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Defence · #17

Ben Hutton

Vancouver Canucks Los Angeles Kings Anaheim Ducks Toronto Maple Leafs Vegas Golden Knights(traded during the season)
Age
33
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
95 kg
Born
Brockville, CAN
Draft
2012, round 5, #147 (VAN)

Career · 2015–16 to 2025–26

Games
575
Goals
30
Points
139
TOI per game
18:16
xGF% (5v5)
48.5%
Goals above expected
−9.5

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2015–16VAN7512425−2119:521041.0%75.143.6%
2016–17VAN7151419−2220:301303.8%116.347.1%
2017–18VAN61066−918:251030.0%24.046.5%
2018–19VAN6951520−2322:211144.4%85.142.1%
2019–20LAK6541216+518:161143.5%04.754.2%
2020–21ANA34145−1318:31512.0%02.244.3%
2020–21TOR4000018:0230.0%00.155.9%
2020–21All teams38145−1318:28541.9%02.245.3%
2021–22VGK5831013+715:28783.8%03.151.4%
2022–23VGK31358+116:00525.8%12.550.5%
2023–24VGK412810+1216:15673.0%13.056.5%
2024–25VGK11022013:14110.0%00.551.7%
2025–26VGK556915+214:35718.5%02.854.4%
Total5 teams57530109139−6118:168983.3%3039.548.5%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.8100200300400500
10m15m20m25m30m100200300400500Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2015–16 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

56th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.1751st pct
  • Assists /600.6250th pct
  • ixG /600.2372nd pct
  • Shots /605.1383rd pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.5%43rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.1%49th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.341st pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4647th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game18:1661st pct
  • PP time share21.9%73rd pct
  • PK time share22.6%47th pct
  • Quality of competition24.1%45th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. David WarsofskyCOL0.83
  2. Olen ZellwegerANA0.75
  3. Mark StreitPHI/PIT0.71
  4. Jack Rathbone0.68
  5. Cam DineenARI0.67
  6. Yohann AuvituNJD0.66

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−9.5 goals above expected

010203040100200300400500Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed35.1 km/h55th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph830th pct
  • Hardest shot145.1 km/h49th pct
  • Distance skated177 km43rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.1%71st pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

35.1 km/h41st pct

▲ +3.0 km/h since 2024–25

303234363821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.9 km/h, 69th percentile (58 games)2022–23: 35.2 km/h, 50th percentile (31 games)2023–24: 35.9 km/h, 70th percentile (41 games)2024–25: 32.1 km/h, 0th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 35.1 km/h, 41st percentile (55 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.611th pct

▲ +0.6 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.5, 51st percentile (58 games)2022–23: 1.2, 39th percentile (31 games)2023–24: 1.4, 45th percentile (41 games)2024–25: 0.0, 0th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 0.6, 11th percentile (55 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.3 km26th pct

▼ −0.2 km since 2024–25

1313.213.413.613.81414.221–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.7 km, 51st percentile (58 games)2022–23: 13.3 km, 33rd percentile (31 games)2023–24: 13.6 km, 51st percentile (41 games)2024–25: 13.5 km, 38th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 13.3 km, 26th percentile (55 games)

Hardest shot

145.1 km/h35th pct

▼ −2.9 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 151.4 km/h, 49th percentile (58 games)2022–23: 151.7 km/h, 56th percentile (31 games)2023–24: 150.6 km/h, 55th percentile (41 games)2024–25: 148.1 km/h, 52nd percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 145.1 km/h, 35th percentile (55 games)

Offensive-zone time

43.1%73rd pct

▲ +2.4 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 43.1%, 73rd percentile (58 games)2022–23: 47.0%, 99th percentile (31 games)2023–24: 46.3%, 93rd percentile (41 games)2024–25: 40.7%, 34th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 43.1%, 73rd percentile (55 games)