2012–13 Winnipeg Jets season

The 2012–13 Winnipeg Jets season was the 14th season for the National Hockey League franchise and the second in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 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
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	Ondřej Pavelec (21)
Goals against average	Ondřej 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

Southeast Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: National Hockey League
y – Clinched division.

Eastern Conference

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division; z – Clinched conference.

Schedule and results

2012–13 Game Log[4]
January: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–1) # Jan Visitor Score Home OT/SO Decision Attendance Record Points 1 19 Ottawa 4–1 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 0–1–0 0 2 21 Winnipeg 1–2 Boston SO Pavelec 17,565 0–1–1 1 3 22 Winnipeg 4–2 Washington Pavelec 18,506 1–1–1 3 4 25 Pittsburgh 2–4 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 2–1–1 5 5 27 NY Islanders 4–5 Winnipeg OT Montoya 15,004 3–1–1 7 6 29 Winnipeg 3–4 Montreal Pavelec 21,273 3–2–1 7 7 31 Winnipeg 3–6 Florida Pavelec 15,731 3–3–1 7
February: 7–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 5–2–0) # Feb Visitor Score Home OT/SO Decision Attendance Record Points 8 1 Winnipeg 3–8 Tampa Bay Pavelec 19,204 3–4–1 7 9 5 Florida 2–3 Winnipeg OT Pavelec 15,004 4–4–1 9 10 7 Toronto 3–2 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 4–5–1 9 11 9 Winnipeg 1–0 Ottawa Montoya 18,594 5–5–1 11 12 12 Philadelphia 3–2 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 5–6–1 11 13 15 Pittsburgh 3–1 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 5–7–1 11 14 17 Boston 3–2 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 5–8–1 11 15 19 Winnipeg 2–1 Buffalo Pavelec 19,070 6–8–1 13 16 21 Winnipeg 4–3 Carolina Pavelec 18,282 7–8–1 15 17 23 Winnipeg 3–5 Philadelphia Pavelec 19,933 7–9–1 15 18 24 Winnipeg 4–2 New Jersey Pavelec 17,625 8–9–1 17 19 26 Winnipeg 4–3 NY Rangers Pavelec 17,200 9–9–1 19 20 28 New Jersey 1–3 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 10–9–1 21
March: 8–7–1 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–3–1) # Mar Visitor Score Home OT/SO Decision Attendance Record Points 21 2 Washington 3–0 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 10–10–1 21 22 5 Winnipeg 1–4 Florida Pavelec 14,574 10–11–1 21 23 7 Winnipeg 2–1 Tampa Bay Montoya 19,204 11–11–1 23 24 8 Winnipeg 3–2 Florida OT Pavelec 16,442 12–11–1 25 25 10 Winnipeg 2–3 New Jersey SO Pavelec 17,625 12–11–2 26 26 12 Toronto 2–5 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 13–11–2 28 27 14 NY Rangers 1–3 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 14–11–2 30 28 16 Winnipeg 5–4 Toronto SO Pavelec 19,401 15–11–2 32 29 17 Winnipeg 1–4 Ottawa Pavelec 19,227 15–12–2 32 30 19 Boston 1–3 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 16–12–2 34 31 21 Washington 4–0 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 16–13–2 34 32 22 Washington 6–1 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 16–14–2 34 33 24 Tampa Bay 2–3 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 17–14–2 36 34 26 Winnipeg 4–1 Carolina Pavelec 16,225 18–14–2 38 35 28 Winnipeg 0–4 Pittsburgh Montoya 18,649 18–15–2 38 36 30 Carolina 3–1 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 18–16–2 38
April: 6–5–1 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 1–4–0) # Apr Visitor Score Home OT/SO Decision Attendance Record Points 37 1 Winnipeg 2–4 NY Rangers Pavelec 17,200 18–17–2 38 38 2 Winnipeg 2–5 NY Islanders Pavelec 11,819 18–18–2 38 39 4 Winnipeg 1–4 Montreal Pavelec 21,273 18–19–2 38 40 6 Philadelphia 1–4 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 19–19–2 40 41 9 Buffalo 1–4 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 20–19–2 42 42 11 Florida 2–7 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 21–19–2 44 43 16 Tampa Bay 3–4 Winnipeg SO Pavelec 15,004 22–19–2 46 44 18 Carolina 3–4 Winnipeg OT Pavelec 15,004 23–19–2 48 45 20 NY Islanders 5–4 Winnipeg SO Pavelec 15,004 23–19–3 49 46 22 Winnipeg 2–1 Buffalo Pavelec 18,654 24–19–3 51 47 23 Winnipeg 3–5 Washington Pavelec 18,506 24–20–3 51 48 25 Montreal 4–2 Winnipeg Pavelec 15,004 24–21–3 51
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT/SO Loss

Player statistics

Final stats[5]

Skaters Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Andrew Ladd 48 18 28 46 10 22 Blake Wheeler 48 19 22 41 −3 28 Evander Kane 48 17 16 33 −3 80 Bryan Little 48 7 25 32 8 4 Dustin Byfuglien 43 8 20 28 −1 34 Nik Antropov 40 6 12 18 6 16 Grant Clitsome 44 4 12 16 10 18 Kyle Wellwood 39 6 9 15 0 2 Tobias Enstrom 22 4 11 15 −8 8 Olli Jokinen 45 7 7 14 −19 14 Zach Bogosian 33 5 9 14 −5 29 Ron Hainsey 47 0 13 13 −8 10 Alexander Burmistrov 44 4 6 10 0 14 Paul Postma 34 4 5 9 −5 6 Antti Miettinen 22 3 2 5 −3 2 James Wright 38 2 3 5 −5 31 Chris Thorburn 42 2 2 4 −5 70 Mark Stuart 42 2 2 4 5 53 Eric Tangradi^† 36 1 3 4 −4 22 Zach Redmond 8 1 3 4 0 12 Aaron Gagnon 10 3 0 3 2 2 Jim Slater 26 1 1 2 −3 19 Anthony Peluso 5 0 2 2 1 14 Alexei Ponikarovsky^‡ 12 2 0 2 −2 6 Derek Meech 16 0 1 1 0 2 Mike Santorelli^† 10 0 1 1 −5 0 Patrice Cormier 10 0 0 0 −3 7 Mark Scheifele 4 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 126 215 341 −40 525

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
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 June 23, 2012 [6] To Toronto Maple Leafs Conditional 7th-round pick in 2013[lower-alpha 1] To Winnipeg Jets Jonas Gustavsson[lower-alpha 2] 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 Condition not satisfied. Trade of negotiating rights to. Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms Alexei Ponikarovsky[10] New Jersey Devils 1 year, $1.8 million Olli Jokinen[11] Calgary Flames 2 years, $9 million Al Montoya[12] New York Islanders 1 year, $601,000 Mark Dekanich[13] Columbus Blue Jackets 1 year, $600,000 Juho Olkinuora[14] University of Denver 2 years, $1.485 million entry-level contract 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 Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Anthony Peluso[23] St. Louis Blues January 16, 2013 James Wright[24] Florida Panthers January 18, 2013 Mike Santorelli[25] Florida Panthers April 3, 2013 Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Lost via retirement Player 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. 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