The Winnipeg Jets have announced their schedule for the upcoming season. Here are three early talking points about the Jets schedule for next season.
As this offseason is off to a hectic start, we now turn our attention to the Winnipeg Jets 2021-2022 schedule which was released by the NHL a couple of weeks ago.
With the announcement, the NHL is back on track with a full 82-game schedule and the divisions are back to what they were in 2019-2020 with a Central, Metropolitan, Pacific, and Atlantic divisions.
The league season is set to kick off on October 12 when the Tampa Bay Lightning will raise their Stanley Cup championship banner against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Two days later, on October 14, the Winnipeg Jets will begin their season when they travel to Anaheim to take on the Ducks at the Honda Center.
When looking at the Winnipeg Jets’ list of opponents, there are many matchups that are already intriguing. Here are three talking points from the Jets schedule for 2021-2022:
3. No Long Road Trip for the Jets
In years prior, we have seen the Winnipeg Jets go on long road trips throughout the season. Some would last for a couple of weeks as the Jets would play anywhere from five to eight games away from home.
But this season, that is not the case as the Jets will not have any long road trips. Throughout the course of next season, the Jets will not be away from Winnipeg for a substantial period of time.
The longest trip the Jets have this upcoming season is from January 29-February 27. I know that seems like an extremely long road trip because it is just under a month, but the Jets will only be playing five games during that time frame. There is a three-week and a day break between the Jets’ February 1st game at the Philadelphia Flyers and their February 23rd games in Dallas against the Stars due to the 2022 Olympics.
The Jets will have a road trip of four games two times during the next season. The first of these four-game trips will be during the month of January, while the second trip comes at the end of the season in Mid-April.
During the 2021 season, Winnipeg was by far a better road team last year than they were at home. it will be interesting to see how Paul Maurice and the Jets coaching staff manage their lineup during the different four-game trips against a wide variety of opponents.