2013–14 Winnipeg Jets season

The 2013–14 Winnipeg Jets season was the 15th season for the National Hockey League franchise and the third in Winnipeg. The franchise played in Atlanta since the 1999–2000 NHL season, and relocated to Winnipeg following the conclusion of the 2010–11 NHL season.

2013–14 Winnipeg Jets
Division	7th Central
Conference	11th Western
2013–14 record	37–35–10
Home record	18–17–6
Road record	19–18–4
Goals for	227
Goals against	237
Team information
General manager	Kevin Cheveldayoff
Coach	Claude Noel (Oct. 1 – Jan. 12) Paul Maurice (Jan. 12 – Apr. 11)
Captain	Andrew Ladd
Alternate captains	Olli Jokinen Mark Stuart
Arena	MTS Centre
Average attendance	15,004 (100.0%) (41 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)	St. John's IceCaps (AHL) Ontario Reign (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Blake Wheeler (28)
Assists	Bryan Little (41) Blake Wheeler (41)
Points	Blake Wheeler (69)
Penalty minutes	Mark Stuart (83)
Plus/minus	Mark Stuart (+11)
Wins	Ondrej Pavelec (22)
Goals against average	Michael Hutchinson (1.64)

Regular season

The Jets relieved Head Coach Claude Noel of coaching duties on January 12, 2014, and replaced him with Paul Maurice. At the time of the coaching change, the Jets were out of the playoff picture holding a 19–23–5 record. The Jets won their first four games and went 8–2–0 in their first ten games with Maurice, climbing back into the Western Conference playoff hunt.

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Colorado Avalanche	82	52	22	8	47	250	220	+30	112
2	x – St. Louis Blues	82	52	23	7	43	248	191	+57	111
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	46	21	15	40	267	220	+47	107
4	Minnesota Wild	82	43	27	12	35	207	206	+1	98
5	Dallas Stars	82	40	31	11	36	235	228	+7	91
6	Nashville Predators	82	38	32	12	36	216	242	−26	88
7	Winnipeg Jets	82	37	35	10	29	227	237	−10	84

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	43	27	12	35	207	206	+1	98
2	CE	x – Dallas Stars	82	40	31	11	36	235	228	+7	91
3	PA	Phoenix Coyotes	82	37	30	15	31	216	231	−15	89
4	CE	Nashville Predators	82	38	32	12	36	216	242	−26	88
5	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	37	35	10	29	227	237	−10	84
6	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	36	35	11	31	196	223	−27	83
7	PA	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	28	209	241	−32	77
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	29	44	9	25	203	270	−67	67

