Category: Winnipeg Jets

2019-20 NHL Previews – Winnipeg Jets

2018-19 Record: 47-30-5  99pts. – – 2nd Place in Central

Playoffs: Lost in First Round to St. Louis

 

2019-20 Jersey Guide:

WIN HomeWIN RoadWIN AltWIN Heritage Classic

 

Key Additions: F – Mark Letestu, D – Neal Pionk, F – Joona Luoto, F – Andrei Chibisov

 

Key Departures: D – Ben Chiarot, F – Par Lindholm, D – Tyler Myers, D – Bogdan Kiselevich, F – Branden Tanev, F – Matt Hendricks, D – Jacob Trouba, F – Kevin Hayes

 

2019-20 Preview:

The Winnipeg Jets will look different going into the 2019-20 NHL season due to the number of losses they suffered during the offseason. the only true addition the Jets did was with defenseman Neal Pionk who they acquired from the New York Rangers in the Jacob Trouba trade.

 

The Jets also lost key players in defensemen Tyler Myers and Ben Chiarot, and forwards Kevin Hayes and Branden Tanev. Plus with the need to re-sign restricted free agent forwards Patrik Laine and Kyle Connor the Jets will have some work to do going into the 2019-20 season.

 

Also the health of defenseman Dustin Byfuglien will also be key to the Jets success this season. After missing 40 games due to injuries last season, Byfuglien will look to bounce back and become a major contributer to the Jets again.

 

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NHL Trade Alert: Jacob Trouba to the New York Rangers

Seemingly out of the blue, New York Rangers GM Jeff Gorton completed a trade for defenseman Jacob Trouba.

 

Trouba, who has long been rumored to be traded out of Winnipeg, was finally traded to the New York Rangers in exchange for defenseman Neal Pionk and the 20th pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. The hockey world is still coming to terms with this trade and how it shakes up the landscape of the NHL. Let’s take some time to analyze this for both squads.

 

Winnipeg’s end of the deal

The Winnipeg Jets, while the initial reaction is understandably not very positive, do get their first rounder back in a very deep 2019 draft. That will help them as they continue to try to find the right pieces to compete for a Stanley Cup and there will still be some great prospects available at the 20th overall spot. While this draft is considered to be as unpredictable as any in recent memory the Jets will have their pick of quality prospects. WIth the trade of Trouba, the Jets should look to a guy like Sweden’s Tobias Bjornfot to eventually replace him on their blueline.

As for Neal Pionk, well this is a bit more complicated. During Pionk’s time in New York he showed flashes of being a good offensive defenseman but ultimately, he hasn’t shown any of the consistency that the Rangers hoped for. He had 26 points this past season which wasn’t bad at all but his plus-minus at a minus-16 was absolutely awful. The advanced stats also aren’t very kind to him as they paint him as one of the worst defensemen in the NHL last season. The thing is in Winnipeg, the Jets won’t force him into a top pair role. He can play on the bottom two pairs, or hopefully bottom pair where he is more suited, and have an easier time finding his way in the league. If Pionk can become a serviceable offensive defenseman for the Jets as the years go on, that would be good as they compete for a Stanley Cup.

The Jets defense pairing should look like this next season:

Josh Morrissey – Dustin Byfuglien

Ben Chiarot – Tyler Myers

Dmitry Kulikov – Neal Pionk

 

New York’s end of the deal

The Rangers acquire a 25-year-old right handed first pair defenseman. That is EXACTLY what they needed this offseason. Jacob Trouba, along with Brady Skjei and prospects K’Andre Miller, Nils Lundkvist, Adam Fox and others will lead New York’s blueline into the future as they hope to get back to Stanley Cup contention. Trouba had eight goals and 42 assists last season for 50 points during his age 24/25 season and will be a cornerstone on the Rangers blue line for years to come. GM Jeff Gorton essentially turned three months of Kevin Hayes and Neal Pionk into Brenden Lemieux and Jacob Trouba. Fantastic job by the boss in New York. The Rangers have put their rebuild into overdrive and this Friday  they will get the chance to add Kaapo Kakko or Jack Hughes at the entry draft in Vancouver. It has been an amazing year since the Rangers announced their plans to rebuild.

 

The Rangers defense corps should look like this next season:

Brady Skjei – Jacob Trouba

Libor Hajek – Adam Fox

Marc Staal – (prospect to be determined)

April 21st, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Sunday, April 21st, 2019, and these are your news and notes

 

There were three Stanley Cup playoffs games  in action yesterday.  All the recaps are written by TXHT’s staff.

 

 

Dallas 5, NASHVILLE 3 (Dallas leads the series 3-2)

 

Game 5, 3-2 DAL

 

The Dallas Stars are one win away from advancing to the second round after they defeated the Nashville Predators yesterday by the score of 5-3.

