Schedule and 2017-18 Results
Regular Season Records: Winnipeg (II) 52-20-10=114pts, Minnesota 45-26-11=101pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 11 April: Minnesota loses at Winnipeg (II), 3-goals-2
Game 2 on Friday, 13 April: Minnesota loses at Winnipeg (II), 4-goals-1
Game 3 on Sunday, 15 April: Winnipeg (II) loses at Minnesota, 6-goals-2
Game 4 on Tuesday, 17 April: Winnipeg (II) wins at Minnesota, 2-goals-nil
Game 5 on Friday, 20 April: Minnesota loses at Winnipeg (II), 5-goals-nil

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Winnipeg Jets (II) hosted and shut out the Minnesota Wild 5-goals-nil to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1358 victory. With the series 1358 win, the Winnipeg Jets (II) improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 1-1 overall and 1-1 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1358 loss, the Minnesota Wild see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 4-9 with an active four-series losing streak overall and 3-6 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Winnipeg Jets (II) in series 1358 was WWLWW: Series 1358 thus becomes the 16th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 46th NHL series (all rounds), and the 119th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Series 1358 Game 5 is only the tenth best-of-7 NHL playoff game in which the home team held a four-goal lead after less than twelve minutes of play.

After Game 4: The Winnipeg Jets (II) visited and shut out the Minnesota Wild 2-goals-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1358 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Winnipeg Jets (II) have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 5 record of 0-0 (i.e., the second incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets are leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series three-games-one for the first time). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 2-4 with an active four-series losing streak and a Game 5 record of 3-3. Series 1358 Game 4 is only the second best-of-7 format NHL playoff game in which the road team won two-goals-nil with goals in the last minutes of the first and third periods: The first such game was series 653 Game 1, in which the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Devils in New Jersey two-goals-nil in their 1994 NHL Preliminary-round Game 1. The Minnesota Wild surmounted 3-games-1 deficits for 4-games-3 best-of-7 NHL playoff series wins in their first two best-of-7 NHL playoff series ever, in series 879 (in the 2003 NHL Preliminary round, over the Colorado Avalanche) and in series 884 (in the 2003 NHL Quarterfinals, over the Vancouver Canucks).

After Game 3: The Minnesota Wild hosted and defeated the Winnipeg Jets (II) 6-goals-2 to reduce the Winnipeg Jets (II) best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1358 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Winnipeg Jets (II) have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 4 record of 0-0, having not previously held a 2-games-1 lead in a best-of-7 NHL playoff series. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 3-3 and a Game 4 record of 2-4.

After Game 2: The Winnipeg Jets (II) hosted and bested the Minnesota Wild 4-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1358 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Winnipeg Jets (II) have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 3 record of 0-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 1-7 with an active four-series losing streak and a Game 3 record of 4-4. Series 1358 Game 2 is the eighth consecutive best-of-7 NHL playoff Game 2 loss by the Minnesota Wild. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff series from 1939 through 2017, inclusive, teams such as the Winnipeg Jets (II) in series 1358 which win Game 1 by a 3-goals-2 score and win Game 2 by a 4-goals-1 score have a 0-2 series record, upon losing Games 3-6 in both such series.

After Game 1: The Winnipeg Jets (II) hosted and defeated the Minnesota Wild 3-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1358 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Winnipeg Jets (II) have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 2 record of 0-0; their 1-game-nil lead is unprecedented in entity history. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 2-8 with an active four-series losing streak and a Game 2 record of 2-8 with an active six-Game 2 losing streak. Series 1358 Game 1 becomes the first best-of-7 NHL playoff game victory in Winnipeg Jets (II) history. Winnipeg (II) trailed the visiting Minnesota Wild by a goal as late as 4:50 into the third period: In the history of best-of-7 format NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2017, inclusive, home teams down a goal as late as 4:50 into the third period had a 148-471 (.239) game record.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2017-18 NHL regular season, the Winnipeg Jets (II) finished 13 points ahead of the Minnesota Wild. From 1939 through the 2017 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 13 regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 13-10 (.565) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1358 is the second best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Winnipeg Jets (II), and the 13th for the Minnesota Wild. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Winnipeg Jets (II) have an all-rounds series record of 0-1 (the old Winnipeg Jets (I) had a 1-7 series record; the old Atlanta Thrashers had a 0-1 series record), a Preliminary-round series record of 0-1, and a Game 1 record of 0-1, while the Minnesota Wild have an all-rounds series record of 4-8, a Preliminary-round series record of 3-5, and a Game 1 record of 2-10. Series 1358 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Winnipeg Jets (II) and the Minnesota Wild.