GAMEDAY: Jets at Flyers

PHILADELPHIA -The Winnipeg Jets won't hold a morning skate with today's 12 pm CT puck drop in Philadelphia against the Flyers. Head coach Paul Maurice stated on Friday that Connor Hellebuyck would start in goal, while the Jets will go with the same skaters up front.
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-- Mitchell Clinton, WinnipegJets.com
Game Notes
The Winnipeg Jets play the second game of a four-game road trip this afternoon when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers…The Jets beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Thursday to begin the road trip…Winnipeg plays their second game is as many days on Sunday when the team travels to Buffalo for a matinee against the Sabres.

Last Game
Feb. 20 at OTT - 5-1 W
Jets Scorers: Scheifele (24, 25, 26), Connor (30), Ehlers (22)
Senators Scorers: Paul (8)
Jets Goaltender: Laurent Brossoit (29 sv, 1 ga)
Senators Goaltender: Marcus Hogberg (29 sv, 5 ga)
Jets PP: 3-for-6
Jets PK: 4-for-4
Recap: The Jets scored five unanswered goals to defeat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Thursday night…Mark Scheifele tallied a hat trick and an assist to lead the Jets, while Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist to reach 30 goals on the season…Gabriel Bourque led the Jets with four hits.
Three Stars: 1. Scheifele 2. Connor 3. Laine
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Wins of Three
The Jets have won three games in a row for the fifth time this season, which matches their longest winning streak of the campaign…Two of the winning streaks have come in February, as the Jets have gone 7-2-1…The last time the Jets had a winning streak longer than three games was a four-game streak from Mar. 14-20/19.
Potent PK
The Jets are a perfect nine-for-nine on the penalty kill in their past four games and 15-for-16 (93.8%) in their past seven games…Winnipeg is third in the NHL in penalty kill percentage in February at 91.3%.
Afternoon Tilt
The Jets are 7-2-1 in afternoon games this season…The seven wins have set a franchise record for most wins in afternoon games in a season…Winnipeg plays 14 afternoon games this season, which is the most in a season in franchise history…The previous high was 11 during the 2013-14 and 2016-17 seasons…Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in scoring in day games this season with 15 points (3G, 12A) in 10 games, while Patrik Laine has a team best seven goals…Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck has played in nine afternoon games, posting a 1.90 goals-against average and .940 save percentage.
Back-2-Back
The Jets have 10 back-to-back sets this season, the ninth of which is this weekend…The Jets are 5-3-0 in the first and 4-4-0 in the second game of back-to-backs this season…Four of the nine wins have come in overtime or a shootout…Winnipeg went 6-3-0 in the first game and 5-4-0 in the second game of back-to-backs last season.
Rare PIM Outburst
The Jets matched a season high with 35 penalty minutes in Thursday's win against Ottawa…It's just the third time this season the Jets have taken more than 30 penalty minutes in a game…Winnipeg is averaging 7.7 penalty minutes per game this season, which is 11th fewest in the NHL…The Jets have been shorthanded the second fewest amount of times this season at 156.
Hatty for Scheifs
Mark Scheifele tallied his third career hat trick on Thursday against the Senators…The hat trick ended a 12-game goalless drought for Scheifele, who had one goal in his previous 16 games…He joins Kyle Connor and Patrik Laine as Jets with hat tricks this season.
Lots of Draws
Mark Scheifele took a career high 35 face-offs on Thursday, which was three shy of the franchise record for most in a game… Scheifele won a career high 20 of the 35 face-offs, which was one short of the franchise record.
30 for KC
Kyle Connor is the first Jets player to reach 30 goals this season…It's the third consecutive season he's reached 30 goals…Ilya Kovalchuk (7) and Patrik Laine (3) are the only other players in franchise history to have three or more 30-goal seasons, while Mark Scheifele is four goals away from becoming the fourth member.
Busy Body
Connor Hellebuyck has made 31 saves in back-to-back wins…He's made 30 or more saves in a game 25 times this season, which leads the NHL…Hellebuyck is 15-5-5 with a 2.20 goals-against average and .941 save percentage this season in games he's made 30 or more saves.
How the Jets Were Built
Drafted (14) - Appleton, Connor, Copp, Ehlers, Harkins, Hellebuyck, Laine, Little, Lowry, Morrissey, Niku, Poolman, Scheifele, Roslovic
Trade (4) - Beaulieu, DeMelo, Pionk, Wheeler
Free Agency (8) - Bitetto, Bourque, Brossoit, Chibisov, Kulikov, Letestu, Perreault, Shaw
Waivers (3) - Dahlstrom, Sbisa, Shore