2015–16 Winnipeg Jets season

2015–16 Winnipeg Jets
Division TBD Central
Conference TBD Western
2015–16 record 23–26–3
Home record 13–12–1
Road record 10–14–2
Goals for 93
Goals against 104
Team information
General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff
Coach Paul Maurice
Captain Andrew Ladd
Alternate captains Mark Stuart
Blake Wheeler
Arena MTS Centre
Minor league affiliations Manitoba Moose (AHL)
Tulsa Oilers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Bryan Little (15)
Assists Blake Wheeler (35)
Points Blake Wheeler (48)
Penalties in minutes Dustin Byfuglien (62)
Plus/minus Tobias Enstrom
Mark Scheifele (+12)
Wins Connor Hellebuyck (12)
Goals against average Connor Hellebuyck (2.10)
<2014–15

The 2015–16 Winnipeg Jets season is the 17th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997, and the fifth in Winnipeg since the franchise relocated from Atlanta prior to the start of the 2011–12 NHL season.[1]

Off-season


Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[2]
February: 2–2–0 (Home: 0–2–0 ; Road: 2–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
50 February 2 Dallas 5–3 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 15,294 22–25–3 47 Recap
51 February 5 Carolina 5–3 Winnipeg Hutchinson 22–26–3 47 Recap
52 February 6 Winnipeg 4–2 Colorado Hutchinson 23–26–3 49 Recap
53 February 9 Winnipeg 2–1 St. Louis SO Hellebuyck 24–26–3 51 Recap
54 February 11 Boston Winnipeg
55 February 13 Winnipeg Edmonton
56 February 16 Winnipeg Carolina
57 February 18 Winnipeg Tampa Bay
58 February 20 Winnipeg Florida
59 February 23 Dallas Winnipeg
60 February 25 Winnipeg Dallas
61 February 27 Winnipeg Pittsburgh

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Updated as of games played through February 1, 2016

Skaters

Regular Season[3]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler 49 13 35 48 −2 22
Little, BryanBryan Little 49 15 23 38 −9 10
Perreault, MathieuMathieu Perreault 48 7 24 31 −3 24
Byfuglien, DustinDustin Byfuglien 49 14 15 29 7 62
Ladd, AndrewAndrew Ladd 49 10 17 27 −8 30
Stafford, DrewDrew Stafford 46 14 10 24 −9 14
Scheifele, MarkMark Scheifele 38 12 12 24 12 18
Ehlers, NikolajNikolaj Ehlers 49 12 10 22 −1 12
Myers, TylerTyler Myers 49 5 14 19 1 55
Enstrom, TobiasTobias Enstrom 49 1 9 10 12 36
Burmistrov, AlexanderAlexander Burmistrov 48 4 6 10 −1 24
Lowry, AdamAdam Lowry 41 3 7 10 −4 28
Trouba, JacobJacob Trouba 49 4 6 10 5 54
Thorburn, ChrisChris Thorburn 49 5 3 8 1 57
Chiarot, BenBen Chiarot 37 1 4 5 −4 24
Peluso, AnthonyAnthony Peluso 27 1 3 4 4 38
Copp, AndrewAndrew Copp 45 1 3 4 4 2
Stuart, MarkMark Stuart 49 1 2 3 −4 58
Armia, JoelJoel Armia 18 2 1 3 1 6
Pardy, AdamAdam Pardy 11 0 1 1 −1 6
Petan, NicNic Petan 14 1 0 1 −2 6
Postma, PaulPaul Postma 2 0 0 0 −2 0
Halischuk, MatthewMatthew Halischuk 13 0 0 0 0 4
Cormier, PatricePatrice Cormier 2 0 0 0 0 0
Lipon, JCJC Lipon 2 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[4]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Hellebuyck, ConnorConnor Hellebuyck 22 22 1285:26 12 9 1 45 2.10 618 .927 2 0 0 0
Hutchinson, MichaelMichael Hutchinson 17 14 829:21 5 9 1 41 2.97 427 .904 0 0 0 0
Pavelec, OndrejOndrej Pavelec 15 13 809:19 5 6 1 38 2.82 405 .906 0 0 0 0