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 1–4–3 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 0–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1[a]	September 14	Washington	4–3	Winnipeg	SO	Pasquale	3,257	0–0–1	Recap
2	September 15	Ottawa	3–1	Winnipeg		Hutchinson	15,004	0–1–1	Recap
3	September 17	Edmonton	2–3	Winnipeg		Pavelec	15,004	1–1–1	Recap
4	September 19	Minnesota	4–1	Winnipeg		Montoya	15,004	1–2–1	Recap
5	September 21	Winnipeg	3–4	Minnesota	SO	Pavelec	16,179	1–2–2	Recap
6	September 23	Winnipeg	1–2	Edmonton		Pasquale	15,794	1–3–2	Recap
7	September 26	Boston	3–2	Winnipeg	OT	Pavelec	15,004	1–3–3	Recap
8[b]	September 27	Winnipeg	0–5	Boston		Montoya	12,500	1–4–3	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at Yardmen Arena in Belleville, Ontario. b Game was played at Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log
October: 5–7–2 (Home: 3–4–1 ; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 1 Winnipeg 5–4 Edmonton Pavelec 16,839 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 4 Los Angeles 3–5 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 6 Anaheim 3–2 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 10 Winnipeg 1–2 Minnesota Pavelec 17,366 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 11 Dallas 4–1 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 October 13 New Jersey 0–3 Winnipeg Montoya 15,004 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 15 Montreal 3–0 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 3–4–0 6 Recap 8 October 18 St. Louis 3–4 Winnipeg SO Pavelec 15,004 4–4–0 8 Recap 9 October 20 Nashville 3–1 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 4–5–0 8 Recap 10 October 22 Washington 5–4 Winnipeg SO Pavelec 15,004 4–5–1 9 Recap 11 October 24 Winnipeg 2–3 Nashville OT Pavelec 16,075 4–5–2 10 Recap 12 October 26 Winnipeg 2–1 Dallas SO Pavelec 13,875 5–5–2 12 Recap 13 October 27 Winnipeg 2–3 Colorado Montoya 13,927 5–6–2 12 Recap 14 October 29 Winnipeg 2–3 St. Louis Pavelec 15,287 5–7–2 12 Recap
November: 7–5–2 (Home: 4–2–2 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 15 November 2 Chicago 5–1 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 5–8–2 12 Recap 16 November 4 Detroit 2–4 Winnipeg Montoya 15,004 6–8–2 14 Recap 17 November 6 Winnipeg 1–4 Chicago Montoya 21,122 6–9–2 14 Recap 18 November 8 Nashville 0–5 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 7–9–2 16 Recap 19 November 10 San Jose 4–5 Winnipeg SO Pavelec 15,004 8–9–2 18 Recap 20 November 12 Winnipeg 3–2 Detroit SO Pavelec 20,066 9–9–2 20 Recap 21 November 15 Philadelphia 2–3 Winnipeg SO Pavelec 15,004 10–9–2 22 Recap 22 November 17 Winnipeg 1–2 Minnesota Pavelec 18,283 10–10–2 22 Recap 23 November 18 Calgary 5–4 Winnipeg SO Montoya 15,004 10–10–3 23 Recap 24 November 21 Chicago 6–3 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 10–11–3 23 Recap 25 November 23 Minnesota 3–2 Winnipeg SO Pavelec 15,004 10–11–4 24 Recap 26 November 25 Winnipeg 3–1 New Jersey Pavelec 12,253 11–11–4 26 Recap 27 November 27 Winnipeg 3–2 NY Islanders Montoya 12,008 12–11–4 28 Recap 28 November 29 Winnipeg 1–2 Philadelphia Pavelec 19,937 12–12–4 28 Recap
December: 7–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 2 Winnipeg 5–2 NY Rangers Pavelec 18,006 13–12–4 30 Recap 30 December 5 Winnipeg 2–5 Florida Pavelec 10,966 13–13–4 30 Recap 31 December 7 Winnipeg 2–1 Tampa Bay OT Montoya 18,354 14–13–4 32 Recap 32 December 10 St. Louis 2–1 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 14–14–4 32 Recap 33 December 12 Colorado 4–3 Winnipeg SO Pavelec 15,004 14–14–5 33 Recap 34 December 14 Dallas 6–4 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 14–15–5 33 Recap 35 December 16 Winnipeg 3–2 Columbus Montoya 11,448 15–15–5 35 Recap 36 December 17 Winnipeg 2–4 Buffalo Pavelec 17,795 15–16–5 35 Recap 37 December 20 Florida 2–5 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 16–16–5 37 Recap 38 December 22 Winnipeg 1–2 Vancouver Pavelec 18,910 16–17–5 37 Recap 39 December 23 Winnipeg 2–6 Edmonton Pavelec 16,839 16–18–5 37 Recap 40 December 27 Minnesota 4–6 Winnipeg Montoya 15,004 17–18–5 39 Recap 41 December 29 Winnipeg 2–1 Colorado OT Montoya 17,733 18–18–5 41 Recap 42 December 31 Buffalo 0–3 Winnipeg Montoya 15,004 19–18–5 43 Recap
