GAME DAY: Jets at Golden Knights

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -The Winnipeg Jets will not hold a morning skate after last night's 3-0 win in Anaheim. Stay tuned for line-up information as it becomes available!
LAST NIGHT'S RECAP
LAST NIGHT'S HIGHLIGHTS
-- Jamie Thomas, WinnipegJets.com
GAME NOTES
Tonight's Game
The Winnipeg Jets finish a three-game road trip tonight when they visit the Vegas Golden Knights in their second game in as many nights...The Jets have won four consecutive games, which includes a 3-2 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night and 3-0 win against the Anaheim Ducks last night...After tonight's game, the Jets return to Winnipeg for their last homestand of the season, which begins Saturday against the Nashville Predators
Playoff Picture
Magic Number: 2
Current Point Total: 92
Projected Playoff Line: 86 Points
Earliest Jets Could Clinch a Playoff Spot: Tonight at Vegas Golden Knights
If the Playoffs Started Today...: The Jets (1st in the Central) would have home ice against the Dallas Stars (1st in Wild Card) in the First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Chance to Clinch
Tonight is the first chance the Jets have this season to clinch their spot in the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs and can become the first Central Division team to do so with a win tonight...Last season, the Jets clinched their playoff spot on Mar. 25 at home with a 5-4 shootout win against the Nashville Predators...The Jets needed 102 points to clinch last season, but can do so this year with 94 points.
Best for Last
The Jets scored twice in the third period on five shots to increase their third-period goal total this season to 96, which is second in the NHL...The third period been Winnipeg's most productive period, as the Jets have scored 78 first-period goals and 67 second-period goals...The Jets hold a plus-21 third-period goal differential, which is fifth in the NHL.
Consistent Power
The Jets have scored a power play goal in five consecutive games (5-for-14, 35.7%) and are 14-for-47 (29.8%) on the power play in their past 14 games...Winnipeg's power play on the season is clicking at 25.9%, which is fourth in the NHL and 2.5 percentage points better than their 23.4% power play last season...With 32 power play points (2G, 30A), Blake Wheeler has been in on 54.2% of the 59 power play goals the Jets have scored this season.
Back-2-Back
Last night and tonight marks the eighth of nine back-to-back sets the Jets have this season...Winnipeg is 5-3-0 in the first game and 5-2-0 in the second game of back-to-backs this season...Last season, the Jets went 4-3-2 in the first game of nine back-to-backs and 4-4-1 in the second game.
On the Road
Winnipeg is 20-16-0 on the road this season and play five of their last nine games in the regular season on the road...Last night's win gave the Jets back-to-back road wins for the first time in the 2019 calendar year...Winnipeg hasn't lost three consecutive road games in regulation since Dec. 10-20/16...Winnipeg is 5-for-16 (31.3%) on the power play in their past five road games and are 11-for-12 (91.7%) on the penalty kill in their past four road games...The Jets have scored 29 goals in their past eight road games...Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in scoring on the road this season with 38 points (10G, 28A) in 36 games...Patrik Laine leads the Jets with 19 goals on the road.
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Party in the Pacific
The Jets are 15-5-2 against Pacific Division opponents this season and have won 10 of their past 14 games against the Pacific Division...Winnipeg is in a stretch of five of six games against Pacific Division teams...Winnipeg was a dominant 17-4-2 against Pacific Division foes last season and are on an 24-6-4 run in their last 34 games versus the Pacific...Blake Wheeler (5G, 17A) leads the Jets in scoring against the Pacific Division this season with 22 points in 22 games...Goaltender Laurent Brossoit is 4-2 with a 1.91 goals-against average and .941 save percentage in six games against Pacific Division teams this season.
Springing Ahead
March and April have historically been successful months for the Jets, as the team has gone 84-54-15 in those two months since relocation...During the past three seasons, the Jets are 34-11-2 in March and April, including a perfect 8-0-0 in April...Blake Wheeler is the franchise's leading scorer in March with 121 points (47G, 74A) in 128 games...Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is 17-7-2 in March during his career with a 2.72 goals-against average and .916 save percentage.
Goose Egg
Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves last night to record his first shutout of the season...He was the only goaltender in the NHL this season to have won 30 games, but not have a shutout...Hellebuyck had six shutouts last season and is third in franchise history with 13 shutouts, which is four behind Ondrej Pavelec's record of 17.
Stepping Up
Defenceman Jacob Trouba had two assists last night for his 10th multi-point game of the season...Trouba has four points (1G, 3A) in his past four games...He leads Jets defencemen in scoring with a career-high 42 points (6G, 36A) in 73 games, which is the most games he's played in a season since he played 81 games during the 2015-16 season.
Magic 80
Mark Scheifele scored in the first period last night to reach 80 points (35G, 45A)...He joins Blake Wheeler (20G, 68A) in reaching the 80-point plateau...This is the third time in franchise history two players have reached 80 points in the same season and the first time since relocation.
Hit Record
Brandon Tanev had two hits last night and leads the Jets in hits this season with 246, which is fourth in the NHL...He has had four hits in a game 32 times this season...Tanev has eclipsed his career high of 188 hits he had last season...He needs 11 hits to set a franchise record for most hits in a season, which is currently held by Adam Lowry, who had 256 hits during the 2014-15 season...Tanev is averaging 3.39 hits per game this season, which is on pace to be a single-season franchise record.