Luke Hughes #43

D · New Jersey Devils · Age 22 · Shoots L · 6′2″, 198 lb · Draft: 2021, round 1, 4th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's defensemen who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	68	41st
TOI/GP	23:01	86th
G	6	66th
A	29	83rd
P	35	80th
P/60	1.34	78th
ixG	9.0	87th
G−ixG	−3.0	5th
xGF%	48.9	44th
Rel xGF%	−0.5	49th
GS/GP	+0.36	65th
Pen ±	−6	44th

Scoring		Pctl
G	6	66th
A1	12	74th
A2	17	88th
P	35	80th
P1	18	72nd
P/60	1.34	78th
5v5 P/60	0.89	56th
PPP	13	88th
SHP	0	35th
ENG	0	43rd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	150	87th
iCF	376	92nd
iFF	214	85th
ixG	9.0	87th
ixG/60	0.35	90th
G	6	66th
G−ixG	−3.0	5th
Sh%	4.0	33rd
xSh%	4.2	79th
Blk'd	162	96th
5v5 iCF/60	14.1	94th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1277	66th
CF%	53.8	85th
FF%	52.7	79th
xGF%	48.9	44th
GF%	47.4	39th
xGF/60	2.64	69th
xGA/60	2.76	23rd
oiSh%	7.5	12th
oiSv%	90.8	59th
PDO	98.3	22nd
Rel CF%	+3.8	88th
Rel xGF%	−0.5	49th
OZS%	51.5	75th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	23:01	86th
EV/GP	19:44	90th
5v5/GP	18:47	94th
PP/GP	2:01	84th
SH/GP	1:15	37th
Shifts/GP	24.9	65th
Shift	0:55	91st
OZ	268	87th
NZ	292	65th
DZ	252	64th
OZS%	51.5	75th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+24.8	65th
GS/GP	+0.36	65th
GS/60	+0.95	57th
Scoring	+22.3	79th
Shooting	+5.9	87th
On ice	−3.5	37th
Penalties	−0.9	46th
Faceoffs	0.0	51st
Other	+1.0	4th

Other		Pctl
Hits	19	13th
Blk	52	16th
Tk	29	83rd
Gv	108	7th
PenD	10	60th
PenT	16	40th
Pen ±	−6	44th
PP min ±	−11.4	46th
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	52nd
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	8	3	1	4	1.4	62.3	+0.90	24:01
2025-26	Regular season	68	6	29	35	9.0	48.9	+0.36	23:01

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±0.8), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 68 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Nico Hischier	C	591:37	56.7	53.8
Jesper Bratt	L	549:41	59.7	57.1
Timo Meier	R	471:48	55.4	50.7
Jack Hughes	C	469:29	59.2	60.1
Dawson Mercer	C	458:46	53.1	49.1
Brett Pesce	D	391:27	55.3	52.3
Connor Brown	R	383:29	52.0	45.3
Brenden Dillon	D	318:48	50.5	40.9

