Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice struggled to blow a whistle while wearing a mask. Barry Trotz couldn't see if one of his New York Islanders players was skating toward him because his mask had helped...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Nikolaj Ehlers scored a third-period power-play goal to give the Winnipeg Jets a 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday and draw even in their qualifying-round...
Trouble keeps following Winnipeg Jets, from one of their best players not reporting to training camp to a bevy of injuries throughout the regular season.
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbus’ John Tortorella, Philadelphia’s Alain Vigneault and Boston’s Bruce Cassidy were revealed Wednesday as the finalists for the Jack Adams Award as NHL coach of the...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Blake Wheeler was glad to be back playing on a line with Mark Scheifele, and it showed.
Wheeler had two goals and an assist in his 700th game in franchise history,...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice has signed a multi-year extension with the Jets.
In his seventh season as Jets coach, Maurice has guided Winnipeg to the playoffs three...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Patrice Bergeron and Jake DeBrusk scored power-play goals and the Boston Bruins beat Winnipeg 2-1 on Friday night, extending the Jets' losing streak to five...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Blake Wheeler admits that returning home to play in Minnesota still feels special after a 12-year NHL career spent playing elsewhere, including the past nine seasons for the...
WINNIPEG (AP) — Nikolaj Ehlers took on Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf in Winnipeg’s victory over the Ducks.
The 6-foot, 172-pound Ehlers, known for his quick feet, clashed with Getzlaf, who is...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The youngest member of an inexperienced Winnipeg Jets defensive unit led the way to a big win.
Ville Heinola scored his first NHL goal and the Jets beat the Pittsburgh...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Winnipeg Jets extended their winning streak over the New Jersey Devils to seven games in a way coach Paul Maurice can't recall in 25 years of coaching.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Winnipeg Jets got the victory they wanted in the regular-season finale.
Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each had a goal and an assist as the Jets beat the Arizona...
Patrik Laine tossed sports drinks to his teammates in the locker room and received plenty of barbs in return.
Laine led the Winnipeg Jets with 44 goals last season, but on this day in...
CHICAGO (AP) — Kevin Hayes and the Winnipeg Jets eventually got the two points they desperately needed.
Hayes scored at 3:38 of overtime as Winnipeg defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The legs were shot but the will was strong as Mark Scheifele notched the overtime winner for the Winnipeg Jets over the New Jersey Devils.
"I was pretty exhausted at the time, so I just wanted to get a shot off and was happy the rebound came to me," Scheifele said. "We didn't want to let our lead slip away, but we did get the win and we're happy with that."
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Patrik Laine never envisioned challenging the NHL's single-game scoring record.
Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice did not share in his young winger's modesty.
Laine recorded the 61st five-goal game in NHL history Saturday night as the Jets' defeated the St. Louis Blues 8-4.
"I'm surprised that it hasn't happened sooner," Maurice said. "On the nights that he's scored his three, he's had his chances to get so much more."
DETROIT (AP) — Dustin Byfuglien said everything he wanted to say during another win for Winnipeg.
The veteran defenseman got his 500th career point when he snapped a tie with 6:45 left, helping the Jets beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Friday night.
Winnipeg (7-3-1) won for the fourth time in five games. Kyle Connor scored in the second period, and Laurent Brossoit stopped 27 shots.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Blake Wheeler was honest after the Winnipeg Jets' victory over Carolina.
"I'm not going to pretend we're firing on all cylinders right now, but we're grinding," Wheeler said.
Bryan Little broke a tie with 2:09 left in the Jets' 3-1 on Sunday night in the opener of a six-game homestand.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice wants the Jets to focus on fun, not the magnitude of Sunday's game against the Vegas Golden Knights.
The expansion Golden Knights are up 3-1 in the best-of-seven Western Conference final and could eliminate the Jets and reach the Stanley Cup Final with a victory.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Gerard Gallant and Paul Maurice do not know each other well despite having their NHL coaching careers overlap for several years.
The men behind the benches for the Vegas Golden Knights and Winnipeg Jets, though, both have led their teams into the Western Conference final after following long, winding paths.
"It's quite a story for both of them," Hall of Fame coach Scotty Bowman said in a telephone interview.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The young Winnipeg Jets have grown up fast this postseason, so quickly that now they are headed to the first Western Conference final in their short history after knocking off the NHL's best team in the regular season.
Tyler Myers and Paul Stastny scored 2:06 apart in the first period, and the Jets stunned the Nashville Predators 5-1 on Thursday night in their first Game 7 — continuing an amazing run for a team swept in its previous two playoff appearances.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Connor Hellebuyck bounced back in a big way, just as the Winnipeg Jets were expecting.
