The 2017–18 Winnipeg Jets season was the
19th season for the
National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997, and the seventh in
Winnipeg, since the franchise relocated from
Atlanta prior to the start of the
2011–12 NHL season.[2] The Jets clinched their second playoff spot since relocating from Atlanta after beating the
Nashville Predators 5–4 in a shootout on March 25, 2018. The Jets finished the season with 114 points, the second-best record in the NHL. Both are the best-ever finishes for both the Thrashers/Jets franchise and any Winnipeg-based NHL team.
On April 11, 2018, the Jets won their first playoff game in franchise history when they defeated the
Minnesota Wild 3–2 ending an 8-game playoff losing streak. On April 20, 2018, the team won its first playoff series when they defeated the Wild 5–0 and advanced to the Second Round. They then took the
Presidents' Trophy-winning
Nashville Predators to seven games to advance to the Western Conference Final – the deepest playoff run for a Winnipeg-based NHL team. The
original Jets only got as far as the second round during their run in Winnipeg, in 1985 and 1987. Their season would come to an end during the Western Conference Final where they lost to the
Vegas Golden Knights in five games.
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Jets. Statistics reflect time with the Jets only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Jets only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
Transactions
The Jets have been involved in the following
transactions during the 2017–18 season.
The
Columbus Blue Jackets' first-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017, that sent a first-round pick in 2017, a third-round pick in
2019 to Vegas and ensured that Vegas selected
Chris Thorburn in the
2017 NHL Expansion Draft from Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.[36]
The
Montreal Canadiens' seventh-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a seventh-round pick in
2016 to Montreal in exchange for this pick.[37]