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Winnipeg Jets at New Jersey Devils: game preview

WinnipegJets2026-27: 2-0-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 35-35-12 · 82 pts · 26that

New JerseyDevils2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 42-37-3 · 87 pts · 21st

Puck drop28 Nov · 7:00 PM ET

VenuePrudential Center

All-time meetings31 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Five points apart last season

Winnipeg finished last season 26th in the league on 82 points. New Jersey finished 21st on 87.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 32

Across 31 completed games, Winnipeg lead the head-to-head 22-5-4.

All-time record22-5-4Winnipeg's record in the series

Meetings played31This is number 32

2025-26 series—

Last 54-1Winnipeg

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

27 Jan 2026WPG 4 – NJD 3——WPG

11 Jan 2026NJD 3 – WPG 4——WPG

28 Mar 2025NJD 0 – WPG 4——WPG

7 Mar 2025WPG 6 – NJD 1——WPG

21 Mar 2024WPG 1 – NJD 4——NJD

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateWinnipegNew Jersey

11 Jan 202617-22-5 · 39 pts31st22-21-2 · 46 pts22nd

27 Jan 202620-24-7 · 47 pts30th27-23-2 · 56 pts20th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 11 Jan 2026, Winnipeg were 31st in the league and New Jersey 22nd. By 27 Jan 2026 it was 30th and 20th.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

New Jersey out-attempted Winnipeg 125 to 101

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Winnipeg Jets

101 att · 48 on goal · 8 G · 16.7%

Crease8 att · 2 G

Slot39 att · 4 G

Wing32 att · 2 G

Point16 att · 0 G

Neutral zone6 att · 0 G

New Jersey Devils

125 att · 56 on goal · 6 G · 10.7%

Crease12 att · 2 G

Slot51 att · 3 G

Wing36 att · 1 G

Point25 att · 0 G

Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

New Jersey 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.

WinnipegNew Jersey

3.37xG for per game3.52

3.37xG against per game3.01

50.0%xG share53.9%

−1.1FinishingGoals minus expected goals−4.5

+2.1GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−4.0

This season: 3 games for Winnipeg, 3 for New Jersey. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →

Special teams

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

Winnipeg

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2750.0%

Power play · 2025-2618.5% · 24th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2788.9%

Penalty kill · 2025-2677.6% · 21st

Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 79/177

Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-279 (3.00/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

New Jersey

Small sample

Power play · 2026-277.1%

Power play · 2025-2622.0% · 13th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2762.5%

Penalty kill · 2025-2679.3% · 17th

Faceoffs · 2026-2747.5% · 87/183

Drawn · 2026-2714 (4.67/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Winnipeg

Expected starter after their game on 27 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

New Jersey

Expected starter after their game on 27 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Winnipeg crease

WPG · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 25 Nov

Stuart Skinner.9092 GP · 1-0-1 · GSAx +1.1

Clay Stevenson.9381 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.0

No appearances against New Jersey in the last meetings.

New Jersey crease

NJD · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 25 Nov

Jake Allen.8752 GP · 1-1-0 · GSAx −1.7

Nico Daws.8131 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −2.5

No appearances against Winnipeg in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.0 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

27 Jan 20267 · WPG 4–3 NJD

11 Jan 20267 · NJD 3–4 WPG

28 Mar 20254 · NJD 0–4 WPG

7 Mar 20257 · WPG 6–1 NJD

21 Mar 20245 · WPG 1–4 NJD

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA

Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17

New Jersey2.004.332.803.10

Goals 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.

Scoring rates suggest6.0Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings6.0Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

9 on the injury lists

Winnipeg · injuries

Connor HellebuyckSuspensionIRReturn17 Oct

Elias SalomonssonShoulderIRReturn15 Oct

Garrett BrownLower BodyIRReturn9 Oct

Walker DuehrLower BodyIRReturn17 Oct

New Jersey · injuries

Connor BrownLower BodyOutReturn12 Oct

Johnathan KovacevicKneeIRReturn10 Oct

Jonas SiegenthalerUndisclosedDay-to-dayReturn10 Oct

Nick BjugstadPectoralIRReturn19 Jan

Seamus CaseyKneeIRReturn21 Nov

Latest moves

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10 Aug 2026 · WPG

Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.

15 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.

13 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.

27 Sep · NJD

Claimed LW Jeremie Poirier off waivers.

27 Sep · NJD

Claimed LW Jeremie Poirier off waivers. Placed C/RW Marc McLaughlin, LD Vladislav Kolyachonok, G David Rittich, LW Riley Tufte, LD Topias Vilen, and C/RW Colin White on waivers.

25 Sep · NJD

Assigned Ds Mikael Diotte, Ethan Edwards, Jeremy Hanzel, Etienne Morin and Anton Silaev, Fs Josh Filmon, Lenni Hameenaho, Shane Lachance, Matyas Melovsky, Xavier Parent, Cam Squires and Ben Steeves and G Jakub Malek to Utica (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Utica Ds DJ King, Charles Leddy and Eamon Powell, Fs Tristan Ashbrook, Zachary Gallant, Gabe Klassen, Jack Malone, Justin Pearson, Ryan Schmelzer, Cristophe Tellier and Jermey Wilmer and Gs Jeremy Brodeur and Seth Eisele.

Injury report

Winnipeg · 2026 draft

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#8Viggo BjorckRound 1 · DjurgardenC

#71Samuel HrenakRound 3 · FargoG

#116Zach WootenRound 4 · Green BayLW

#135Alexandre TailleferRound 5 · QuebecD

Full draft

New Jersey · 2026 draft

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#12Alexander CommandRound 1 · Orebro Jr.C

#37Matias VanhanenRound 2 · EverettLW

#44Nikita ShcherbakovRound 2 · Ufa Jr.D

#119Lavr GashilovRound 4 · Yekaterinburg Jr.C

Full draft

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Winnipeg Jets at New Jersey Devils: game preview

Five points apart last season

Meeting number 32

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

New Jersey out-attempted Winnipeg 125 to 101

Winnipeg Jets

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Winnipeg

New Jersey

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

Winnipeg crease

New Jersey crease

Scoring rates point to about 6.0 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

9 on the injury lists

Winnipeg · injuries

New Jersey · injuries

Latest moves

Winnipeg · 2026 draft

New Jersey · 2026 draft

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