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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Borowiecki OTT · 1 P in 13 GP Derek Smith CGY · 1 P in 14 GP Frank Corrado VAN · 1 P in 15 GP Jonathon Blum MIN · 1 P in 15 GP Keith Aulie TBL · 1 P in 15 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

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
13 0 1 1 -4 4 12 10 0.08 0.0 18:16

Contract

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-2.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.9Even-strength defence-1.6Power play+0.0Penalty kill-0.4Penalties-0.1

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

42.9Corsi for %161 attempts for, 214 against
-5.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.7Expected goals for %6.4 expected for, 9.3 against
-10.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
22.2Goals for %2 for, 7 against
96.7PDO2.4% shooting + 94.3% saves
24Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Green · Jack Hillen11142:5744.241.52-2
Jack Hillen · Connor Carrick847:4244.143.90-4
Jack Hillen · John Carlson89:1230.025.30-0
Jack Hillen · Patrick Wey43:3111.116.10-1

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
0.5Expected goalsfrom 20 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.12 expected goals per 60 minutes20th
Shot quality 2.3% chance per attempt13th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected42ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 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 25, 2014 vs LAK L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:34
Mar 22, 2014 @ SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:30
Mar 20, 2014 @ LAK L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:24
Mar 18, 2014 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:50
Mar 16, 2014 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 22:00
Mar 14, 2014 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18:21
Mar 11, 2014 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19:57
Mar 10, 2014 vs PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:22
Mar 8, 2014 vs PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:24
Mar 6, 2014 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23:27
Mar 5, 2014 @ PHI L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 21:10
Oct 3, 2013 vs CGY W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 03:12
Oct 1, 2013 @ CHI L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:20