The 24-year-old goalie turned aside every shot Minnesota could muster, shoving the Wild to the brink of elimination.
Mark Scheifele scored both goals for Winnipeg and Hellebuyck made 30 saves for his seventh shutout this season, as the Jets beat the Wild 2-0 on Tuesday night to take a 3-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice used a joke to ease any panic regarding an injury to Patrik Laine.
Kyle Connor scored his second goal of the game 1:37 into overtime to lift Winnipeg over the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Tuesday night despite losing Laine to a lower-body injury.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Winnipeg Jets top center Mark Scheifele remains out with an upper-body injury and is expected to miss Tuesday night's game at Nashville.
Coach Paul Maurice says he's going to be cautious with Scheifele with the playoffs a month away. Scheifele is missing his third and fourth consecutive games — Monday night at Washington and Tuesday at Nashville.
The team has not said if this is the same injury that kept him out 16 games earlier this season.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — While the Philadelphia Flyers couldn't prevent Patrik Laine from scoring his 40th goal, they were able to stop everyone else and end their slide.
Claude Giroux and Andrew MacDonald scored in the second period and the Flyers overcame Laine's milestone in a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday that snapped a five-game losing streak.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice pointed to 19-year-old scoring star Patrik Laine's feet.
"His feet. His skating. He's driving harder," Maurice said. "He's skating better with and without the puck and, because of that, his timing is right and everything else is falling into place for him. It's all in his feet."
DALLAS (AP) — Michael Hutchinson wasn't concerned when Dallas' Tyler Pitlick scored in the first 10 seconds of the Winnipeg goalie's first game in 25 days.
"The first goal's not that important," Hutchinson said. "We have 59 minutes and 50 seconds to come back and get another one. We were able to battle back."
The Jets didn't need that much time on Saturday night. They scored five goals in the second period and went on to beat the Stars 5-3.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets kept it simple according to their coach John Tortorella. They checked well and were rewarded with their fourth straight win of the young NHL season.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — The Winnipeg Jets agreed to terms on a $42 million, seven-year contract extension with forward Nikolaj Ehlers on Wednesday.
The extension begins a year from now and carries an average annual value of $6 million, the Jets said in a statement.
"This team, this organization, this city ... from Day 1 I was happy here," Ehlers said before the Jets opened their season against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A chat toward the end of his playing career planted a seed in Travis Green's mind.
The veteran center had already thought about staying in hockey after retirement when a conversation with Paul Maurice, then his head coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs, got him thinking.
"We were just talking one day and he gave me the advice: 'You should be a coach,'" Green said. "It stuck with me."
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — The Winnipeg Jets thought it was only fitting that Blake Wheeler scored to lead them to victory in their season finale.
Wheeler, the Jets' captain, scored a short-handed goal with 45 seconds left in regulation to lift the Jets to their franchise-record seventh straight win, 2-1 over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.
The 38 in-season firings of an NHL coach over the past 10 years:
Anaheim Ducks: Randy Carlyle, 2011(asterisk)
Boston Bruins: Claude Julien, 2017(asterisk)
Buffalo Sabres: Lindy Ruff, 2013
Buffalo Sabres: Ron Rolston, 2013
Carolina Hurricanes: Peter Laviolette, 2009(asterisk)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jacob Trouba's bad-bounce goal was a big break for the Winnipeg Jets.
Trouba scored in the third on an unusual play, and the Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3 on Tuesday night.
Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler each had a goal and two assists as Winnipeg improved to 12-4-1 within the Central Division and 3-0 against St. Louis. Patrik Laine and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored, and Ondrej Pavelec made 24 saves.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Ondrej Pavelec was glad his long wait to get back to the NHL ended with a victory — even if it wasn't his best game.
The veteran goalie made 30 saves as the Winnipeg Jets halted a four-game losing streak Wednesday night, helped by goals from six players in a 6-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes.
Pavelec, 29, was sent to the American Hockey League's Manitoba Moose at the end of training camp, but Winnipeg recalled him Tuesday.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres used a big third period to slip past the Winnipeg Jets.
Brian Gionta scored Buffalo's third goal in a span of 4:46 of the third period and the Sabres overcame a two-goal deficit to defeat the Jets 4-3.
The Jets lost after winning the first two on a three-game trip. They also lost leading scorer Patrik Laine in the third period.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Winnipeg Jets have struggled this season in the second period, and early on Tuesday night it looked like more of the same.
Then came an unexpected response after Tampa Bay tied things up.
Nikolaj Ehlers had two goals, including a penalty shot during Winnipeg's three-goal second period, and the Jets beat the Lightning 6-4 on Tuesday night.
"I like the very first shift after they scored the tying goal," Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. "We got the momentum back."