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 7	vs PHI	L 1–5	24:09	0	0	2	0.08	89	77	+0.62
Apr 5	@ MTL	W 3–0	23:08	0	0	0	0.00	38	44	−0.38
Apr 4	vs MTL	L 3–4 OT	27:43	0	0	4	0.16	54	55	+0.52
Apr 2	vs WSH	W 7–3	23:22	0	0	1	0.03	47	45	−0.01
Mar 31	@ NYR	L 1–4	25:05	0	1	4	0.12	53	22	−0.08
Mar 29	vs CHI	W 5–3	22:07	0	1	1	0.06	71	78	+3.16
Mar 28	@ CAR	L 2–5	23:21	0	0	0	0.00	33	24	−0.93
Mar 26	@ NSH	W 4–2	20:21	0	0	3	0.08	62	55	+0.36
Mar 24	@ DAL	W 6–4	21:29	0	1	1	0.07	50	60	+1.41
Mar 20	@ WSH	L 1–2	23:51	0	0	3	0.07	57	44	−0.20
Mar 18	@ NYR	W 6–3	23:52	0	0	3	0.10	77	87	+1.21
Mar 16	vs BOS	W 4–3 OT	22:35	0	0	1	0.21	73	65	+0.57
Mar 14	vs LAK	W 6–4	22:09	0	1	1	0.05	41	31	−0.06
Mar 12	vs CGY	L 4–5	25:03	1	1	5	0.39	59	36	+1.00
Mar 8	vs DET	L 0–3	21:59	0	0	4	0.24	71	74	+0.63
Mar 7	vs NYR	W 6–3	19:13	0	1	4	0.20	60	77	+1.26
Mar 4	vs TOR	W 4–3 OT	22:11	0	1	4	0.22	65	57	+1.34
Mar 3	vs FLA	W 5–1	23:05	0	0	3	0.51	40	29	−0.22
Feb 28	@ STL	W 3–1	20:10	0	1	2	0.05	62	79	+1.58
Jan 19	@ CGY	W 2–1 OT	9:31	0	0	0	0.00	71	87	+0.43
Jan 17	vs CAR	L 1–4	21:35	0	0	2	0.07	46	46	−0.37
Jan 14	vs SEA	W 3–2 OT	23:28	0	2	1	0.05	67	51	+1.13
Jan 12	@ MIN	W 5–2	22:38	0	0	3	0.11	77	73	+0.83
Jan 11	@ WPG	L 3–4	24:41	0	2	2	0.06	61	40	+0.62
Jan 8	@ PIT	L 1–4	20:15	1	0	1	0.13	67	75	+1.34
Jan 6	@ NYI	L 0–9	24:10	0	0	3	0.20	54	31	−1.17
Jan 4	vs CAR	L 1–3	22:43	0	0	0	0.11	37	19	−1.63
Jan 3	vs UTA	W 4–1	20:14	0	0	2	0.22	44	61	+0.54
Dec 31	@ CBJ	W 3–2	21:27	1	1	1	0.14	51	40	+1.04
Dec 30	@ TOR	L 0–4	25:09	0	0	3	0.12	70	59	+0.48
Dec 27	vs WSH	L 3–4 OT	27:28	0	0	3	0.13	55	33	−0.98
Dec 23	@ NYI	L 1–2	23:57	0	0	1	0.16	51	52	+0.38
Dec 21	vs BUF	L 1–3	26:36	0	0	0	0.01	60	58	+0.26
Dec 19	@ UTA	W 2–1	20:33	0	1	1	0.18	33	13	+0.05
Dec 17	@ VGK	W 2–1 OT	26:17	0	0	4	0.27	56	51	+0.16
Dec 14	vs VAN	L 1–2	27:01	1	0	5	0.40	74	63	+1.53
Dec 13	vs ANA	W 4–1	24:33	0	0	2	0.05	44	31	−0.62
Dec 11	vs TBL	L 4–8	23:52	1	1	1	0.16	23	29	+0.89
Dec 9	@ OTT	W 4–3	22:27	0	0	4	0.08	40	29	−0.66
Dec 6	@ BOS	L 1–4	23:05	0	1	3	0.08	53	40	+0.21
Dec 5	vs VGK	L 0–3	22:53	0	0	2	0.00	44	34	−0.59
Dec 3	vs DAL	L 0–3	22:23	0	0	2	0.04	65	72	+0.98
Dec 1	vs CBJ	L 3–5	25:51	0	0	6	0.24	47	42	−0.30
Nov 29	vs PHI	L 3–5	22:01	0	0	4	0.17	50	25	−1.61
Nov 28	@ BUF	W 5–0	22:39	0	0	0	0.09	27	28	−0.82
Nov 26	vs STL	W 3–2 OT	26:45	0	1	0	0.00	65	44	+0.53
Nov 24	vs DET	W 4–3	22:07	0	1	1	0.08	47	43	+0.55
Nov 22	@ PHI	L 3–6	22:29	0	1	5	0.19	70	49	+0.22
Nov 20	@ FLA	L 0–1	21:13	0	0	1	0.08	42	33	−0.16
Nov 18	@ TBL	L 1–5	23:56	0	0	2	0.15	65	70	+1.22
Nov 15	@ WSH	W 3–2 OT	26:04	1	1	3	0.24	51	26	+0.37
Nov 12	@ CHI	W 4–3 OT	26:48	0	1	7	0.43	60	42	+0.26
Nov 10	vs NYI	L 2–3 OT	27:24	0	1	4	0.32	72	79	+1.34
Nov 8	vs PIT	W 2–1 OT	29:39	0	0	2	0.09	36	60	+0.26
Nov 6	vs MTL	W 4–3 OT	28:56	0	0	0	0.00	65	39	−0.13
Nov 2	@ ANA	L 1–4	20:57	0	0	2	0.17	51	49	−0.19
Nov 1	@ LAK	W 4–1	25:43	0	1	1	0.05	31	35	+0.40
Oct 30	@ SJS	L 2–5	23:30	0	0	1	0.06	37	12	−0.89
Oct 28	@ COL	L 4–8	20:55	0	1	1	0.08	50	49	+1.11
Oct 26	vs COL	W 4–3 OT	24:43	0	0	0	0.00	38	31	−1.01
Oct 24	vs SJS	W 3–1	19:24	0	0	0	0.02	66	75	+0.76
Oct 22	vs MIN	W 4–1	19:43	0	0	6	0.24	54	53	+0.02
Oct 21	@ TOR	W 5–2	20:53	0	1	2	0.40	67	80	+2.25
Oct 18	vs EDM	W 5–3	17:34	0	0	2	0.13	56	67	+0.68
Oct 16	vs FLA	W 3–1	19:43	0	0	2	0.14	65	72	+0.20
Oct 13	@ CBJ	W 3–2	22:42	0	0	2	0.10	56	54	+0.36
Oct 11	@ TBL	W 5–3	20:32	0	2	2	0.03	73	71	+1.80
Oct 9	@ CAR	L 3–6	20:46	0	2	2	0.13	29	39	+0.98