Jets Begin Season on the Road Against Edmonton (2025: Game 1)

The Winnipeg Jets play regular-season hockey today! It’s the first of 82 games this year!

The Winnipeg Jets take flight tonight to face the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place in game one.

See how your Winnipeg Jets shape up tonight against Edmonton.

Details for Tonight’s Game

TV: Sportsnet
Radio: 680 CJOB
Game 1: Winnipeg Jets (0-0-0, 0 PTS) vs Edmonton Oilers (0-0-0, 0 PTS)
Date: Wednesday, October 9th
Time: 9:00 pm CST

Betting Odds (Per PlayNow Manitoba)

**SUBJECT TO CHANGE BEFORE PUCK DROP**

Winnipeg Jets: +140 (2.40)
Edmonton Oilers: -165 (1.60)
Over/Under: 6.5
Over 6.5: +105 (2.05)
Under 6.5: -125 (1.80)

Preview of Winnipeg Jets vs Opponent

Edmonton Oilers Notes

Goals Per Game: N/A
Goals Against Per Game: N/A
Power Play Percentage: 0.0%
Penalty Kill Percentage: 0.0%

Edmonton Oilers Projected Lineups

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Connor McDavid – Zach Hyman
Mattias Janmark – Leon Draisaitl – Viktor Arvidsson
Jeff Skinner – Adam Henrique – Connor Brown
Vasily Podkolzin – Derek Ryan – Corey Perry

Mattias Ekholm – Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse – Ty Emberson
Brett Kulak – Troy Stecher

Projected Starting Goaltender: Stuart Skinner
Games Started: N/A
Wins/Loss Record: N/A
Goals Against Average: N/A
Save Percentage: N/A

Winnipeg Jets Notes

The Winnipeg Jets have two players on injured reserve and one on injured reserve non-roster. Defenseman Logan Stanley and forward Jaret Anderson-Dolan were placed on the injured reserve while defenseman Ville Heinola is on IR non-roster.

Anderson-Dolan was recalled from the Manitoba Moose on Tuesday, October 8th and subsequently placed on the injured reserve retroactive to October 2nd.

Goals Per Game: N/A
Goals Against Per Game: N/A
Power Play Percentage: 0.0%
Penalty Kill Percentage: 0.0%

Winnipeg Jets Projected Lineup

Kyle Connor – Mark Scheifele – Gabriel Vilardi
Cole Perfetti – Vladislav Namestnikov – Nikolaj Ehlers
Nino Niederreiter – Adam Lowry – Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron – Rasmus Kupari – Alex Iafallo

Josh Morrissey – Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg – Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury – Colin Miller

Projected Starting Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck
Games Started: N/A
Wins/Loss Record: N/A
Goals Against Average: N/A
Save Percentage: N/A


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Conrad Jack

Conrad Jack is a Manitoba based sportswriter covering the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) and the Manitoba Moose (AHL). He also covers the NHL Draft and World Junior Championship for ITR. He writes the Bargain Bin blog which covers NHL News & Rumours.

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