Luke Hughes Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Hughes has scored 3 times on Spencer Martin this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 8 attempts, 37.5%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Scott Wedgewood has turned him away every time: 13 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Spencer Martin: 37.5% of his attempts against him go in.

3 goals on 8 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 5 goals against the Rangers this season.

23 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Scott Wedgewood: 13 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 4 penalties on Drew O'Connor.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Tom Wilson has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Hughes has taken 83 shot attempts this season.

36 on goal, 9 missed, 35 blocked, 2nd of 59 defencemen

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 23.13 attempts an hour of ice time.

83 attempts in 215 minutes, 3rd of 48 defencemen

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

81.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

39 of 48 unblocked, 4th of 59 defencemen

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

42.2% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

35 of 83 attempts, 51st of 59 defencemen

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

28.9% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

24 long-range attempts, 9th of 59 defencemen

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 34.5 feet.

83 located attempts, 12th of 59 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

27.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

23 attempts, 1 goals

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

42.2% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

26 left, 35 middle, 22 right

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

32.5% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

27 of 83 attempts, 21st of 59 defencemen

He gets his chances from the dirty areas, not the perimeter

32.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

27 attempts from inside the home plate, 21st of 59 defencemen

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 14.3% of them go in.

2 goals on 14 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 32.8 feet out, and the longest went in from 52.

3 goals located by coordinate

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 7.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

3 goals on 39 shots, 20th of 59 defencemen

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 3.7% of his attempts.

1 goals on 27 close attempts, 20th of 49 defencemen

He scores about what his chances are worth

Hughes has 3 goals off 3.5 expected: 0.5 short of what the chances say.

26th of 59 defencemen

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +1 on the season.

229th in the league

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Devils are up 2 goals with Hughes on the ice.

13 for, 11 against, 21st of 48 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Hughes plays 23:55 a night, 22nd among defencemen.

215 minutes across 9 games

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Bratt, Evangelista, Hischier and Hughes: 1 goal in 19 minutes.

3.1 goals an hour, 4.1 expected

Brett Pesce is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Brett Pesce has assisted on 5 of his 6 goals, 83.3% of them.

3 primary, 2 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

4 different teammates have assisted on his 6 goals.

Pesce (5), Lombardi (3), Meier (2), Evangelista (1)

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