January: 7–7–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 January 2 Winnipeg 3–4 Ottawa Montoya 18,691 19–19–5 43 Recap 44 January 4 Winnipeg 1–4 Boston Pavelec 17,565 19–20–5 43 Recap 45 January 5 Winnipeg 5–6 Pittsburgh Montoya 18,652 19–21–5 43 Recap 46 January 7 Tampa Bay 4–2 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 19–22–5 43 Recap 47 January 11 Columbus 6–3 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 19–23–5 43 Recap 48 January 13 Phoenix 1–5 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 20–23–5 45 Recap 49 January 16 Winnipeg 5–2 Calgary Pavelec 19,289 21–23–5 47 Recap 50 January 18 Edmonton 2–3 Winnipeg OT Pavelec 15,004 22–23–5 49 Recap 51 January 21 Winnipeg 3–2 Anaheim Pavelec 15,046 23–23–5 51 Recap 52 January 23 Winnipeg 0–1 San Jose Pavelec 17,562 23–24–5 51 Recap 53 January 25 Toronto 4–5 Winnipeg OT Pavelec 15,004 24–24–5 53 Recap 54 January 26 Winnipeg 3–1 Chicago Montoya 21,841 25–24–5 55 Recap 55 January 28 Nashville 4–3 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 25–25–5 55 Recap 56 January 31 Vancouver 3–4 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 26–25–5 57 Recap
February: 3–1–1 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 57 February 2 Winnipeg 2–1 Montreal Montoya 21,273 27–25–5 59 Recap 58 February 4 Winnipeg 2–1 Carolina Pavelec 14,033 28–25–5 61 Recap 59 February 6 Winnipeg 2–4 Washington Pavelec 18,506 28–26–5 61 Recap 60 February 8 Winnipeg 3–4 St. Louis SO Montoya 19,052 28–26–6 62 Recap 61 February 27 Phoenix 2–3 Winnipeg SO Pavelec 15,004 29–26–6 64 Recap
March: 4–7–4 (Home: 2–4–2 ; Road: 2–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 Winnipeg 3–1 Nashville Pavelec 17,113 30–26–6 66 Recap 63 March 4 NY Islanders 3–2 Winnipeg OT Pavelec 15,004 30–26–7 67 Recap 64 March 6 Los Angeles 3–1 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 30–27–7 67 Recap 65 March 8 Ottawa 5–3 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 30–28–7 67 Recap 66 March 10 Winnipeg 2–3 Colorado OT Montoya 15,250 30–28–8 68 Recap 67 March 12 Vancouver 3–2 Winnipeg SO Pavelec 15,004 30–28–9 69 Recap 68 March 14 NY Rangers 4–2 Winnipeg Montoya 15,004 30–29–9 69 Recap 69 March 16 Dallas 2–7 Winnipeg Montoya 15,004 31–29–9 71 Recap 70 March 17 Winnipeg 1–3 St. Louis Montoya 16,665 31–30–9 71 Recap 71 March 19 Colorado 4–5 Winnipeg OT Montoya 15,004 32–30–9 73 Recap 72 March 22 Carolina 3–2 Winnipeg Montoya 15,004 32–31–9 73 Recap 73 March 24 Winnipeg 1–2 Dallas Montoya 15,967 32–32–9 73 Recap 74 March 27 Winnipeg 4–3 San Jose Montoya 17,562 33–32–9 75 Recap 75 March 29 Winnipeg 2–4 Los Angeles Pavelec 18,118 33–33–9 75 Recap 76 March 31 Winnipeg 4–5 Anaheim OT Pavelec 17,174 33–33–10 76 Recap
April: 4–2–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 1 Winnipeg 2–1 Phoenix SO Pavelec 13,724 34–33–10 78 Recap 78 April 3 Pittsburgh 4–2 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 34–34–10 78 Recap 79 April 5 Winnipeg 4–2 Toronto Pavelec 19,544 35–34–10 80 Recap 80 April 7 Minnesota 1–0 Winnipeg Hutchinson 15,004 35–35–10 80 Recap 81 April 10 Boston 1–2 Winnipeg SO Hutchinson 15,004 36–35–10 82 Recap 82 April 11 Winnipeg 5–3 Calgary Hutchinson 19,289 37–35–10 84 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Blake Wheeler	82	28	41	69	4	63
Bryan Little	82	23	41	64	8	58
Dustin Byfuglien	78	20	36	56	−20	86
Andrew Ladd	78	23	31	54	8	57
Olli Jokinen	82	18	25	43	−8	62
Michael Frolik	81	15	27	42	8	12
Evander Kane	63	19	22	41	−7	66
Mark Scheifele	63	13	21	34	9	14
Tobias Enstrom	82	10	20	30	−9	56
Jacob Trouba	65	10	19	29	4	43
Devin Setoguchi	75	11	16	27	−7	22
Mark Stuart	69	2	11	13	11	101
Grant Clitsome	32	2	10	12	−5	18
Zach Bogosian	55	3	8	11	3	48
Chris Thorburn	55	2	9	11	0	65
Matthew Halischuk	46	5	5	10	−3	6
Eric O'Dell	30	3	4	7	−2	10
Eric Tangradi	55	3	3	6	−6	21
Keaton Ellerby	51	2	4	6	4	2
Adam Pardy	60	0	6	6	4	38
Anthony Peluso	53	2	3	5	−5	65
Zach Redmond	10	1	2	3	1	0
Paul Postma	20	1	2	3	1	8
Patrice Cormier	9	0	3	3	2	7
Jim Slater	27	1	1	2	−5	8
James Wright	59	0	2	2	−3	15
John Albert	9	1	0	1	−3	0
Carl Klingberg	3	1	0	1	2	0
Ben Chiarot	1	0	0	0	−3	0
Julian Melchiori	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ondrej Pavelec	57	57	3,247:58	22	26	7	163	3.01	1644	.901	1	0	3	0
Al Montoya	28	22	1,540:04	13	8	3	59	2.30	737	.920	2	0	0	2
Michael Hutchinson	3	3	183:02	2	1	0	5	1.64	88	.943	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 2013–14 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 30, 2013	To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd-round pick in 2013 5th-round pick in 2013	To Winnipeg Jets Michael Frolik
June 30, 2013	To Washington Capitals CHI's 2nd-round pick in 2013	To Winnipeg Jets 3rd-round pick in 2013 4th-round pick in 2013 CGY's 5th-round pick in 2013
July 5, 2013	To Minnesota Wild 2nd-round pick in 2014	To Winnipeg Jets Devin Setoguchi