 

Dickson Kendrick has your recap of the contest between Dallas and Nashville which you can read here or at the link below.

 

 

ST. LOUIS 3, Winnipeg 2 (St. Louis wins the series 4-2)

 

Game 6. 4-2 STL

 

The St. Louis Blues defeated the Winnipeg Jets by the score of 3-2 and have advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.  The Blues await the winner of the series between the Predators and Stars.

 

Aryan Weisenfeld has your recap of the contest between the Blues and Jets here or at the link below.

 

 

 

WASHINGTON 6, Carolina 0 (Washington leads the series 3-2)

 

Game 5. 3-2 WSH

 

The Washington Capitals crushed the Carolina Hurricanes last night with a 6-0 win and are one win away from facing off against the NY Islanders in the second round.

 

Michael Lindenbaum was live from the contest between the Capitals and the Hurricanes and you can read the recap of the contest here or at the link posted below.

 

 

There are two contests taking place today in Stanley Cup playoff action with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights looking to advance to the second round.

 

 

For more news, notes, information, and stats, you can check out the NHL’s Morning Skate report posted below.

 

 

You can catch up on all of TXHT’s 2019 Stanley Cup playoff coverage by clicking here.

Winnipeg Jets vs St. Louis Blues – Game 5 Recap

The St. Louis Blues came out absolutely firing in Game 5 against the Winnipeg Jets and took the lead within the first 30 seconds, with game 4 hero Jaden Schwartz giving the Blues a 1-0 lead. This was a goal that Connor Hellebuyck should have had. The Blues applied inexorable pressure the rest of the first period, and it actually was Hellebuyck (to my surprise) that kept the Jets in the game.

The second period brought more of the same, and this time the Blues benefitted by an egregiously stupid penalty by Dustin Byfuglien, who inexplicably punched David Perron on the St. Louis bench. Jaden Schwartz capitalized with his second goal of the night, though not without some controversy.

Hellebuyck and the rest of the Jets clamored for goalie interference after Pat Maroon made contact with Hellebuyck. I can’t really say it was not interference, but the Jets’ coach wasted their challenge asserting goalie interference on the first goal, so no review took place.

The third period brought, you guessed it, another goal by Jaden Schwartz.

The Jets brought a solid effort in the third, especially considering they were held to 11 shots in the first two periods. They fought back and scored two goals late (from Byfuglien and Bryan Little), but it was not enough.

The Blues move on – while most experts did not see this coming, I’ll link to an analytics guy I like to follow on Twitter (@IneffectiveMath) who did put the Blues, initially, as favorites:

St. Louis will take on the winner of the Dallas Stars – Nashville Predators series.

April 19th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Friday, April 19th, 2019, and these are your news and notes covering yesterday’s contests.

 

There were three contests in Stanley Cup playoff action yesterday and the recaps are written by the TXHT staff.

 

Yesterday’s Results:

 

 

CAROLINA 2, Washington 1 (Series is tied 2-2)

 

Game 4. 2-2 Tie

 

The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Washington Capitals by the score of 2-1 last night to tie their series at 2-2.  Both teams will look to take the 3-2 series lead when Game 5 takes place tomorrow night (April 20th) at Capital One Arena.

 

You can find the recap of yesterday’s contest here or at the tweet below.

 

 

St. Louis 3, WINNIPEG 2 (St. Louis leads the series 3-2)

 

Game 5. 3-2 STL

 

The St. Louis Blues would come back after being down 2-0 to defeat the Winnipeg Jets by the score of 3-2, to take the lead in the series.  The Blues will look to advance to the second round when Game 6 of this series takes place tomorrow night (April 20th) at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

 

You can find the recap of last night’s contest between the Jets and the Blues here or at the tweet posted below.

 

 

 

SAN JOSE 5, Vegas 2 (Vegas leads the series 3-2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today there are only two games in Stanley Cup playoff action…

 

The Colorado Avalanche look to advance to the second round in their series and either the Boston Bruins or Toronto Maple Leafs will take the 3-2 series lead.

 

 

Don’t forget to check out all of THXT’s 2019 Stanley Cup playoff action here.

St.Louis Blues vs Winnipeg Jets – Round 1 – Game #5 Recap

St. Louis (3-2) v. Winnipeg Jets (2-3)

 

Game Recap:

The Blues looked to be having a very lackluster effort through the first two periods of this game. Winnipeg scored just twelve seconds into this game and looked to just keep going scoring another in the period. Not giving anything to the Blues in the way of chances at all.

