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Defenseman•#43BOOM/BUSTPPI 90Luke Hughes is a 23-year-old defenseman for the New Jersey Devils. Selected 4th overall by NJD in the 2021 NHL Draft. Born in Manchester, USA.
On the blue line this season, Luke has recorded 5 goals and 2 assists for 7 points across 14 games. He averages 0.50 points per game on 23:56 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: 30–64 pts
BOOM/BUST — 21st percentile at D, 40% hit rate (68 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 Luke's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
29
Current: 5
Assists
12
Current: 2
Points
41
Current: 7
Moderate production expected. Likely to finish between 32-50 points with consistent deployment.
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Art Ross
Most Points
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Rocket
Most Goals
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Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Luke 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, 339 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
62.3 vs 57.3 lg
90th percentile
Quality of teammates
63.5 vs 56.8 lg
75th 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 Luke takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
43
Goals vs expected
5 vs 1.6 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
3%
With-or-without-you
Who Luke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett PesceD | 224 min | 56.2 | — | — |
5v5, real shift-overlap TOI; Corsi incl blocked, xG unblocked. “Apart” is that teammate’s share in the minutes he played without Luke, 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 defensemen
71
Offense
63
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays strong offensive ability, a top on-ice shot share, elite finishing ability.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
8-pt spreadBalanced two-way profile. The 8-point gap between offensive (71th) and defensive (63th) percentiles shows a well-rounded player.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays strong offensive ability, a top on-ice shot share, elite finishing ability.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
8-pt spreadBalanced two-way profile. The 8-point gap between offensive (71th) and defensive (63th) percentiles shows a well-rounded player.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Luke Hughes's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | NJD | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +7 | 36 | 13.9% | |||
| 25-262025-26 | NJD | 68 | 6 | 29 | 35 | -4 | 150 | 4.0% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | NJD | 71 | 7 | 37 | 44 | -9 | 121 | 5.8% |
Form
Luke'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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 23:39 |
| Oct 28 | @ COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:38 |
| Oct 27 | @ DAL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 22:58 |
| Oct 24 | vs LAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:25 |
| Oct 22 | vs ANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:19 |
Similar defensemans
Same position, comparable 2026-27 projected rate and 2026-27 shot/power-play rate. Compare Luke 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 defenceman. 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 | 82 | 9 | 38 | 47 | -25 | 135 | 6.7% |
| 22-232022-23 | NJD | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.0% |
| Career | — | 237 | 28 | 107 | 135 | -31 | 444 | 6.3% |
Jesper Boqvist
C · 6 pts
