The 2020–21 Winnipeg Jets season 38th season of play for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, 46th season for the organization overall, and the tenth in Winnipeg, since the franchise relocated from Atlanta prior to the start of the 2011–12 NHL season.

Due to the Canada–U.S. border restrictions brought in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jets were re-aligned with the other six Canadian franchises into the newly formed North Division. The league's 56 game season was played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Winnipeg and the other Canadian teams played an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

On May 5, the Jets clinched a playoff berth after a 4–0 defeat over the Calgary Flames. In the first round of the playoffs, they completed the franchise's first playoff sweep against the Edmonton Oilers, with a 4–3 triple overtime win in game four. However, the Jets were upset in the second round, being swept by the Montreal Canadiens.

Standings

Divisional standings

Schedule and results

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.

2020–21 game logJanuary: 5–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 14 Calgary 3–4 Winnipeg OT Hellebuyck 0 1–0–0 2 2 January 18 Winnipeg 1–3 Toronto Hellebuyck 0 1–1–0 2 3 January 19 Winnipeg 4–3 Ottawa OT Brossoit 0 2–1–0 4 4 January 21 Winnipeg 4–1 Ottawa Hellebuyck 0 3–1–0 6 5 January 23 Ottawa 3–6 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 4–1–0 8 6 January 24 Edmonton 4–3 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 4–2–0 8 7 January 26 Edmonton 4–6 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 5–2–0 10 8 January 30 Vancouver 4–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 5–3–0 10 February: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 February 1 Calgary 4–3 Winnipeg SO Hellebuyck 0 5–3–1 11 10 February 2 Calgary 2–3 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 6–3–1 13 11 February 4 Calgary 1–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 7–3–1 15 12 February 9 Winnipeg 2–3 Calgary Hellebuyck 0 7–4–1 15 13 February 11 Ottawa 1–5 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 8–4–1 17 14 February 13 Ottawa 2–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 8–5–1 17 15 February 15 Winnipeg 6–5 Edmonton Hellebuyck 0 9–5–1 19 16 February 17 Winnipeg 2–3 Edmonton Hellebuyck 0 9–6–1 19 17 February 19 Winnipeg 2–0 Vancouver Brossoit 0 10–6–1 21 18 February 21 Winnipeg 4–3 Vancouver OT Hellebuyck 0 11–6–1 23 19 February 25 Montreal 3–6 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 12–6–1 25 20 February 27 Montreal 1–2 Winnipeg OT Hellebuyck 0 13–6–1 27 March: 9–7–1 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 7–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 21 March 1 Vancouver 4–0 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 13–7–1 27 22 March 2 Vancouver 2–5 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 14–7–1 29 23 March 4 Winnipeg 4–3 Montreal OT Hellebuyck 0 15–7–1 31 24 March 6 Winnipeg 1–7 Montreal Hellebuyck 0 15–8–1 31 25 March 9 Winnipeg 4–3 Toronto Hellebuyck 0 16–8–1 33 26 March 11 Winnipeg 3–4 Toronto OT Hellebuyck 0 16–8–2 34 27 March 13 Winnipeg 5—2 Toronto Brossoit 0 17–8–2 36 28 March 15 Montreal 4–2 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 17–9–2 36 29 March 17 Montreal 3–4 Winnipeg OT Hellebuyck 0 18–9–2 38 30 March 18 Winnipeg 1–2 Edmonton Brossoit 0 18–10–2 38 31 March 20 Winnipeg 2–4 Edmonton Hellebuyck 0 18–11–2 38 32 March 22 Winnipeg 4–0 Vancouver Hellebuyck 0 19–11–2 40 33 March 24 Winnipeg 5–1 Vancouver Hellebuyck 0 20–11–2 42 34 March 26 Winnipeg 3–2 Calgary Hellebuyck 0 21–11–2 44 35 March 27 Winnipeg 2–4 Calgary Brossoit 0 21–12–2 44 36 March 29 Winnipeg 5–1 Calgary Hellebuyck 0 22–12–2 46 37 March 31 Toronto 3–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 22–13–2 46 April: 5–7–1 (Home: 1–5–1; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 April 2 Toronto 2–1 Winnipeg SO Hellebuyck 0 22–13–3 47 — April 4 Vancouver Winnipeg Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 10. 39 April 5 Ottawa 3–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 23–13–3 49 — April 6 Vancouver Winnipeg Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 11. 40 April 8 Winnipeg 4–2 Montreal Hellebuyck 0 24–13–3 51 41 April 10 Winnipeg 5–0 Montreal Hellebuyck 0 25–13–3 53 42 April 12 Winnipeg 2–4 Ottawa Hellebuyck 0 25–14–3 53 43 April 14 Winnipeg 3–2 Ottawa Brossoit 0 26–14–3 55 44 April 15 Winnipeg 5–2 Toronto Hellebuyck 0 27–14–3 57 45 April 17 Edmonton 3–0 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 27–15–3 57 46 April 22 Toronto 5–3 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 27–16–3 57 47 April 24 Toronto 4–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 27–17–3 57 48 April 26 Edmonton 6–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 27–18–3 57 49 April 28 Edmonton 3–1 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 27–19–3 57 50 April 30 Winnipeg 3–5 Montreal Hellebuyck 0 27–20–3 57 May: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 May 3 Winnipeg 1–2 Ottawa Brossoit 0 27–21–3 57 52 May 5 Winnipeg 4–0 Calgary Hellebuyck 0 28–21–3 59 53 May 8 Ottawa 4–2 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 28–22–3 59 54 May 10 Vancouver 3–1 Winnipeg Brossoit 0 28–23–3 59 55 May 11 Vancouver 0–5 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 29–23–3 61 56 May 14 Toronto 2–4 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 0 30–23–3 63 Legend:

