The Jets' dominant power play has been an enormous boost and multiple forwards are on pace for career highs. Who's leading the way?
The Kraken managed to keep pace Thursday night against the best in the West, but an unlucky bounce in the closing minute allowed Winnipeg to escape with a 2-1 win.
We take you back to Oct. 30 in Detroit, where local product Kyle Connor had a huge night against his hometown club and eclipsed the 500-point mark for his career after recording a goal and two assists. You could tell the Winnipeg Jets winger had some extra giddy-up in his step that night.
First Period_1, Seattle, Beniers 9 (Kakko, Schwartz), 8:12. Penalties_Stanley, WPG (Elbowing), 5:26. Second Period_2, Winnipeg, Scheifele 27 (Connor, Morrissey), 9:35 (pp). Penalties_Oleksiak, SEA (Interference), 9:01; Stephens, SEA (High Sticking), 12:25. Third Period_3, Winnipeg, DeMelo 2 (Ehlers), 19:33. Penalties_None.
The Top 100 People of Power & Influence in hockey are featured annually in The Hockey News' Money and Power issue, available at THN.com/free. At No. 24 is Winnipeg Jets co-owner Mark Chipman. Chipman and Co.
Konecny has been on a steady rise. He has led the Flyers in scoring each of the last three seasons and four of the past five. An All-Star last February, he finished the 2023-24 season with a career high in goals (33) and points (68), and he’s on pace to shatter his best numbers with 35 goals, 59 assists and 94 points this year.
The Jets are an excellent team worthy of an all-in approach. Who should be their ideal targets at the trade deadline?
The Winnipeg Jets are the latest NHL club to have their quarter century team released. Celebrating the year 2025, the NHL has decided to have each of its 32 clubs participate in a 'quarter century' unveiling of its top players from 2000 to 2025.
A two-time NHL All-Star and now a member of Team Canada for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off, Flyers winger Travis Konecny is having an excellent 2024-25 season.
We are firmly into the second half with a neck-and-neck-and-neck race for the top of the fantasy podium. Connor Hellebuyck will surely start getting some additional rest later in the season, so the race at the top right now is between Nikita Kucherov and Nathan MacKinnon.
The Jets, facing a seemingly insurmountable deficit with time dwindling down, ignited their comeback engine, scoring with a dramatic late surge in the third period to steal a 2-1 victory from the Kraken in a thrilling finish on Thursday,