2016–17 Winnipeg Jets season

2016–17 Winnipeg Jets
Division	5th Central
Conference	9th Western
2016–17 record	40–35–7
Home record	22–18–1
Road record	18–17–6
Goals for	249
Goals against	256
Team information
General manager	Kevin Cheveldayoff
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Blake Wheeler
Alternate captains	Dustin Byfuglien Mark Scheifele
Arena	MTS Centre
Average attendance	15,731 (107.5%) (41 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Manitoba Moose (AHL) Tulsa Oilers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Patrik Laine (36)
Assists	Mark Scheifele (50)
Points	Mark Scheifele (82)
Penalty minutes	Dustin Byfuglien (117)
Plus/minus	Mark Scheifele (+18)
Wins	Connor Hellebuyck (26)
Goals against average	Connor Hellebuyck (2.89)

The 2016–17 Winnipeg Jets season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997, and the sixth in Winnipeg since the franchise relocated from Atlanta prior to the start of the 2011–12 NHL season.

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Chicago Blackhawks	82	50	23	9	46	244	213	+31	109
2	x – Minnesota Wild	82	49	25	8	46	266	208	+58	106
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	46	29	7	44	235	218	+17	99
4	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	29	12	39	240	224	+16	94
5	Winnipeg Jets	82	40	35	7	37	249	256	−7	87
6	Dallas Stars	82	34	37	11	33	223	262	−39	79
7	Colorado Avalanche	82	22	56	4	21	166	278	−112	48

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PA	x – Calgary Flames	82	45	33	4	41	226	221	+5	94
2	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	29	12	39	240	224	+16	94
3	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	40	35	7	37	249	256	−7	87
4	PA	Los Angeles Kings	82	39	35	8	37	201	205	−4	86
5	CE	Dallas Stars	82	34	37	11	33	223	262	−39	79
6	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	30	42	10	24	197	260	−63	70
7	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	30	43	9	26	182	243	−61	69
8	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	22	56	4	21	166	278	−112	48

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Winnipeg Jets Pre-season game log
Rookie Tournament: 0–3–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1[a] September 16 Winnipeg Rookies 1–4 Calgary Rookies Berdin 2,706 0–1–0 Recap 2[a] September 18 Winnipeg Rookies 2–3 Vancouver Rookies Phillips 4,113 0–2–0 Recap 3[a] September 19 Winnipeg Rookies 1–4 Edmonton Rookies Berdin 2,789 0–3–0 Recap [a]Rookie Tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia
September/October: 4–3–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 27 Calgary 3–0 Winnipeg Comrie 15,006 0–1–0 Recap 2 September 29 Minnesota 1–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 1–1–0 Recap 3 September 30 Edmonton 1–5 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,294 2–1–0 Recap 4 October 2 Winnipeg 4–0 Calgary Pavelec 18,158 3–1–0 Recap 5 October 3 Ottawa 2–4 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,294 4–1–0 Recap 6 October 6 Winnipeg 2–5 Edmonton Hellebuyck 18,500 4–2–0 Recap 7 October 8 Winnipeg 1–5 Minnesota Hutchinson 18,302 4–3–0 Recap

