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Center•#86STEADYPPI 97Jack Hughes is a 25-year-old center for the New Jersey Devils. Selected 1st overall by NJD in the 2019 NHL Draft. Born in Orlando, USA.
This season, the left-shooting forward has 6 goals and 10 assists for 16 points in 14 games. He averages 1.14 points per game on 20:08 of ice time.
2026-27 · Regular season
2026-27 projection
Projected September 28, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 59–113 pts
STEADY — 85th percentile at C, 69% hit rate (61 GP, 2025-26)
2026-27 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2026-27 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
2026-27 pace
Where Jack's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
35
Current: 6
Assists
59
Current: 10
Points
94
Current: 16
Strong production expected. Most likely outcome is 74-114 points, establishing this player as a top-line contributor.
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Art Ross
Most Points
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Rocket
Most Goals
0.0%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Jack was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2026-27.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 14 games, 300 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
63.1 vs 57.3 lg
93th percentile
Quality of teammates
66.1 vs 56.8 lg
82th percentile
Deployment
tough-comp
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Jack takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
82
Goals vs expected
6 vs 6.8 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
26%
With-or-without-you
Who Jack plays with at 5v5, and how the shot-quality share moves when they are apart — a with-or-without-you read.
| Teammate | Together | xGF% with | xGF% apart | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper BrattL | 171 min | 63.0 | — | — |
| Arseny GritsyukR | 125 min | 67.5 | — | — |
5v5, real shift-overlap TOI; Corsi incl blocked, xG unblocked. “Apart” is that teammate’s share in the minutes he played without Jack, so the swing is a comparison of the same player in two situations rather than against the league. Pairs need 100 minutes together to appear at all, and a swing still carries whoever else was on the ice — it is a strong hint, not an isolated effect.
2026-27
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
88
Offense
69
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, a top on-ice shot share, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
19-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 19-point spread between offensive (88th) and defensive (69th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first center.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, a top on-ice shot share, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
19-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 19-point spread between offensive (88th) and defensive (69th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first center.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Jack Hughes's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | NJD | 14 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +7 | 54 | 11.1% | |||
| 25-262025-26 | NJD | 61 | 27 | 50 | 77 | 0 | 228 | 11.8% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | NJD | 62 | 27 | 43 | 70 | +12 | 229 | 11.8% |
Form
Jack's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30 | @ VGK | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 7 | 17:20 |
| Oct 28 | @ COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:37 |
| Oct 27 | @ DAL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 19:42 |
| Oct 24 | vs LAK | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:18 |
| Oct 22 | vs ANA | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:49 |
Similar centers
Same position, comparable 2026-27 projected rate and 2026-27 shot/power-play rate. Compare Jack to another player
Roster
Top teammates by points on the New Jersey Devils this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts, where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy, zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
| 23-242023-24 | NJD | 62 | 27 | 47 | 74 | -12 | 274 | 9.9% |
| 22-232022-23 | NJD | 78 | 43 | 56 | 99 | +10 | 336 | 12.8% |
| 21-222021-22 | NJD | 49 | 26 | 30 | 56 | -16 | 165 | 15.8% |
| 20-212020-21 | NJD | 56 | 11 | 20 | 31 | -3 | 142 | 7.7% |
| 19-202019-20 | NJD | 61 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -26 | 123 | 5.7% |
| Career | — | 443 | 174 | 270 | 444 | -28 | 1551 | 11.2% |
Jesper Boqvist
C · 6 pts
