Blueline model coming

Luke Hughes

NJD●D●Age 22.4

Pythia scores forwards today. A defenceman model is on the roadmap — no skater breakout score for blueliners yet.

Underlying profile · 2025-26descriptive · not a call

Points/601.3480th pctile (D)

Expected G/600.3490th pctile (D)

Shots/605.891st pctile (D)

Points/601.34

Goals6

Expected Goals8.9

Shots/605.8

TOI/GP23.0

Games68

Percentiles are within the defencemen pool this season — a descriptive read of the underlying game, not a forecast.

Career History

4 seasons · MoneyPuck.com · advanced metrics from 2008-09

Season ▲	Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	P/60	xG	xG/60	Sh	Sh/60	TOI	PP
2022-23	NJD	19.4	2	1	1	2	3.70	0.4	0.67	2	3.7	16.2	0.09
2023-24	NJD	20.4	82	9	38	47	1.60	7.7	0.26	135	4.6	21.5	3.34
2024-25	NJD	21.4	71	7	37	44	1.76	7.9	0.32	121	4.8	21.2	1.57
2025-26	NJD	22.4	68	6	29	35	1.34	8.9	0.34	150	5.8	23.0	1.91
Career			223	23	105	128	1.58	24.9	0.31	408	5.0	21.8

Basic stats left of the divider; Pythia's advanced metrics (xG, xG/60, shots/60, TOI/GP, PP/GP) to the right. Plus-minus is not in MoneyPuck data.