Tonight's Game
The Winnipeg Jets look to even their best-of-seven first round playoff series tonight in Game 4 against the St. Louis Blues...The Jets doubled up the Blues 6-3 in Game 4 on Sunday night for their first win of the series...Game 5 is scheduled for Thursday back in Winnipeg at Bell MTS Place.
Goal Outburst
The Jets scored six goals in Game 3, which was one off the franchise record for goals scored in a playoff game...Winnipeg scored four goals combined in the first two games of this series...The Jets scored three times in the third period, which was the first time they scored in the third period in the playoffs.
On the Road
The Jets went 22-18-1 on the road during the regular season, which set a franchise record for the most road wins in a season...Winnipeg went 4-2-1 in their last seven regular season road games...The Jets have won all three games against the Blues in St. Louis during the regular season and playoffs and are 9-2-0 in their past 11 games in St. Louis...Blake Wheeler led the Jets in scoring on the road during the regular season with 40 points (10G, 30A) in 41 games.
Back in the Dance
The Jets are back in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second consecutive season...It's the first time in franchise history that the Jets have reached the playoffs in back-to-back seasons and fourth time overall.
New Playoff Foe
This is the sixth playoff series in franchise history and the sixth time the Jets face a different opponent...The then-Atlanta Thrashers played the New York Rangers in 2006...The Jets made the playoffs for the first time after relocation in 2015 and met the Anaheim Ducks in the first round...Last season, Winnipeg played the Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators and Vegas Golden Knights.
Central Rivals
The Jets went 13-12-1 against Central Division teams during the regular season, which is their poorest divisional record since going 11-16-2 during the 2015-16 season...Winnipeg has been above .500 against their divisional foes in four of six seasons since moving to the Central Division...Winnipeg finished the season 4-7-1 in their last 12 games against Central Division teams and three of the four wins came against Nashville...Since the start of the 2016- 17 season, the Jets are 47-29-5 against Central Division teams, which is second in the NHL...In that same time frame, Blake Wheeler leads all NHLers in scoring against the Central Division with 98 points (28G, 70A) in 81 games, while Mark Scheifele has 90 points (37G, 53A) in 73 games.
GAME DAY: Jets at Blues (Game 4)
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