–2 44 [41] 36 March 29 Winnipeg 5–1 Calgary Hellebuyck 0 22–12–2 46 [42] 37 March 31 Toronto 3–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 22–13–2 46 [43]
April: 5–7–1 (Home: 1–5–1; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 April 2 Toronto 2–1 Winnipeg SO Hellebuyck 0 22–13–3 47 [44] — April 4 Vancouver Winnipeg Postponed due to COVID-19.[45] Rescheduled for May 10.[46] 39 April 5 Ottawa 3–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 23–13–3 49 [47] — April 6 Vancouver Winnipeg Postponed due to COVID-19.[45] Rescheduled for May 11.[46] 40 April 8 Winnipeg 4–2 Montreal Hellebuyck 0 24–13–3 51 [48] 41 April 10 Winnipeg 5–0 Montreal Hellebuyck 0 25–13–3 53 [49] 42 April 12 Winnipeg 2–4 Ottawa Hellebuyck 0 25–14–3 53 [50] 43 April 14 Winnipeg 3–2 Ottawa Brossoit 0 26–14–3 55 [51] 44 April 15 Winnipeg 5–2 Toronto Hellebuyck 0 27–14–3 57 [52] 45 April 17 Edmonton 3–0 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 27–15–3 57 [53] 46 April 22 Toronto 5–3 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 27–16–3 57 [54] 47 April 24 Toronto 4–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 27–17–3 57 [55] 48 April 26 Edmonton 6–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 27–18–3 57 [56] 49 April 28 Edmonton 3–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 27–19–3 57 [57] 50 April 30 Winnipeg 3–5 Montreal Hellebuyck 0 27–20–3 57 [58]
May: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 May 3 Winnipeg 1–2 Ottawa Brossoit 0 27–21–3 57 [59] 52 May 5 Winnipeg 4–0 Calgary Hellebuyck 0 28–21–3 59 [60] 53 May 8 Ottawa 4–2 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 28–22–3 59 [61] 54 May 10 Vancouver 3–1 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 28–23–3 59 [62] 55 May 11 Vancouver 0–5 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 29–23–3 61 [63] 56 May 14 Toronto 2–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 30–23–3 63 [64]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs

2021 Stanley Cup playoffs
North Division First Round vs. (N2) Edmonton Oilers: Winnipeg won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 May 19 Winnipeg 4–1 Edmonton Hellebuyck 1–0 [65] 2 May 21 Winnipeg 1–0 Edmonton OT Hellebuyck 2–0 [66] 3 May 23 Edmonton 4–5 Winnipeg OT Hellebuyck 3–0 [67] 4 May 24 Edmonton 3–4 Winnipeg 3OT Hellebuyck 4–0 [68] North Division Second Round vs. (N4) Montreal Canadiens: Montreal won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 2 Montreal 5–3 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 500[a] 0–1 [70] 2 June 4 Montreal 1–0 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 500[a] 0–2 [71] 3 June 6 Winnipeg 1–5 Montreal Hellebuyck 5,326 0–3 [72] 4 June 7 Winnipeg 2–3 Montreal OT Hellebuyck 5,539 0–4 [73]
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[74] 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[75] 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^[76]

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^[77]

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.

Notes

1. Approximately 500 health-care workers were in attendance,^[69] but the exact number was not reported.