Free agents signed

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Jerome Samson	Charlotte Checkers	1 year, $600,000
Andrew Gordon	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $550,000
Adam Pardy	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $600,000
Matt Halischuk	Nashville Predators	1 year, $650,000
Michael Hutchinson	Providence Bruins	1 year, $600,000

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Mike Santorelli	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $550,000
Alexander Burmistrov	Ak Bars Kazan	2 years
Derek Meech	Dinamo Minsk	1 year
Nik Antropov	Barys Astana	2 years

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
Keaton Ellerby	Los Angeles Kings	November 2, 2013

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement

Player

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Grant Clitsome	July 2, 2013	3 years, $6.2 million
Al Montoya	July 4, 2013	1 year, $601,000
John Albert	July 6, 2013	1 year, $585,000 entry-level contract
Eric Tangradi	July 16, 2013	2 years, $1.35 million
Patrice Cormier	July 16, 2013	1 year, $575,000
Paul Postma	July 19, 2013	2 years, $1.425 million
Edward Pasquale	July 16, 2013	1 year, $575,000
Zach Redmond	July 20, 2013	1 year, $715,000
Bryan Little	July 22, 2013	5 years, $23.5 million
Anthony Peluso	July 22, 2013	2 years, $1.125 million
Eric O'Dell	July 24, 2013	1 year, $600,000
Blake Wheeler	July 26, 2013	6 years, $33.6 million
Zach Bogosian	July 29, 2013	7 years, $36 million
Brenden Kichton	August 28, 2013	3 years, $1.86 million entry-level contract
JC Lipon	August 29, 2013	3 years, $2.1 million entry-level contract
Scott Kosmachuk	December 19, 2013	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Eric Comrie	December 24, 2013	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Nic Petan	December 30, 2013	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Mark Stuart	March 5, 2014	4 years, $10.5 million contract extension
Connor Hellebuyck	April 5, 2014	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

See also: List of Winnipeg Jets draft picks

Winnipeg Jets' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	13	Josh Morrissey	Defence	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	43	Nic Petan	Centre	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
2	59[a]	Eric Comrie	Goaltender	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
3	84[b]	Jimmy Lodge	Centre	United States	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
3	91[c]	JC Lipon	Right Wing	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4	104	Andrew Copp	Centre	United States	University of Michigan (CCHA)
4	114[d]	Jan Kostalek	Defence	Czech Republic	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
5	127[e]	Tucker Poolman	Defence	United States	Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL)
7	190[f]	Brenden Kichton	Defence	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
7	194	Marcus Karlstrom	Defence	Sweden	AIK IF J20 (SE)

Draft notes

• ^a The Winnipeg Jets were awarded a compensatory pick on September 20, 2012 for failure to sign 2008 first-round pick, Daultan Leveille.
• The Chicago Blackhawks' second-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Washington's third and fourth-round picks in 2013 (84th and 114th overall) and Calgary's fifth-round pick in 2013 (127th overall) to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.
       Winnipeg previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Johnny Oduya to Chicago in exchange for Chicago's third-round pick in 2013 and this pick.
• The Winnipeg Jets' third-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Michael Frolik to Winnipeg in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2013 (134th overall) and this pick.
• ^b The Washington Capitals' third-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Chicago's second-round pick in 2013 (61st overall) to Washington in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2013 (114th overall), Calgary's fifth-round pick in 2013 (127th overall) and this pick.
• ^c The Chicago Blackhawks' third-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as a result of a February 27, 2012 trade that sent Johnny Oduya to the Blackhawks in exchange for a 2013 second-round pick and this pick.
• ^d The Washington Capitals' fourth-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Chicago's second-round pick in 2013 (61st overall) to Washington in exchange for a third-round pick in 2013 (84th overall), Calgary's fifth-round pick in 2013 (127th overall) and this pick.
• ^e The Calgary Flames' fifth-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Chicago's second-round pick in 2013 (61st overall) to Washington in exchange for a third and fourth-round pick in 2013 (84th and 114th overall) and this pick.
       Washington previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2012 that sent Dennis Wideman to Calgary in exchange for Jordan Henry and this pick.
• The Winnipeg Jets' fifth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Michael Frolik to Winnipeg in exchange for a third-round pick in 2013 (74th overall) and this pick.
• ^f The New Jersey Devils' seventh-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as a result of a February 13, 2013 trade that sent Alexei Ponikarovsky to the Devils in exchange for a 2014 fourth-round pick and this pick.
• The Winnipeg Jets' sixth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on February 13, 2013 that sent Eric Tangradi to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Pittsburgh will receive a sixth-round pick in 2013 if Tangradi plays a certain number of games for Winnipeg – the date of conversion in unknown.