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log
October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 Carolina 4–5 Winnipeg OT Hellebuyck 15,296 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 15 Winnipeg 3–4 Minnesota Hutchinson 19,024 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 17 Boston 4–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,296 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 19 Toronto 4–5 Winnipeg OT Hutchinson 15,294 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 23 Edmonton 3–0 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 33,240 (outdoors) 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 October 25 Winnipeg 2–3 Dallas Hutchinson 18,040 2–4–0 4 Recap 7 October 27 Dallas 1–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 3–4–0 6 Recap 8 October 28 Winnipeg 1–0 Colorado Hutchinson 16,135 4–4–0 8 Recap 9 October 30 Buffalo 3–1 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,294 4–5–0 8 Recap
November: 7–7–2 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 2–6–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Washington 3–2 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 4–6–0 8 Recap 11 November 3 Winnipeg 3–4 Washington OT Hutchinson 18,506 4–6–1 9 Recap 12 November 4 Winnipeg 5–3 Detroit Hellebuyck 20,027 5–6–1 11 Recap 13 November 6 Winnipeg 2–5 NY Rangers Hellebuyck 18,006 5–7–1 11 Recap 14 November 8 Dallas 2–8 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 6–7–1 13 Recap 15 November 10 Winnipeg 3–2 Arizona Hellebuyck 11,185 7–7–1 15 Recap 16 November 11 Winnipeg 2–3 Colorado OT Hutchinson 16,517 7–7–2 16 Recap 17 November 13 Los Angeles 2–3 Winnipeg SO Hellebuyck 15,294 8–7–2 18 Recap 18 November 15 Chicago 0–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 9–7–2 20 Recap 19 November 17 Winnipeg 2–5 Philadelphia Hellebuyck 19,432 9–8–2 20 Recap 20 November 19 Winnipeg 1–4 Boston Hutchinson 17,565 9–9–2 20 Recap 21 November 20 Winnipeg 1–3 Carolina Hellebuyck 10,809 9–10–2 20 Recap 22 November 23 Winnipeg 1–3 Minnesota Hellebuyck 19,022 9–11–2 20 Recap 23 November 25 Winnipeg 1–5 Nashville Hellebuyck 17,192 9–12–2 20 Recap 24 November 27 Nashville 0–3 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 10–12–2 22 Recap 25 November 29 New Jersey 2–3 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 11–12–2 24 Recap
December: 6–7–1 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1 Edmonton 6–3 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 11–13–2 24 Recap 27 December 3 Winnipeg 3–2 St. Louis OT Hutchinson 19,362 12–13–2 26 Recap 28 December 4 Winnipeg 2–1 Chicago Hellebuyck 21,383 13–13–2 28 Recap 29 December 6 Detroit 4–3 Winnipeg SO Hellebuyck 15,294 13–13–3 29 Recap 30 December 8 NY Rangers 2–1 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,294 13–14–3 29 Recap 31 December 10 Winnipeg 2–6 Calgary Hutchinson 18,677 13–15–3 29 Recap 32 December 11 Winnipeg 2–3 Edmonton Hellebuyck 18,347 13–16–3 29 Recap 33 December 15 Florida 3–4 Winnipeg SO Hellebuyck 15,294 14–16–3 31 Recap 34 December 18 Colorado 1–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 15–16–3 33 Recap 35 December 20 Winnipeg 1–4 Vancouver Hellebuyck 18,865 15–17–3 33 Recap 36 December 22 Winnipeg 4–1 Vancouver Hutchinson 18,865 16–17–3 35 Recap 37 December 27 Winnipeg 3–1 Chicago Hellebuyck 22,117 17–17–3 37 Recap 38 December 29 Columbus 5–3 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,294 17–18–3 37 Recap 39 December 31 NY Islanders 6–2 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 17–19–3 37 Recap
January: 7–6–1 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 3 Winnipeg 6–4 Tampa Bay Hellebuyck 19,092 18–19–3 39 Recap 41 January 4 Winnipeg 4–1 Florida Hellebuyck 13,607 19–19–3 41 Recap 42 January 7 Winnipeg 3–4 Buffalo Hellebuyck 19,070 19–20–3 41 Recap 43 January 9 Calgary 0–2 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 20–20–3 43 Recap 44 January 11 Montreal 7–4 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,294 20–21–3 43 Recap 45 January 13 Winnipeg 3–4 Arizona Hutchinson 12,326 20–22–3 43 Recap 46 January 14 Winnipeg 2–3 Los Angeles OT Hutchinson 18,230 20–22–4 44 Recap 47 January 16 Winnipeg 2–5 San Jose Hutchinson 17,479 20–23–4 44 Recap 48 January 18 Arizona 3–6 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,294 21–23–4 46 Recap 49 January 21 St. Louis 3–5 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,294 22–23–4 48 Recap 50 January 23 Anaheim 3–2 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,294 22–24–4 48 Recap 51 January 24 San Jose 4–3 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,294 22–25–4 48 Recap 52 January 26 Winnipeg 5–3 Chicago Hellebuyck 21,746 23–25–4 50 Recap January 27–29 All-Star Break in Los Angeles 53 January 31 Winnipeg 5–3 St. Louis Pavelec 19,483 24–25–4 52 Recap
February: 4–5–2 (Home: 1–4–0 ; Road: 3–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 2 Winnipeg 4–3 Dallas Pavelec 17,236 25–25–4 54 Recap 55 February 4 Winnipeg 2–5 Colorado Pavelec 13,930 25–26–4 54 Recap 56 February 7 Minnesota 4–2 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,294 25–27–4 54 Recap 57 February 10 Chicago 5–2 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 25–28–4 54 Recap 58 February 11 Tampa Bay 4–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 25–29–4 54 Recap 59 February 14 Dallas 2–5 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 26–29–4 56 Recap 60 February 16 Winnipeg 3–4 Pittsburgh OT Hellebuyck 18,638 26–29–5 57 Recap 61 February 18 Winnipeg 3–1 Montreal Hellebuyck 21,288 27–29–5 59 Recap 62 February 19 Winnipeg 3–2 Ottawa Hellebuyck 19,288 28–29–5 61 Recap 63 February 21 Winnipeg 4–5 Toronto OT Hellebuyck 19,583 28–29–6 62 Recap 64 February 28 Minnesota 6–5 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,294 28–30–6 62 Recap
March: 8–5–1 (Home: 6–3–0 ; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 3 St. Louis 0–3 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 29–30–6 64 Recap 66 March 4 Colorado 1–6 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 30–30–6 66 Recap 67 March 6 San Jose 3–2 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 30–31–6 66 Recap 68 March 8 Pittsburgh 7–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 30–32–6 66 Recap 69 March 11 Calgary 3–0 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 30–33–6 66 Recap 70 March 13 Winnipeg 4–5 Nashville OT Hellebuyck 17,355 30–33–7 67 Recap — March 14 Winnipeg — New Jersey Postponed due to the effects of the March 2017 nor'easter, rescheduled to March 28 71 March 16 Winnipeg 4–2 NY Islanders Hellebuyck 13,700 31–33–7 69 Recap 72 March 19 Minnesota 4–5 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,294 32–33–7 71 Recap 73 March 21 Philadelphia 2–3 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,294 33–33–7 73 Recap 74 March 23 Winnipeg 2–5 Los Angeles Hellebuyck 18,230 33–34–7 73 Recap 75 March 24 Winnipeg 1–3 Anaheim Hutchinson 15,647 33–35–7 73 Recap 76 March 26 Vancouver 1–2 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,294 34–35–7 75 Recap 77 March 28 Winnipeg 4–3 New Jersey SO Hellebuyck 12,315 35–35–7 77 Recap 78 March 30 Anaheim 3–4 Winnipeg OT Hutchinson 15,294 36–35–7 79 Recap
April: 4–0–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 Ottawa 2–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 37–35–7 81 Recap 80 April 4 Winnipeg 5–2 St. Louis Hutchinson 19,178 38–35–7 83 Recap 81 April 6 Winnipeg 5–4 Columbus Comrie 16,447 39–35–7 85 Recap 82 April 8 Nashville 1–2 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 40–35–7 87 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Jets did not qualify for the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Player statistics

