GAME DAY: Jets look to sweep season series with Oilers

JETS GAME NOTES
Tonight's Game
The Winnipeg Jets begin a two-game road trip tonight against the Edmonton Oilers...The Jets swept a pair of home games coming out of the Christmas break with a 4-3 win against the Oilers on Wednesday and 4-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday...The back half of the road trip goes Tuesday night against the Colorado Avalanche.
Jets vs. Oilers Notes
- After losing four consecutive games to the Oilers, the Jets have beaten Edmonton in back-to-back games.
- The Jets are 8-7-0 against the Oilers since the franchise moved to Winnipeg in 2011...Six of the Jets eight wins have been by one goal.
- The Jets are 3-for-14 (21.4%) on the power play in their last four games against the Oilers.
- Nikolaj Ehlers has eight of his 17 goals this season in 12 games against Pacific Division teams, including a hat trick against the Oilers.
Goals Attained
The Jets are fourth in the NHL with 128 goals scored this season and have eight goals in two games since Christmas...Winnipeg has scored 47 goals in December, which second to only the Tampa Bay Lightning...The Jets have scored four goals or more in a game 20 times this season, which is tied with the Islanders for the most in the NHL...Winnipeg is 18-1-1 when scoring at least four goals this season.
Reversing Road Trends
The Jets enter tonight's game 1-5-3 in their last nine road games...The Jets have won just once in seven road games in December - Dec. 19 at NSH 6-4...Winnipeg is one of three teams in the NHL to play seven road games this month and win only one of them...The Jets went 7-3-2 in their first 12 road games of the season, which was the sixth-best road record in the NHL from the start of the season to Nov. 24.
Hitting 50
At 22-11-6, the Jets became the first Central Division team to reach 50 points with their win against the Islanders on Friday...The Jets reached the plateau in 39 games, which is the quickest since the franchise relocated to Winnipeg in 2011...Winnipeg is the fourth team in the NHL to reach 50 points this season.
Season - Game - Record
2011-12 - 48 - 22-20-6
2012-13 - 46 - 24-19-3
2013-14 - 51 - 23-23-5
2014-15 - 43 - 21-14-8
2015-16 - 53 - 24-26-3
2016-17 - 52 - 23-25-4
Against the Pacific
Winnipeg is 9-3-0 against the Pacific Division this season, with all three losses coming on the road...The Jets have won seven of their last eight games against Pacific Division teams...The Jets were 7-13-1 against the Pacific last season, which marked their first losing record against the Pacific since realignment for the 2013-14 season.
Middling December
After posting the second-best record in the NHL in November with a 9-3-2 mark, the Jets have a 7-5-2 record in December, which is tied for ninth in the NHL...During the past three seasons, the Jets have hovered around .500 in December with a combined record of 19-18-3 since 2015...Winnipeg's best record in December was 10-3-1 during the 2011-12 season, which won't be bested this season.
Reshuffled Top Line
Winnipeg's top line of Blake Wheeler, Kyle Connor and Patrik Laine combined for two goals and six points in Friday's victory against the Islanders...Wheeler is third in the NHL with 34 assists and eighth with 44 points (10G, 34A)...Connor moved into a tie for 10th in NHL rookie scoring with 23 points (12G, 11A) in 33 games...Laine surpassed the 30 point mark with two assists and now has 31 points (18G, 13A) in 39 games.
Stop 40
Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck made 42 saves against New York to improve his record to 4-0-1 in his last five games...It's the second time this season he made more than 40 saves in a game, as he stopped 45 shots in a 5-4 OTL against Montreal on Nov. 4...Friday's win was also the 19th time in 29 starts that he allowed two goals or less in regulation...He's 16-0-3 in those 19 games...Friday was also his 20th win of the season, making him the fourth goalie in the NHL to reach 20 wins this season.