border restrictions brought in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jets were re-aligned with the other six Canadian franchises into the newly formed North Division.
The league's 56 game season was played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Winnipeg and the other Canadian teams played an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.
On May 5, the Jets clinched a playoff berth after a 4–0 defeat over the Calgary Flames.
[3] However, the Jets were upset in the second round, being swept by the Montreal Canadiens.
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Jets.