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Defence · #48

Lane Hutson

Age
22
Shoots
Left
Height
175 cm
Weight
73 kg
Born
Holland, USA
Draft
2022, round 2, #62 (MTL)

Career · 2023–24 to 2026–27

Games
169
Goals
18
Points
150
TOI per game
23:19
xGF% (5v5)
52.6%
Goals above expected
−0.7

Season by season

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

2023–24MTL2022−222:4330.0%00.555.7%
2024–25MTL8266066−222:44916.6%267.050.3%
2025–26MTL82126678+3623:461249.7%2011.055.3%
2026–27MTL3044+227:3150.0%00.241.4%
Total1 team16918132150+3423:192238.1%4618.752.6%

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)
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Player card

How 2023–24 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 pair

84th 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

1st pair
  • Goals /600.2774th pct
  • Assists /602.01100th pct
  • ixG /600.2884th pct
  • Shots /603.3939th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)52.6%81st pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.8%78th pct
  • Relative xGF%+7.599th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6623rd pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game23:1992nd pct
  • PP time share63.7%95th pct
  • PK time share6.8%15th pct
  • Quality of competition24.8%67th 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).

Finishing

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.

−0.7 goals above expected

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

−10−50+5+10+15

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 speed34.5 km/h87th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph693rd pct
  • Hardest shot136.9 km/h65th pct
  • Distance skated19 km90th pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.9%65th 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

37.0 km/h88th pct

▼ −1.3 km/h since 2024–25

323436384023–2424–2525–262023–24: 34.4 km/h, 26th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 38.3 km/h, 99th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 37.0 km/h, 88th percentile (82 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

4.395th pct

▲ +0.9 since 2024–25

01234523–2424–2525–262023–24: 2.6, 81st percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 3.4, 90th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 4.3, 95th percentile (82 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.6 km99th pct

▲ +0.2 km since 2024–25

1313.51414.51523–2424–2525–262023–24: 13.9 km, 70th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 14.4 km, 89th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 14.6 km, 99th percentile (82 games)

Hardest shot

145.1 km/h35th pct

▲ +2.3 km/h since 2024–25

10012014016018023–2424–2525–262023–24: 114.4 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 142.8 km/h, 27th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 145.1 km/h, 35th percentile (82 games)

Offensive-zone time

46.2%96th pct

▲ +1.3 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%23–2424–2525–262023–24: 41.0%, 40th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 44.9%, 91st percentile (82 games)2025–26: 46.2%, 96th percentile (82 games)