Jordan Binnington held the Blues pat only allowing the two goals in the 1st period and shutting the door on all the Jets chances in the 2nd period setting the stage for a potential comeback for the Blues in the 3rd. Jacob Trouba would take a roughing penalty on Vladimir Tarasenko to end the period and give the Blues a Powerplay to start.

In the 3rd the Blues would take their play up a notch. Ryan O’Reilly would score in the powerplay 1:29 into the 3rd. Then at 13:52 Brayden Schenn would tie it up and the Blues would continue the game take over, Winnipeg would try and push back but couldn’t match the intensity and then with fifteen seconds left in the 3rd period Jaden Schwartz would bat a Tyler Bozak  rebound out of the air and score to bring the comeback full swing. three unanswered goals in the 3rd.

Lineups:

St. Louis:

Brayden Schenn – Ryan O’Reilly – Vladimir Tarasenko

Jaden Schwartz – Oskar Sundqvist – David Perron

Patrick Maroon – Tyler Bozak – Robert Thomas

Robbie Fabbri – Ivan Barbashev – Alex Steen

 

Vince Dunn – Alex Pietrangelo

Jay Bouwmeester – Colton Parayko

Joel Edmundson – Carl Gunnarsson

 

Jordan Binnington

Jake Allen

 

Scratched: none

Injuries: Robert Bortuzzo

Suspension: none

 

Boston:

Injuries: None

Suspension: None

GameDay:

First Period:

Winnipeg Goal – 0:12 – Adam Lowry (1) assisted Brandon Tanev (1) and Andrew Copp (4)

Winnipeg Goal – 13:35 – Kevin Hayes (2) assisted Dustin Byfuglien (5)

End of 1st – STL – 2      WPG – 0

Shots              15                12

Faceoffs       11/19          8/19

Hits              6                 11

PP                 0/0                 0/0

Second Period:

St. Louis Penalty – 9:31 – Robert Thomas, 4 minutes for High Sticking

Winnipeg Penalty – 19:39 – Jacob Trouba, 2 minutes for Roughing

End of 2nd – STL- 0       WPG- 2

Shots               21                22

Faceoffs         21/39         18/39

Hits                 12                  22

PP                   0/1                 0/2

 

Third Period:

St. Louis PP Goal – 1:29 – Ryan O’Reilly (1) assisted by David Perron (2) and Brayden Schenn (1)

St. Louis Penalty – 6:10 – Joel Edmundson, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

St. Louis Goal – 13:52- Brayden Schenn (1) assisted by Oskar Sundqvist (2) and Jay Bouwmeester (3)

St. Louis Goal – 19:45- Jaden Schwartz (1) assisted by Tyler Bozak (1)

End of 3rd – STL – 3         WPG – 2

Shots            29                  31

Faceoffs     27/55                28/55

Hits               14                   24

PP                 1/1                    0/3

 

April 17th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Wednesday, April 17th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were four contests in NHL action yesterday and TXHT has all of your recaps for those contests.

 

 

COLUMBUS 7, Tampa Bay 3 (Columbus wins the series 4-0)

 

Game 4 - 4-0 CBJ

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning yesterday with the 7-3 win.

 

Dickson Kendrick has your full recap of the contest between Columbus and Tampa Bay at the link below.

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets now await the winner of the Boston Bruins v. Toronto Maple Leafs

 

 

NY Islanders 3, PITTSBURGH 1 (NY Islanders wins the series 4-0)

 

The NY Islanders defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins by the score of 3-1 and in doing so won this series and advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

 

Game 4. 4-0 NYI

 

Chris Vasilas has your full recap of the contest between the Islanders and the Penguins at the link below.

 

 

The NY Islanders advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and await the winner between the Washington Capitals and the Carolina Hurricanes.

 

 

Winnipeg 2, ST. LOUIS 1 (OT) (Series is tied 2-2)

 

The Winnipeg Jets tied their series with the St. Louis Blues with a 2-1 win in overtime.  Winnipeg will look to take the 3-2 series lead when Game 5 shifts back to Winnipeg.

 

Game 4. 2-2 Tied

 

Aryan Weisenfeld has your recap of the contest between the Winnipeg Jets and the St. Louis Blues at the link below.

 

 

VEGAS 5, San Jose 0 (Vegas leads the series 3-1)

 

 

 

Today there are three games on the Stanley Cup Playoff schedule

 

 

For more news, notes, information, and stats, you can check out the NHL’s Morning Skate report here.

 

You can check out all of TXHT’s 2019 Stanley Cup playoff coverage here.

 

 

 

 

Game 4 Recap – Winnipeg Jets v. St. Louis Blues

The start of the Winnipeg Jets – St. Louis Blues game was a lot slower and less eventful than that of the first several games, with neither team taking charge or creating a large amount of (quality) chances. The Jets had some opportunities on their first power play, but Jordan Binnington stood tall and kept the game tied at zero, where it stood at the end of the first period. The Blues actually managed to block one of Patrick Laine’s shots.

