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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Carolina Hurricanes at Winnipeg Jets: game preview

Puck drop17 Oct · 3:30 PM ET
VenueCanada Life Centre
All-time meetings34 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Thirty-one points apart last season

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

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

DateCarolinaWinnipeg
21 Nov 202514-5-2 · 30 pts2nd12-8-0 · 24 pts13th
28 Nov 202515-7-2 · 32 pts5th12-11-0 · 24 pts26th

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


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.

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

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
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.

CarolinaWinnipeg
3.74xG for per game3.37
2.21xG against per game3.37
62.9%xG share50.0%
−4.0FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.1
−3.2GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+2.1

This season: 4 games for Carolina, 3 for Winnipeg. 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

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

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

Skaters

Skaters to watch

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

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
20Sebastian Aho44371.75
53Jackson Blake40330.75
81Kyle Connor33251.67
91Cole Perfetti32351.67
17Adam Lowry31231.00
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
74Jaccob Slavin40220.50
44Josh Morrissey30331.00
2Dylan DeMelo31120.67
38Mario Ferraro31010.33
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 13 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 15 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Carolina crease

CAR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 14 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.

Winnipeg crease

WPG · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 14 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.


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
Carolina2.753.003.612.93
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17

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

Carolina · injuries

Alexander NikishinContract DisputeOutReturn10 Oct
Seth JarvisShoulderIRReturn24 Oct

Winnipeg · injuries

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

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.

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