Blake Wheeler Becomes Jets All-Time Points Leader

@Winnipeg Jets captain @Blake Wheeler now has the Winnipeg Jets (and Atlanta Thrashers) record for most points by a player when he tied and then passed @Ilya Kovalchuk with a goal and an assist on Saturday afternoon in Minnesota.

Wheeler came into the game needing two points to take the outright lead and with a shorthanded goal in the first period against the Wild he tied the all-time mark at 615 points.

The Minnesota born Wheeler then took top spot on the franchise leader-board in front of family and friends with an assist on @Patrik Laine’s power-play goal in the third period.

Here’s is how the Jets/Thrashers top ten in points looks after today’s game:

1 – Blake Wheeler – 616
2 – @Ilya Kovalchuk 615
3 – @Bryan Little – 521
4 – (tie) @Dustin Byfuglien / @Vyacheslav Kozlov – 416
6 – @Mark Scheifele – 408
7 – @Tobias Enstrom – 308
8 – @Andrew Ladd – 305
9 – @Marian Hossa – 248
10 – @Nikolaj Ehlers – 227