The 2012–13 Winnipeg Jets season was the 14th season for the National Hockey League franchise and the second 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.[2] The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout.
2012–13 Winnipeg Jets | |
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Division | 2nd Southeast |
Conference | 9th Eastern |
2012–13 record | 24–21–3 |
Home record | 13–10–1 |
Road record | 11–11–2 |
Goals for | 128 |
Goals against | 144 |
Team information | |
General manager | Kevin Cheveldayoff |
Coach | Claude Noel |
Captain | Andrew Ladd |
Alternate captains | Olli Jokinen Mark Stuart |
Arena | MTS Centre |
Average attendance | 15,004 (100%) Total: 360,096[1] |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Blake Wheeler (19) |
Assists | Andrew Ladd (28) |
Points | Andrew Ladd (46) |
Penalty minutes | Evander Kane (80) |
Plus/minus | Andrew Ladd Grant Clitsome (+10) |
Wins | Ondrej Pavelec (21) |
Goals against average | Ondrej Pavelec (2.91) |
Regular season
The Jets struggled on the power play during the regular season and finished 30th overall in power-play percentage at 14.09% (21 for 149).[3]
Standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | y – Washington Capitals | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 149 | 126 | +23 | 57 |
2 | Winnipeg Jets | 48 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 128 | 109 | +19 | 51 |
3 | Carolina Hurricanes | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 128 | 133 | −5 | 42 |
4 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 48 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 148 | 104 | +44 | 40 |
5 | Florida Panthers | 48 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 112 | 143 | −31 | 36 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | AT | z – Pittsburgh Penguins | 48 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 165 | 119 | +46 | 72 |
2 | NE | y – Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 149 | 126 | +23 | 63 |
3 | SE | y – Washington Capitals | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 149 | 130 | +19 | 57 |
4 | NE | x – Boston Bruins | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 24 | 131 | 109 | +22 | 62 |
5 | NE | x – Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 145 | 133 | +12 | 57 |
6 | AT | x – New York Rangers | 48 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 130 | 112 | +18 | 56 |
7 | NE | x – Ottawa Senators | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 116 | 104 | +12 | 56 |
8 | AT | x – New York Islanders | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 139 | 139 | 0 | 55 |
9 | SE | Winnipeg Jets | 48 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 128 | 144 | −16 | 51 |
10 | AT | Philadelphia Flyers | 48 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 133 | 141 | −8 | 49 |
11 | AT | New Jersey Devils | 48 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 112 | 129 | −17 | 48 |
12 | NE | Buffalo Sabres | 48 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 115 | 143 | −28 | 48 |
13 | SE | Carolina Hurricanes | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 128 | 160 | −32 | 42 |
14 | SE | Tampa Bay Lightning | 48 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 148 | 150 | −2 | 40 |
15 | SE | Florida Panthers | 48 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 112 | 171 | −59 | 36 |
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division; z – Clinched conference
Schedule and results
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January: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)
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February: 7–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 5–2–0)
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March: 8–7–1 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–3–1)
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April: 6–5–1 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 1–4–0)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss |
Player statistics
Final stats[5]
- Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Ondrej Pavelec | 44 | 43 | 2552:43 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 119 | 2.80 | 1251 | .905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Al Montoya | 7 | 5 | 351:21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2.91 | 168 | .899 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 48 | 2904:04 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 136 | 2.81 | 1419 | .904 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Jets. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
Transactions
Winnipeg has been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.
Trades
Date | Details | |
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June 23, 2012 [6] | To Toronto Maple Leafs Conditional 7th-round pick in 2013[a] | To Winnipeg Jets Jonas Gustavsson[b] |
February 13, 2013 [7] | To Pittsburgh Penguins 7th-round pick in 2013 | To Winnipeg Jets Eric Tangradi |
February 13, 2013 [8] | To New Jersey Devils Alexei Ponikarovsky | To Winnipeg Jets 7th-round pick in 2013 4th-round pick in 2014 |
March 10, 2013 [9] | To Columbus Blue Jackets Spencer Machacek | To Winnipeg Jets Tomas Kubalik |
Free agents lost
Player | New team | Contract terms |
Tanner Glass[15] | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 years, $2.2 million |
Jonas Gustavsson[16] | Detroit Red Wings | 2 years, $3 million |
Chris Mason[17] | Nashville Predators | 1 year, $1.25 million |
Tim Stapleton[18] | Dinamo Minsk | undisclosed |
Arturs Kulda[19] | Sibir Novosibirsk | undisclosed |
Mark Flood[20] | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | undisclosed |
Brett Festerling[21] | Nurnberg Ice Tigers | undisclosed |
Eric Fehr[22] | Washington Capitals | 1 year, $600,000 |
Lost via waivers
Player | New team | Date claimed off waivers |
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Player signings
Player | Date | Contract terms |
Jim Slater | June 13, 2012 | 3 years, $4.8 million[26] |
Ondrej Pavelec | June 25, 2012 | 5 years, $19.5 million[27] |
Derek Meech | July 1, 2012 | 1 year, $700,000[28] |
Ben Maxwell | July 6, 2012 | 1 year, $650,000[13] |
Kyle Wellwood | July 13, 2012 | 1 year, $1.6 million[29] |
Paul Postma | July 13, 2012 | 1 year, $550,000[30] |
Maxime Macenauer | July 23, 2012 | 1 year, $525,000[31] |
Tobias Enstrom | July 27, 2012 | 5 years, $28.75 million contract extension[32] |
Spencer Machacek | September 11, 2012 | 1 year, $575,000 [33] |
Evander Kane | September 15, 2012 | 6 years, $31.5 million [34] |
Jason Jaffray | January 16, 2013 | 1 year, $575,000 [35] |
Arturs Kulda | March 18, 2013 | 1 year, $550,000 [36] |
Jacob Trouba | April 2, 2013 | 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [37] |
Adam Lowry | April 16, 2013 | 3 years, $2.485 million entry-level contract [38] |
Austen Brassard | June 1, 2013 | 3 years, $1.86 million entry-level contract [39] |
Draft picks
Winnipeg's picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Round | Overall | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 9 | Jacob Trouba | D | ![]() | U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL) |
2 | 39 | Lukas Sutter | C | ![]() | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
3 | 70 | Scott Kosmachuk | RW | ![]() | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
5 | 130 | Connor Hellebuyck | G | ![]() | Odessa Jackalopes (NAHL) |
6 | 160 | Ryan Olsen | C | ![]() | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
7 | 190 | Jamie Phillips | G | ![]() | Toronto Jr. Canadiens (OJHL) |