Luke Hughes
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 23Sep 9, 2003
- Height
- 6'2"188 cm
- Weight
- 198 lbs90 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Manchester, NH, USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Draft
- 2021 · Round 1 · 4th overall · NJD
Luke Hughes, New Jersey Devils defenceman, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Manchester, NH, USA · Draft: 2021 · Round 1, pick 4 (#4 overall) · NJD · 5 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 240
- G
- 29
- A
- 110
- PTS
- 139
- +/-
- -29
Playoffs
- GP
- 4
- G
- 0
- A
- 2
- PTS
- 2
- +/-
- -3
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits7#499 of 660
- Hits per game0.41#547 of 660
- Hits per 601.00#582 of 660
- Blocked shots8#351 of 660
- Takeaways16#1 of 660
- Giveaways18#502 of 660
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)1.22#379 of 660
- Expected goals per 600.18#514 of 660
- Goals above expected+1.78#58 of 660
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.049#461 of 660
- High-danger shots1#479 of 660
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)57.3%#50 of 660
- Corsi relative to team-0.4%#345 of 660
- Fenwick (unblocked share)55.0%#119 of 660
- PDO at 5v51.017#221 of 660
- Offensive zone starts52.8%#267 of 660
- Time on ice per game24:33#18 of 660
Ranks among 660 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 17 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 40.6%43.3%Beats 75%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%41.2%Beats 37%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.2%38.2%Beats 80%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph21.6 mphBeats 69%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 828Beats 97%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 00Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.3 mph68.4 mphBeats 52%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph93.0 mphBeats 81%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 0 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 1 shots
- Low slot: 2 shots
- Left circle: 3 shots
- Right circle: 3 shots
- High slot: 9 shots
- Outside left: 2 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 6 shots
- Centre point: 8 shots
- Right point: 2 shots
- Neutral zone: 1 shots
- Beyond the red line: 2 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 12Beats 88%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 315Beats 98%
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 11.7%26.7%Beats 83%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 816More than 92%
- Long-range shooting %League avg 3.7%6.3%Beats 78%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
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