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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Winnipeg Jets at Carolina Hurricanes: game preview

Puck drop1 Nov · 1:00 PM ET
VenueLenovo Center
All-time meetings34 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Thirty-one points apart last season

Winnipeg finished last season 26th in the league on 82 points. Carolina finished 2nd on 113.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 35

Across 34 completed games, Winnipeg lead the head-to-head 19-15-0.

All-time record19-15-0Winnipeg's record in the series
Meetings played34This is number 35
2025-26 series—
Last 53-2Carolina
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
28 Nov 2025WPG 1 – CAR 5——CAR
21 Nov 2025CAR 4 – WPG 3——CAR
9 Mar 2025WPG 2 – CAR 4——CAR
4 Feb 2025CAR 0 – WPG 3——WPG
2 Mar 2024WPG 5 – CAR 3——WPG
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateWinnipegCarolina
21 Nov 202512-8-0 · 24 pts13th14-5-2 · 30 pts2nd
28 Nov 202512-11-0 · 24 pts26th15-7-2 · 32 pts5th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 21 Nov 2025, Winnipeg were 13th in the league and Carolina 2nd. By 28 Nov 2025 it was 26th and 5th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Carolina out-attempted Winnipeg 136 to 89

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Winnipeg Jets

89 att · 41 on goal · 4 G · 9.8%
Crease7 att · 0 G
Slot34 att · 3 G
Wing29 att · 1 G
Point15 att · 0 G
Neutral zone4 att · 0 G

Carolina Hurricanes

136 att · 63 on goal · 9 G · 14.3%
Crease8 att · 0 G
Slot41 att · 6 G
Wing59 att · 3 G
Point24 att · 0 G
Neutral zone4 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Carolina have created the better chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

WinnipegCarolina
3.37xG for per game3.74
3.37xG against per game2.21
50.0%xG share62.9%
−1.1FinishingGoals minus expected goals−4.0
+2.1GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−3.2

This season: 3 games for Winnipeg, 4 for Carolina. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →


Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Winnipeg

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.5% · 24th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2788.9%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.6% · 21st
Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 79/177
Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-279 (3.00/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Carolina

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2719.0%
Power play · 2025-2624.9% · 4th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2789.5%
Penalty kill · 2025-2680.5% · 11th
Faceoffs · 2026-2752.1% · 125/240
Drawn · 2026-2721 (5.25/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2719 (4.75/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
81Kyle Connor33251.67
91Cole Perfetti32351.67
17Adam Lowry31231.00
20Sebastian Aho44371.75
53Jackson Blake40330.75
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
44Josh Morrissey30331.00
2Dylan DeMelo31120.67
38Mario Ferraro31010.33
74Jaccob Slavin40220.50
Defencemen stats

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Expected starter after their game on 30 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 29 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Winnipeg crease

WPG · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 29 Oct

Stuart Skinner.9092 GP · 1-0-1 · GSAx +1.1
Clay Stevenson.9381 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.0

No appearances against Carolina in the last meetings.

Carolina crease

CAR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 29 Oct

Brandon Bussi.8513 GP · 1-1-1 · GSAx −3.7
Pyotr Kochetkov.8891 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +0.5

No appearances against Winnipeg in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.2 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

28 Nov 20256 · WPG 1–5 CAR
21 Nov 20257 · CAR 4–3 WPG
9 Mar 20256 · WPG 2–4 CAR
4 Feb 20253 · CAR 0–3 WPG
2 Mar 20248 · WPG 5–3 CAR

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17
Carolina2.753.003.612.93

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.2Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings6.0Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

6 on the injury lists

Winnipeg · injuries

Connor HellebuyckSuspensionIRReturn17 Oct
Elias SalomonssonShoulderIRReturn15 Oct
Garrett BrownLower BodyIRReturn9 Oct
Walker DuehrLower BodyIRReturn17 Oct

Carolina · injuries

Alexander NikishinContract DisputeOutReturn10 Oct
Seth JarvisShoulderIRReturn24 Oct
10 Aug 2026 · WPG

Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.

15 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.

13 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.

30 Sep · CAR

Placed G Cayden Primeau on waivers.

27 Sep · CAR

Placed C Seth Jarvis on the injured non-roster list. Placed LD Juuso Valimaki on waivers.

27 Sep · CAR

Placed C Seth Jarvis on the injured non-roster list. Placed D Juuso Valimaki on waivers.

Injury report
#8Viggo BjorckRound 1 · DjurgardenC
#71Samuel HrenakRound 3 · FargoG
#116Zach WootenRound 4 · Green BayLW
#135Alexandre TailleferRound 5 · QuebecD
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#51William HakanssonRound 2 · LuleaD
#61Wiggo SorenssonRound 2 · Boro/vetlandaC
#68Zachary LansardRound 3 · ReginaRW
#105Michael BerchildRound 4 · Usa U-18LW
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