- Age
- 25
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 79 kg
- Born
- Orlando, USA
- Draft
- 2019, round 1, #1 (NJD)
Career · 2019–20 to 2026–27
- Games
- 433
- Goals
- 169
- Points
- 432
- TOI per game
- 19:42
- xGF% (5v5)
- 54.4%
- Goals above expected
- −2.7
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2019–20 |   NJD | 61 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −26 | 15:52 | 123 | 5.7% | 8 | 15.8 | 47.4% |
| 2020–21 | NJD | 56 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −3 | 19:04 | 142 | 7.7% | 7 | 15.5 | 53.0% |
| 2021–22 | NJD | 49 | 26 | 30 | 56 | −16 | 19:34 | 165 | 15.8% | 14 | 19.6 | 53.3% |
| 2022–23 | NJD | 78 | 43 | 56 | 99 | +10 | 19:58 | 336 | 12.8% | 31 | 40.1 | 57.5% |
| 2023–24 | NJD | 62 | 27 | 47 | 74 | −12 | 20:58 | 274 | 9.9% | 31 | 26.4 | 53.3% |
| 2024–25 | NJD | 62 | 27 | 43 | 70 | +12 | 20:54 | 229 | 11.8% | 27 | 25.4 | 58.3% |
| 2025–26 | NJD | 61 | 27 | 50 | 77 | 0 | 21:19 | 228 | 11.8% | 23 | 27.3 | 53.6% |
| 2026–27 | NJD | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 21:12 | 15 | 6.7% | 3 | 1.6 | 63.1% |
| Total | 1 team | 433 | 169 | 263 | 432 | −36 | 19:42 | 1,512 | 11.2% | 144 | 171.7 | 54.4% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2019–20 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
1st line
97th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
1st line- Goals /601.1992nd pct
- Assists /601.8596th pct
- ixG /601.2196th pct
- Goals above expected−2.740th pct
Play-driving
1st line- xGF% (5v5)54.4%91st pct
- CF% (5v5)54.6%94th pct
- Relative xGF%+4.091st pct
- Penalty diff /600.7297th pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game19:4297th pct
- PP time share67.6%97th pct
- Offensive zone starts79.8%99th pct
- Quality of competition25.0%86th pct
Percentiles among forwards 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).
Faceoffs
How often Hughes wins the draw over 2019–20 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1346+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
35.9%
1197–2135 · #190 of 190 regulars, 0th percentile
Against an average centre
36.3%
Opponents won 50.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.6% against them.
Wins above average
−457
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
9.0
3,332 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone38.0% 567–925
- Neutral zone35.2% 452–831
- Defensive zone32.0% 178–379
By strength
- Even strength35.8% 1096–1962
- Power play37.7% 87–144
- Shorthanded32.6% 14–29
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +19 after a win, −9 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Mika Zibanejad41.8% 33–46
- Nic Dowd29.7% 22–52
- Jean-Gabriel Pageau38.2% 26–42
- Sebastian Aho21.6% 11–40
- Sidney Crosby35.3% 18–33
- Ryan Strome53.1% 26–23
- Anthony Cirelli36.4% 16–28
- Phillip Danault40.9% 18–26
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | 462 | 36.1% | 36.3% |
| 2020–21 | 611 | 35.4% | 36.2% |
| 2021–22 | 353 | 34.6% | 35.8% |
| 2022–23 | 464 | 35.3% | 35.4% |
| 2023–24 | 317 | 37.2% | 36.7% |
| 2024–25 | 667 | 37.6% | 37.9% |
| 2025–26 | 417 | 34.8% | 34.9% |
| 2026–27 | 41 | 34.1% | 35.6% |
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.
−2.7 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed34.2 km/h48th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph777th pct
- Hardest shot123.5 km/h49th pct
- Distance skated20 km97th pct
- Offensive-zone time45.2%77th pct
Each season against the other forwards 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.
Top skating speed
36.2 km/h54th pct
▼ −1.4 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
5.956th pct
▼ −1.5 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
17.0 km99th pct
▼ −0.1 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
134.7 km/h30th pct
▼ −4.2 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
45.1%87th pct
▲ +0.3 points since 2024–25