Playoffs

2021 Stanley Cup playoffsNorth Division First Round vs. (N2) Edmonton Oilers: Winnipeg won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 May 19 Winnipeg 4–1 Edmonton Hellebuyck 1–0 2 May 21 Winnipeg 1–0 Edmonton OT Hellebuyck 2–0 3 May 23 Edmonton 4–5 Winnipeg OT Hellebuyck 3–0 4 May 24 Edmonton 3–4 Winnipeg 3OT Hellebuyck 4–0 North Division Second Round vs. (N4) Montreal Canadiens: Montreal won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 2 Montreal 5–3 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 500 0–1 2 June 4 Montreal 1–0 Winnipeg Hellebuyck 500 0–2 3 June 6 Winnipeg 1–5 Montreal Hellebuyck 5,326 0–3 4 June 7 Winnipeg 2–3 Montreal OT Hellebuyck 5,539 0–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 56 21 42 63 −4 12 56 26 24 50 −4 12 47 21 25 46 +15 15 50 15 31 46 −17 50 55 15 24 39 +2 20 54 3 29 32 +6 20 56 13 16 29 −3 32 56 12 13 25 +11 14 52 10 14 24 +6 13 56 4 17 21 −1 25 † 41 8 12 20 −6 36 56 9 10 19 +6 16 56 2 10 12 +1 35 56 5 5 10 +7 2 52 0 9 9 +10 20 44 2 3 5 +4 4 37 1 3 4 +13 26 ‡ 1 2 1 3 +1 4 26 1 1 2 −2 4 39 0 1 1 −2 2 25 0 1 1 −5 20 12 0 1 1 0 0 † 8 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 −3 8 4 0 0 0 −1 0 5 0 0 0 −2 2

Playoffs Player 8 3 4 7 −2 0 5 2 3 5 +1 17 8 2 3 5 −4 0 8 1 4 5 −4 6 8 2 2 4 +2 0 8 0 4 4 −2 2 6 2 1 3 −5 2 8 2 1 3 +6 4 8 1 2 3 +4 2 7 0 3 3 −3 8 6 1 1 2 +1 8 8 1 1 2 +1 4 8 1 1 2 0 0 8 0 2 2 +1 2 8 0 2 2 −3 4 8 1 0 1 −1 0 3 1 0 1 +2 2 3 0 1 1 +2 0 5 0 0 0 +2 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 45 45 2,602:49 24 17 3 112 2.58 1,335 .916 4 0 0 0 14 11 744:07 6 6 0 30 2.42 368 .918 1 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 8 8 537:45 4 4 20 2.23 289 .931 1 0 0 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Jets. Stats reflect time with the Jets only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Jets only.

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