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Defenseman•#43STEADYPPI 96Quinn Hughes is a 27-year-old defenseman for the Minnesota Wild. Selected 7th overall by VAN in the 2018 NHL Draft. Born in Orlando, USA.
On the blue line this season, Quinn has recorded 5 goals and 16 assists for 21 points across 16 games, ranking 7th in the NHL. He averages 1.31 points per game on 27:44 of ice time.
2026-27 · Regular season
#7 NHL
#7 NHL
2026-27 projection
Projected September 28, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 57–101 pts
STEADY — 82nd percentile at D, 64% hit rate (74 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 Quinn's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
26
Current: 5
Assists
84
Current: 16
Points
110
Current: 21
Elite production projected. Most likely range is 88-133 points, with upside potential exceeding 155 points in optimal scenarios.
4.6%
Art Ross
Most Points
0.0%
Rocket
Most Goals
4.6%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Quinn was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2026-27.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 16 games, 508 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
57.5 vs 57.3 lg
42th percentile
Quality of teammates
60.7 vs 56.8 lg
61th percentile
Deployment
neutral
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 Quinn takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
64
Goals vs expected
5 vs 2.9 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
6%
With-or-without-you
Who Quinn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirill KaprizovL | 176 min | 65.9 | 54.9 | +11.0 |
| Matt BoldyL | 171 min | 67.1 | 53.5 | +13.6 |
| Joel Eriksson EkC | 157 min | 66.0 | 55.5 | +10.5 |
| Jonas BrodinD | 146 min | 62.7 | 58.8 | +3.9 |
| Jared SpurgeonD | 130 min | 66.9 | 57.0 | +9.9 |
5v5, real shift-overlap TOI; Corsi incl blocked, xG unblocked. “Apart” is that teammate’s share in the minutes he played without Quinn, 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
78
Offense
81
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, a top on-ice shot share, strong defensive results per minute, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking, power play scoring.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
3-pt spreadBalanced two-way profile. The 3-point gap between offensive (78th) and defensive (81th) percentiles shows a well-rounded player.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, a top on-ice shot share, strong defensive results per minute, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking, power play scoring.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
3-pt spreadBalanced two-way profile. The 3-point gap between offensive (78th) and defensive (81th) percentiles shows a well-rounded player.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Quinn Hughes's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | MIN | 16 | 5 | 16 | 21 | +8 | 47 | 10.6% | |||
| 25-262025-26 | MIN | 48 | 5 | 48 | 53 | +6 | 113 | 4.4% | |||
| 25-262025-26 | VAN | 26 | 2 | 21 | 23 | -10 | 74 | 2.7% |
Form
Quinn'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1 | @ WSH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 29:41 |
| Oct 29 | vs NYI | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33:41 |
| Oct 27 | @ UTA | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29:54 |
| Oct 25 | @ VAN | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 26:10 |
| Oct 24 | @ SEA | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:49 |
Similar defensemans
Same position, comparable 2026-27 projected rate and 2026-27 shot/power-play rate. Compare Quinn to another player
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Minnesota Wild 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.
| 24-252024-25 | VAN | 68 | 16 | 60 | 76 | +2 | 192 | 8.3% |
| 23-242023-24 | VAN | 82 | 17 | 75 | 92 | +38 | 199 | 8.5% |
| 22-232022-23 | VAN | 78 | 7 | 69 | 76 | +15 | 154 | 4.5% |
| 21-222021-22 | VAN | 76 | 8 | 60 | 68 | +10 | 150 | 5.3% |
| 20-212020-21 | VAN | 56 | 3 | 38 | 41 | -24 | 98 | 3.1% |
| 19-202019-20 | VAN | 68 | 8 | 45 | 53 | -10 | 126 | 6.3% |
| 18-192018-19 | VAN | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | — |
| Career | — | 523 | 71 | 435 | 506 | +35 | 1159 | 6.1% |
Danila Yurov
RW · 6 pts