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mark Scheifele	79	32	50	82	18	38
Blake Wheeler	82	26	48	74	6	47
Patrik Laine	73	36	28	64	7	26
Nikolaj Ehlers	82	25	39	64	1	38
Dustin Byfuglien	80	13	39	52	10	117
Bryan Little	59	21	26	47	−7	18
Mathieu Perreault	65	13	32	45	−11	30
Jacob Trouba	60	8	25	33	4	54
Adam Lowry	82	15	14	29	1	52
Josh Morrissey	82	6	14	20	6	38
Joel Armia	57	10	9	19	−8	20
Andrew Copp	64	9	8	17	8	18
Tobias Enstrom	60	1	13	14	−7	42
Paul Postma	65	1	13	14	3	15
Drew Stafford‡	40	4	9	13	−2	12
Nic Petan	54	1	12	13	−13	12
Shawn Matthias	45	8	4	12	0	13
Ben Chiarot	59	2	10	12	2	33
Marko Dano	38	4	7	11	0	10
Tyler Myers	11	2	3	5	5	13
Kyle Connor	20	2	3	5	−7	4
Chris Thorburn	64	3	1	4	−7	95
Mark Stuart	42	2	2	4	4	27
Brandon Tanev	51	2	2	4	−6	26
Brian Strait	5	0	2	2	−1	0
Julian Melchiori	18	0	2	2	0	8
Alexander Burmistrov‡	23	0	2	2	−6	6
Jack Roslovic	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Nelson Nogier	10	0	0	0	−1	5
Quinton Howden	5	0	0	0	1	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Connor Hellebuyck	56	53	3,033:31	26	19	4	146	2.89	1,572	.907	4	0	0	0
Michael Hutchinson	28	20	1,378:20	9	12	3	67	2.92	690	.903	1	0	0	0
Ondrej Pavelec	8	8	439:30	4	4	0	26	3.55	233	.888	0	0	0	0
Eric Comrie	1	1	59:18	1	0	0	4	4.05	39	.897	0	0	0	0

