New Jersey Devils · #43 · Defense

Luke Hughes

Age23Ht6'2"Wt198 lbShootsLeftBornManchester, USA

2026-27 regular season

12GP

24:00TOI

Next game

Fri Oct 30, 10:00 PM · T-Mobile Arena

Vegas Golden KnightsRoad game · 1 day off

NJD

3 in 4

VGK

No schedule spot

VGK defense (2025-26)13th in goals allowed3.05 goals a game, 24.4 shots against

His games vs VGK0 G, 1 A in 6 GP1.7 shots a game

Linemates

Projected for Oct 28, via @krashboard

Pair 1He plays LD

Brett PesceRD

Season profile

2026-27 regular season. Rates ranked against 237 defensemen with 3+ games.

GP12

+/-+4

SOG34

S%11.8%

PPP1

Blk7

PIM8

TOI/GP24:00

G/GP99th

0.33

A/GP46th

0.17

P/GP82nd

0.50

SOG/GP98th

2.83

HIT/GP20th

0.33

BLK/GP8th

0.58

TOI91st

24:00

PPP/GP78th

0.08

P/6070th

1.25

G/6096th

0.83

SOG/6096th

7.1

HDC/6051st

0.21

ixG/6092nd

0.45

Key rates

Regular season, per 60 minutes where it says so.

Points / 601.25

Shots / 607.1

Attempts / 6016.3

HD chances / 600.21

ixG2.2+1.8 goals vs expected

PP shot share15%20 of 132 attempts

Primary points67%4 of 6

Where his attempts come from

High danger1 att, 1 G2%

Medium danger9 att, 1 G21%

Low danger33 att, 2 G77%

Production by strength

Even5 P, 58 att83%

Power play1 P, 20 att17%

Shorthanded0 P, 0 att0%

Ice time

Season average24:00

Last 10 games24:12steady

Last 5 games23:52steady

Shifts a game24.8

Ice time by strength is not in the game logs yet, so this is his total minutes.

Prop hit rates

How often he went over, regular season. A line of 0.5 needs 1 blocked shots.

Line

Last 580%4 of 5, avg 1.0

Last 1060%6 of 10, avg 0.7

Last 2050%6 of 12, avg 0.6

Season50%6 of 12, avg 0.6

Home63%5 of 8, avg 0.6

Away25%1 of 4, avg 0.5

vs VGK50%3 of 6, avg 0.5

Best priceOdds soon

Over 0.5--

Under 0.5--

Blocks prices from the books land here once NHL odds are live.

Game by game

Splits

Regular season. Last column follows the prop picked above. Opponent ranks are not in yet for this season.

Split	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	SOG/GP	HIT/GP	BLK/GP	TOI	Blocks o0.5
All games	12	4	2	6	0.50	2.83	0.33	0.58	24:00	50%6/12
Venue
Home	8	3	1	4	0.50	3.25	0.25	0.63	24:18	63%5/8
Away	4	1	1	2	0.50	2.00	0.50	0.50	23:23	25%1/4
Rest
Back-to-back	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	25:24	0%0/1
1 day off	6	2	0	2	0.33	3.00	0.33	1.00	23:48	83%5/6
2+ days off	4	1	2	3	0.75	2.50	0.50	0.25	23:53	25%1/4
Opponent defense
vs top 10 D	0	No games
vs middle 12	0	No games
vs bottom 10 D	0	No games
Result
In wins	8	4	2	6	0.75	2.75	0.50	0.50	24:13	50%4/8
In losses	4	0	0	0	0.00	3.00	0.00	0.75	23:34	50%2/4

Shot map

2026-27

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Game log

12 games. The blocks column is marked against over 0.5.

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	PPP	+/-	PIM	TOI	SHF
TueOct 27	@DAL	W 5-1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	+2	0	22:58	23
SatOct 24	LAK	W 3-1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	25:25	24
ThuOct 22	ANA	W 4-1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	+1	0	24:19	24
TueOct 20	COL	W 4-3	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	+1	0	23:07	25
SatOct 17	@WSH	L 2-4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	-1	2	23:29	24
ThuOct 15	NYR	W 7-1	2	0	2	5	2	1	0	+3	2	24:58	26
TueOct 13B2B	@DET	W 5-4 OT	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-2	0	25:24	27
MonOct 12	OTT	L 1-4	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	-1	2	22:53	28
SatOct 10	VAN	W 4-1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	+1	0	23:13	22
TueOct 6	UTA	L 3-5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	-1	0	26:13	25
SatOct 3	@NYI	L 0-6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	21:41	24
ThuOct 1	PHI	W 3-2 OT	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	+1	0	24:17	26
12 GPTotals, averages for TOI and shifts			4	2	6	34	4	7	1	+4	8	24:00	24.8