Jets clinch berth in 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs

The Winnipeg Jets are headed to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

With a 3-2 overtime victory over the NHL-leading Washington Capitals on Tuesday, the Jets improved to 49-19-4 on the season, good for 102 points and a berth in the upcoming postseason. With the feat, the Jets will advance to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the seventh time in the past eight seasons. The Jets also become the second team this season to clinch a playoff berth after the Capitals did so last Thursday.

This season, the Jets have been powered by Michigan-born forward Kyle Connor whose 86 points through 72 games sits sixth-best in the Art Ross Trophy race. Connor is now only eight points shy of breaking his franchise record of 93 points in a single season set during the 2021-22 campaign when he finished with 47 goals and 46 assists through 79 games.

Beyond Connor, the Jets have also seen a dominant performance from veteran center Mark Scheifele whose production stands north of a point per game in collecting 35 goals and 43 assists through 72 appearances. Scheifele now stands just seven points shy of surpassing his career-high 84-point effort that came during the 2018-19 campaign.

Between the pipes, Jets netminder Connor Hellebuyck appears poised to claim his second consecutive and third all-time Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s Goaltender of the Year as through 55 outings this season he has notched a 40-10-3 record coupled with a .924 save percentage, 2.06 goals-against average, and a league-leading six shutouts.

Since returning to the Manitoba capital in 2011, the Jets have won three series in the playoffs, with their most recent coming in a four-game sweep of the Edmonton Oilers in 2021. Three years earlier, in 2018, the Jets advanced to the Western Conference Final before falling to the Vegas Golden Knights in five games.