Roster

Updated February 14, 2016.[5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
40 Finland Armia, JoelJoel Armia RW R 22 2015 Pori, Finland
6 Russia Burmistrov, AlexanderAlexander Burmistrov C L 24 2010 Kazan, Soviet Union
33 United States Byfuglien, DustinDustin Byfuglien D/RW R 30 2010 Minneapolis, Minnesota
7 Canada Chiarot, BenBen Chiarot D L 25 2010 Hamilton, Ontario
24 Canada Clitsome, GrantGrant Clitsome  D L 30 2012 Gloucester, Ontario
9 United States Copp, AndrewAndrew Copp C L 21 2013 Ann Arbor, Michigan
27 Denmark Ehlers, NikolajNikolaj Ehlers LW L 20 2014 Aalborg, Denmark
39 Sweden Enstrom, TobiasTobias Enstrom D L 31 2003 Nordingrå, Sweden
34 Canada Hutchinson, MichaelMichael Hutchinson G R 25 2013 Barrie, Ontario
16 Canada Ladd, AndrewAndrew Ladd (C) LW L 30 2010 Maple Ridge, British Columbia
18 Canada Little, BryanBryan Little C R 28 2006 Edmonton, Alberta
17 Canada Lowry, AdamAdam Lowry C L 22 2011 St. Louis, Missouri
57 Canada Myers, TylerTyler Myers D R 26 2015 Houston, Texas
2 Canada Pardy, AdamAdam Pardy D L 31 2013 Bonavista, Newfoundland
31 Czech Republic Pavelec, OndrejOndrej Pavelec G L 28 2005 Kladno, Czechoslovakia
14 Canada Peluso, AnthonyAnthony Peluso RW R 26 2013 North York, Ontario
85 Canada Perreault, MathieuMathieu Perreault LW L 28 2014 Drummondville, Quebec
4 Canada Postma, PaulPaul Postma D R 26 2007 Red Deer, Alberta
55 Canada Scheifele, MarkMark Scheifele C R 22 2011 Kitchener, Ontario
12 United States Stafford, DrewDrew Stafford RW R 30 2015 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
5 United States Stuart, MarkMark Stuart (A) D L 31 2011 Rochester, Minnesota
22 Canada Thorburn, ChrisChris Thorburn RW R 32 2007 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
8 United States Trouba, JacobJacob Trouba D R 21 2012 Rochester, Michigan
26 United States Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler (A) RW R 29 2011 Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Suspensions/fines

Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued
Alexander Burmistrov Elbowing Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon during NHL Game No. 118 in Winnipeg on Sunday, October 25, 2015, at 13:11 of the second period. $4,166.67 October 26, 2015[6]
Nikolaj Ehlers Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 547 in Winnipeg on Tuesday, December 29, 2015. $2,000.00 January 7, 2016[7]
Tyler Myers Cross-checking San Jose Sharks forward Tommy Wingels during NHL Game No. 638 in Winnipeg on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at 12:55 of the third period. $5,000.00 January 13, 2016[8]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season
Player Award Awarded
Byfuglien, D.D. Byfuglien NHL All-Star game selection[9] January 6, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
Petan, N.N. Petan 1st Career NHL Game
1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point
October 8, 2015
Ehlers, N.N. Ehlers 1st Career NHL Game October 8, 2015
N. Ehlers 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
October 9, 2015
N. Ehlers 1st Career NHL Goal October 13, 2015
Ladd, A.A. Ladd 700th Career NHL Game October 27, 2015
Perreault, M.M. Perreault 300th Career NHL Game October 29, 2015
Stafford, D.D. Stafford 600th Career NHL Game October 31, 2015
Myers, T.T. Myers 400th Career NHL Game October 31, 2015
Copp, A.A. Copp 1st Career NHL Goal October 31, 2015
Hellebuyck, C.C. Hellebuyck 1st Career NHL Game
1st Career NHL Win
November 27, 2015
Perreault, M.M. Perreault 100th Career NHL Assist December 2, 2015
Scheifele, M.M. Scheifele 100th Career NHL Point December 2, 2015
Stuart, M.M. Stuart 600th Career NHL Game December 21, 2015


Transactions

Winnipeg has been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.

Trades

Date
Details
Ref

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Matt Fraser Edmonton Oilers 1 year, $650,000 [10]
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03) Andrew MacWilliam Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $600,000 [11]
October 6, 2015 (2015-10-06) Thomas Raffl EC Red Bull Salzburg 1 year, $575,000 [12]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Michael Frolik Calgary Flames 5 years, $21.5 million [13]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Eric O'Dell Ottawa Senators 1 year, $700,000 [14]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Will O'Neill Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $575,000 [15]
July 7, 2015 (2015-07-07) Keaton Ellerby Barys Astana (KHL) 1 year [16]
September 17, 2015 (2015-09-17) Jiri Tlusty New Jersey Devils 1 year, $800,000 [17]
October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03) Lee Stempniak New Jersey Devils 1 year, $850,000 [18]

Claimed via waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref

Lost via retirement

Player Ref

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29) Drew Stafford 2 years, $8.7 million [19]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Adam Pardy 1 year, $1 million [20]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Matt Halischuk 1 year, $750,000 [21]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Alexander Burmistrov 2 years, 3.1 million [22]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Patrice Cormier 1 year, $650,000 [10]
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03) Brendan Lemieux 3 year, $3.375 million entry-level contract [23]
July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10) Paul Postma 2 years, $1.775 million [24]
February 8, 2016 (2016-02-08) Dustin Byfuglien 5 years, $38 million contract extension [25]

Draft picks

Below are the Winnipeg Jets' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 17 Kyle Connor Left Wing United States United States Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
1 25[a] Jack Roslovic Centre United States United States U.S. NTDP
2 47 Jansen Harkins Centre Canada Canada Prince George Cougars (WHL)
3 78 Erik Foley Left Wing United States United States Cedar Rapids Roughriders (USHL)
4 108 Michael Spacek Right Wing Czech Republic Czech Republic HC Pardubice (Czech)
6 168 Mason Appleton Centre United States United States Tri-City Storm (USHL)
7 198 Sami Niku Defense Finland Finland JyP HT Jyvaskyla (Liiga)
7 203[b] Matteo Gennaro Centre Canada Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
Draft notes[26]

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