The Winnipeg Jets are a Canadian professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Jets compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Western Conference Central Division. The team is owned by True North Sports & Entertainment and plays its home games at the MTS Centre.
The Jets began play as the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999–2000 NHL season. True North Sports & Entertainment then bought the team in May 2011 and relocated the franchise from Atlanta, Georgia to Winnipeg prior to the 2011–12 season (the first NHL franchise to relocate since the Hartford Whalers became the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997). The team was renamed the Jets after Winnipeg's original WHA/NHL team...
Pionk has been suspended two-games for kneeing an opponent, and he is not eligible to return until Friday versus the Canucks.
Sami Niku
Illness
Out indefinitely | I-R
Niku tested positive for the virus and has been posted to the COVID-19 protocol. He is without a definitive timetable for return.
Nate Thompson
Shoulder
Out indefinitely | out
Thompson is having surgery for a shoulder injury, and it has yet to be established when he will return to the lineup.
Mathieu Perreault
Eye
Prob Thurs | I-R
Perreault is on the injured reserve list after undergoing two eye procedures, but he is projected to be activated prior to Thursday's battle with the Avalanche.
Paul Stastny
Foot
Ques Fri | questionable
Stastny is idle with a foot injury, and it is uncertain if he will return to the ice against the Wild on Friday or the Flames on Saturday.
Mason Appleton
Lower Body
Prob Wed | probable
Appleton has been activated from the injured reserve list after recovering from a lower-body injury, and it is expected that he will return for Wednesday's battle with the Hurricanes.