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Luke Hughes

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D · 6'2", 198 lb · 23 years old · Shoots left · Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Drafted 2021 · NJD · round 1 · #4 overall

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	G	PTS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 20	COL	0	0	4	0	23:08
Oct 17	@WSH	0	0	2	-1	23:29
Oct 15	NYR	2	2	5	+3	24:58
Oct 13	@DET	0	0	1	-2	25:24
Oct 12	OTT	0	0	4	-1	22:53

Against his position

This playerAverage defencemen

Against 233 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

Role

Hits / 600.55212th

Blocks / 601.39225th

Takeaways / 601.9517th

Giveaways / 602.5056th

Penalty minutes8188th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	New Jersey Devils	9	3	1	4	0	28	10.7	23:55
2025-26	New Jersey Devils	68	6	29	35	-4	150	4.0	23:01
2024-25	New Jersey Devils	71	7	37	44	-9	121	5.8	21:09
2023-24	New Jersey Devils	82	9	38	47	-25	135	6.7	21:28
2022-23	New Jersey Devils	2	1	1	2	0	2	50.0	16:14
Career		232	26	106	132	-38	436	6.0	21:53

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2023-24	WC	USA	8	2	3	5
2023-24	International	Team USA	1	0	2	2
2022-23	NCAA	Univ. of Michigan	39	10	38	48
2022-23	WJC-20	USA U20	7	4	1	5
2021-22	NCAA	Univ. of Michigan	41	17	22	39
2021-22	WC	USA	10	1	3	4
2021-22	WJC-20	USA U20	5	1	5	6
2020-21	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	38	6	28	34
2020-21	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	18	4	11	15
2019-20	NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	48	7	21	28
2019-20	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	28	4	9	13
2019-20	WHC-17	USA U17	6	1	3	4
2018-19	15U AAA	Little Caesars 15U AAA	71	22	61	83
2018-19	USA-S15	Team Kelly	4	0	3	3
2012-13	Brick Invitational	Toronto Bulldogs	6	2	0	2

Shot maps, expected goals and comparisons against league average at this position are coming to this page. They come from Puckflow’s own model rather than the NHL feed, and an empty chart would be worse than this sentence.