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Jets. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
• ^‡ Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
• Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Transactions

Winnipeg has been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2016	To Philadelphia Flyers CHI's 1st-round pick in 2016 2nd-round pick in 2016	To Winnipeg Jets 1st-round pick in 2016 3rd-round pick in 2016
June 25, 2016	To Montreal Canadiens 7th-round pick in 2016	To Winnipeg Jets 7th-round pick in 2017
March 1, 2017	To Boston Bruins Drew Stafford	To Winnipeg Jets conditional 6th-round pick in 2018

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Shawn Matthias	Colorado Avalanche	2 years, $4.25 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Quinton Howden	Florida Panthers	1 year, $650,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Brian Strait	New York Islanders	1 year, $600,000

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Andrew MacWilliam	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $575,000
July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11)	Thomas Raffl	Red Bull Salzburg	Undisclosed

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Alexander Burmistrov	Arizona Coyotes	January 2, 2017

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref
June 1, 2016	Grant Clitsome

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Julian Melchiori	2 years, $1.25 million
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Jamie Phillips	2 years, $1.35 million entry-level contract
July 3, 2016 (2016-07-03)	Patrik Laine	3 years, $10.725 million entry-level contract
July 7, 2016 (2016-07-07)	Mathieu Perreault	4 years, $16.5 million contract extension
July 8, 2016 (2016-07-08)	Brenden Kichton	1 year, $600,000
July 8, 2016 (2016-07-08)	Mark Scheifele	8 years, $49 million contract extension
July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)	Joel Armia	2 years, $1.85 million contract extension
July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)	Adam Lowry	2 years, $2.25 million contract extension
July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)	Jack Roslovic	3 years, $3.4125 million entry-level contract
July 21, 2016 (2016-07-21)	Brandon Tanev	1 year, $874,125
August 15, 2016 (2016-08-15)	JC Lipon	1 year, $650,000
November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07)	Jacob Trouba	2 years, $6 million contract extension
December 6, 2016 (2016-12-06)	Logan Stanley	3 years, $3.4125 million entry-level contract
March 30, 2017 (2017-03-30)	Tucker Poolman	1 year, $1.775 million entry-level contract
April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)	Jansen Harkins	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
May 15, 2017 (2017-05-15)	Sami Niku	3 years, $2.75 million entry-level
June 1, 2017 (2017-06-01)	Michael Spacek	3 years, $2.55 million entry-level
June 13, 2017 (2017-06-13)	Marko Dano	1 year, $850,000 contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of Winnipeg Jets draft picks

Below are the Winnipeg Jets' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Patrik Laine	RW	Finland	Tappara (Liiga)
1	18[a]	Logan Stanley	D	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
3	79[b]	Luke Green	D	Canada	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
4	97	Jacob Cederholm	D	Sweden	HV71 (SHL)
5	127	Jordan Stallard	C	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6	157	Mikhail Berdin	G	Russia	Russia U18 (MHL)

Notes

• ^[a] The Philadelphia Flyers' first-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Chicago's first-round pick and a second-round pick both in 2016 (22nd and 36th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for a third-round pick in 2016 (79th overall) and this pick.
• The Winnipeg Jets' second-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first and third-round pick both in 2016 (18th and 79th overall) to Winnipeg in exchange for Chicago's first-round pick in 2016 (22nd overall) and this pick.
• The Winnipeg Jets' third round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 25, 2015 that sent Jiri Tlusty to Winnipeg in exchange for a conditional sixth-round pick in 2015 and this pick.
• ^[b] The Philadelphia Flyers' third-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Chicago's first-round pick and a second-round pick both in 2016 (22nd and 36th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for a first-round pick in 2016 (18th overall) and this pick.
• The Winnipeg Jets' seventh-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2017 to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.