Winnipeg Jets: 10 Notable Numbers Through 10 Games of 2024-25 – The Hockey Writers – Winnipeg Jets

The Winnipeg Jets are through 10 games of their 2024-25 season and the once-small statistical sample sizes are getting less so.

Trends are beginning to emerge for every team and numbers begin aligning with those trends with some degree of accuracy around now. No longer can stats be written completely off as “flukey” or “inflated” or “not reflective” of a team’s performance.

Here, we’ll dive into 10 notable numbers for the Jets, who are off to a franchise-best 9-1-0 start under new head coach Scott Arniel.

18: Points For the Team

With 18 points, the Jets sit first in not only the Central Division and Western Conference, but the entire NHL.

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Last season, the Jets had 10 points through 10 games via a 4-4-2 record. Obviously, there’s a long way to go, but October points count the same as March and April points and the Jets have done a good job to bank a bunch before the calendar even reaches November.

9, 17: Kyle Connor’s Goal and Point Totals

A lot of Jets are off to strong offensive starts (and we’ll get to that in a minute) but no one has been hotter out of the gate than Kyle Connor.

The Jets’ right winger is second in the NHL in goals with nine and third in points with 17. In the most-recent game against the Detroit Red Wings, he notched his 500th-career point by picking up an assist on Gabriel Vilardi’s game-opening goal 2:48 into the first period (Connor added another assist 74 seconds later and then a goal of his own for a three-point period.)

Connor has at least a point in every game this season and has multiple points in each of his past five.

“You never take anything for granted in this league. It’s tough every single day, it’s the best league in the world,” Connor said after reaching the milestone. “To get that accomplishment is pretty cool. Obviously there’s bigger goals in mind, but it’s still nice.” (From ‘Connor’s milestone night in Michigan,’ Winnipeg Free Press, Oct. 30, 2024.)

5: Point-Per-Game-Plus Players

The Jets’ attack has been balanced as they have three forward lines capable of scoring and a defence that continues to get involved in the offence. Five players are operating a point-per-game-plus clip: Connor, Mark Scheifele (13 points,) Neal Pionk (12,) Nikolaj Ehlers (11,) and Josh…