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Jack Hillen

#38 · Defence · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Jan 24, 1986 in Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA · 5'10", 190 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Martin Marincin EDM · 5 P in 41 GP Peter Harrold NJD · 5 P in 43 GP Radko Gudas TBL · 5 P in 31 GP Tyson Strachan BUF · 5 P in 46 GP Zach Trotman BOS · 5 P in 27 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

051015202007-08: 1 points107-082008-09: 6 points608-092009-10: 21 points2109-102010-11: 22 points2210-112011-12: 6 points611-122012-13: 9 points912-132013-14: 1 points113-142014-15: 5 points514-15

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 NYI 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 0.50
2008-09 NYI 40 1 5 6 -9 16 47 28 0.15
2009-10 NYI 69 3 18 21 -5 44 78 38 0.30
2010-11 NYI 64 4 18 22 -5 45 81 54 0.34
2011-12 NSH 55 2 4 6 6 20 51 42 0.11
2012-13 WSH 23 3 6 9 9 14 28 10 0.39
2013-14 WSH 13 0 1 1 -4 4 12 10 0.08
2014-15 WSH 35 0 5 5 1 10 20 33 0.14 $700K
2014-15 CAR 3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 5 0.00
8 seasons Career 304 13 58 71 -8 157 324 221 0.23

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 NSH 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.00
2012-13 WSH 7 0 1 1 -4 6 7 5 0.14
2 seasons Playoffs 9 0 1 1 -3 8 8 5 0.11

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
38 0 5 5 -1 10 24 38 0.13 0.0 12:52

Contract

$700KCap hit2014-15
$140KCap dollars per point5 points in 38 games
-$656KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.4MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2014-15 $700K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2014-15 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-2.0Goals above replacement607th of 665 skaters, 206th of 233 defencemen
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-2.4 16th percentileEven-strength defence-1.1 31st percentilePower play0.0 68th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 53rd percentilePenalties-0.1 69th percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-4-20242010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

48.0Corsi for %424 attempts for, 459 against
-4.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.8Expected goals for %14.4 expected for, 18.5 against
-12.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.9Goals for %15 for, 17 against
100.2PDO7.2% shooting + 93.0% saves
71Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Green · Jack HillenWSH26281:2545.942.69-8
Jack Hillen · Nate SchmidtWSH882:2853.344.12-2
Jack Hillen · Michal JordanCAR221:1843.438.61-3
Jack Hillen · Justin FaulkCAR220:1771.963.01-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.9Expected goalsfrom 35 unblocked attempts
-0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt20th
Finishing -0.9 goals above expected29thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 231 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 0.9Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 6, 2015 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 21:02
Mar 2, 2015 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 17:27
Feb 28, 2015 @ NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:18
Feb 27, 2015 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:07
Feb 21, 2015 vs NYI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:12
Feb 19, 2015 vs WPG W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:25
Feb 17, 2015 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:48
Feb 15, 2015 @ ANA W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10:17
Feb 11, 2015 @ SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:57
Feb 8, 2015 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:31
Feb 6, 2015 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13:32
Feb 5, 2015 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:14
Feb 3, 2015 vs LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:45
Feb 1, 2015 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:46
Jan 31, 2015 @ MTL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:06
Jan 28, 2015 vs PIT W 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 12:55
Jan 27, 2015 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 12:24
Jan 20, 2015 vs EDM L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:01
Jan 17, 2015 @ DAL L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:57
Jan 16, 2015 @ NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:43
Jan 14, 2015 vs PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:04
Jan 12, 2015 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:25
Jan 10, 2015 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:25
Jan 7, 2015 @ TOR W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:10
Jan 4, 2015 vs FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:23
Jan 1, 2015 vs CHI W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 10:56
Dec 29, 2014 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 13:22
Dec 27, 2014 @ PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:25
Dec 22, 2014 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:47
Dec 20, 2014 @ NJD W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:01
Dec 9, 2014 @ TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:23
Dec 6, 2014 @ NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:35
Dec 4, 2014 @ CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:38
Dec 2, 2014 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:56
Nov 29, 2014 @ TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 17:46
Nov 28, 2014 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:31
Nov 26, 2014 @ NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:27
Oct 9, 2014 vs MTL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:01