Pittsburgh Penguins at Winnipeg Jets: game preview
PittsburghPenguins2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 41-25-16 · 98 pts · 10that
WinnipegJets2026-27: 2-0-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 35-35-12 · 82 pts · 26thSixteen points apart last season
Pittsburgh finished last season 10th in the league on 98 points. Winnipeg finished 26th on 82, and the 2025-26 season series went PIT 1-1-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 33
Across 32 completed games, Pittsburgh lead the head-to-head 21-10-0.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 1 Nov 2025, Pittsburgh were 5th in the league and Winnipeg 2nd. By 5 Oct it was 12th and 3rd.
Pittsburgh out-attempted Winnipeg 321 to 304
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Winnipeg Jets
Pittsburgh have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 3 games for Pittsburgh, 3 for Winnipeg. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Pittsburgh, 10 for Winnipeg.
2025-26: 82 games for Pittsburgh, 82 for Winnipeg.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
Pittsburgh
Small sampleWinnipeg
Small sampleKyle Connor has 5 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Kyle Connor vs Pittsburgh · game by game
See all: Kyle Connor vs Pittsburgh · game by game →Connor Hellebuyck has started most of these meetings
Connor Hellebuyck played 2 of the last 5 meetings with Pittsburgh, with a .900 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 19 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 19 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Arturs Silovs
See all: Arturs Silovs →PIT · 2-0-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 18 Feb
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Sergei Murashov .912 (1 GP)
Full game logConnor Hellebuyck
See all: Connor Hellebuyck →WPG · 23-23-11 in 2025-26 Starter estimate from 18 Feb
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Stuart Skinner .909 (2 GP) · Clay Stevenson .938 (1 GP)
Full game logScoring rates point to about 6.5 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Pittsburgh5.002.673.573.27
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
7 on the injury lists
Pittsburgh · injuries
Winnipeg · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Activated C/RW Benjamin Kindel from injured reserve. Placed C/LW David Gustafsson on waivers.
Assigned F Rutger McGroarty to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
Reinstated C Blake Lizotte from injured reserve.
Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.
Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.
Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.
Pittsburgh · 2026 draft
See all: Pittsburgh · 2026 draft →Winnipeg · 2026 draft
See all: Winnipeg · 2026 draft →
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