The second period was much more wide open, with both teams trading off quality chances. Connor Hellebuyck has kept the Jets in it (as opposed to decidedly keeping them out of it in games 1-2). The Blues played well (except Jaden Schwartz) and it seemed like the Jets were always on their heels.

The Blues opened up the third with a power-play goal by Vladimir Tarasenko, his second in two games (funny what happens when Schwartz and Jori Lehtera aren’t his linemates).

The Jets fired back just after the seven-minute mark of the third period when Mark Scheifele tipped home a shot to tie the game up at 1 a-piece. Binnington and Helebyuck would stand their ground for the rest of the period and this game would head off to overtime.

Overtime would open up and see some chances at both ends but both goalies stood their ground. Until Mark Scheifele would take the puck up ice and dish it off to Kyle Connor would seal the deal and put the puck into the gaping net. Winnipeg ties the series at 2-2 and sends it back home to Winnipeg for a crucial game 5.

 

April 15, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is April 15, 2019, and these are your news and notes

 

There were four Stanley Cup playoff games in action yesterday.

 

 

NY Islanders 4, PITTSBURGH 1 (NY Islanders lead the series 3-0)

 

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The NY Islanders are one game away from advancing to the second round of the playoffs after downing the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 4-1 win.

 

THXT has your full coverage at the link below

 

NHL Playoffs: Rd 1 Game 3 Review: Isles Take A Commanding Lead In The Series

 

Winnipeg 6, ST. LOUIS 3 (St. Louis leads the series 2-1)

 

Game 3. 2-1 STL

 

The Winnipeg jets defeated the St. Louis Blues last night, 6-3, and look to tie the series at 2 games a piece with game 4 taking place Tuesday night.

 

Game 3 Recap – Winnipeg Jets v. St. Louis Blues

 

COLUMBUS 3, Tampa Bay 1 (Columbus leads the series 3-0)

 

Game 3 - 3-0 CBJ

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 and with the win, Columbus is one win away from knocking out the Presidents’ Trophy winner.  If that happens when Game 4 takes place tomorrow night, the Lightning will become the first team to win the Presidents’ Trophy AND be swept in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

TXHT has your full recap of Game 3 between the Lightning and the Blue Jackets at the following link.

 

Game Three Recap – Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

 

VEGAS 6, San Jose 3 (Vegas leads the series 2-1)

 

The Vegas Golden Knights would win on home ice and take the series lead with the 6-3 win over the San Jose Sharks last night.

Mark Stone would have a three goal game and Paul Stastny would have two goals of his own in this contest.

The Golden Knights would also go 2 for 5 on Power Play chances and would outshoot the Blues with 40 shots on goal to the Blues 28.

Vegas will look to take the commanding 3-1 series lead when the two teams face off for Game 4 Tuesday night at 10:30 p.m., ET.

 

 

Today’s schedule of games in Stanley Cup playoff action:

 

 

TXHT has all of your series previews and all of your game recaps at https://txhthockey.com/2019-nhl-playoffs/

 

 

In NHL news….

 

Today Toronto Maple Leafs Nazem Kadri will have his in-person meeting with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety for his cross-checking of Boston’s Jake DeBrusk.

 

 

In other hockey news….

 

The United States would take home the gold in the IIHF Women’s World Championships in a shootout win over Finland.  This game would not come without controversy after an initial game-winner by Finland was disallowed after a questionable penalty.

Game 3 Recap – Winnipeg Jets v. St. Louis Blues

Once again, the Winnipeg Jets came out playing much better than the St. Louis Blues, taking an 11-4 lead in shots. However, a timely shot by David Perron (who should be immortalized in STL lore because of his unwavering desire to keep coming back to the city), gave the Blues a 1-0 lead, with Jordan Binnington picking up the vaunted goalie assist (#assistington?).

It stayed that way until the second when Kevin Hayes scored a flukey goal that was tipped in by Alex Pietrangelo. Then Patrick Laine scored. Sure, why not – what’s a game between these teams without Laine scoring. His shoulder has to be tired by now, right? Kyle Connor then makes it 3-1 on a 4 on 3 PP.

The third period Brough two more goals for WPG – one a nice play, one a rather poor goal let up by Binnington (hopefully no more of those). The Blues managed one, but this was not their game. The final ended up being 6-3, but it was a lot more lopsided than that.

Connor Hellebuyck wasn’t there to bail them out this time. If the Blues play like this the rest of the way, expect WPG to win in 6.

I don’t expect the same play in Game 4, Wednesday at 9:30 PM Eastern.