Montréal Canadiens · #48 · Defence

Lane Hutson

Age 22 · Shoots left · 5′9″ · 162 lb · Born Holland, Michigan, USA

Drafted 2022, #62 overall by Montréal

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Nashville · 7:00 PM ET3 P in the last 2 vs NSH

Norris Trophy 6.5%Ted Lindsay Award 1.5%Markets →

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Games32026-27 Small sample

Goals0T-9th on MTL

Assists4T-1st on MTL

Points4T-2nd on MTL

P / GP1.33T-35th in the NHL

Shots50.0% shooting

TOI / GP27:311st on MTL

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 12-66-78, 0.95 points per game Season detail →

Lane Hutson has 4 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 78 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample

2026-27 · The season

4 points in 3 games for the 20th-placed Montréal

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Ice time27:3198th

Penalty differential+297th

Points / GP1.3396th

Assists / 602.9194th

Takeaways288th

Shots / GP1.6779th

PP points042nd

Goals / 600.0039th

Shooting %0.0%38th

Blocked shots334th

Hits08th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

Dashed line: season average (1.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points4T-2nd on MTL

Points per game1.33T-35th in NHL

Goals0T-232nd in NHL

Assists4T-1st on MTL

Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)

Ice time27:311st on MTL

Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Montréal's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength23:36

Power play3:50

Shorthanded0:06

Total27:31

26.3 shifts a game, averaging 63 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on MTL

PP assists0T-3rd on MTL

PP points0T-4th on MTL · T-142nd NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 600.00T-4th on MTL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Montréal total

Involved in0goals or assists

Share0.0%of every MTL PPG

PP TOI share76.2%of MTL PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.

Scoring detail

No goals yet: all 4 points are assists

How the 0 goals and 4 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on MTL

Overtime goals0T-1st on MTL

First goal of the game0

Empty-net goals0

Even-strength goals0

Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 25%

Secondary3 · 75%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.91

Goals / 600.00

Shots / 603.6

ES points / 603.394 ES points

PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G

Slot3 att · 0 G

Wing4 att · 0 G

Point7 att · 0 G

Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

14 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)0.2408th

Goals0

Goals vs expected−0.2

Unblocked attempts10

xG per attempt.020

ixG per 600.15

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

20+ mph bursts in the 94th percentile of defencemen: 6

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

20+ mph bursts694th

Distance skated, mi12.189th

Top speed, mph21.4587th

Distance / 60, mi8.7869th

Offensive-zone time42.9%65th

Defensive-zone time39.0%65th

Hardest shot, mph85.0763rd

22+ mph bursts048th

90+ mph shots042nd

Average shot, mph62.914th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.45Defenceman average 20.52

Hardest shot, mph85.07Defenceman average 81.3

Distance skated12.1 mi4.40 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts42.9%22.5% defensive · 34.7% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

47.1%All situations34.8%

44.3%Even strength36.9%

70.0%Power play17.8%

100.0%Shorthanded0.0%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

21.33@PIT3 Oct · OT 00:10
20.24@PIT3 Oct · 1st 06:19
20.13@PIT3 Oct · 1st 16:23
19.68@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 08:25
19.58@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 19:46
19.37@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 14:21
19.37@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 15:26
19.35@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 03:19

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1

20-22 mph6 · avg 1.9

18-20 mph29 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

85.07@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 07:37
81.86@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 03:34
69.41@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 08:23
63.03@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 05:50
62.04@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 03:46
59.18@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 11:40
55.64@PIT3 Oct · 1st 08:46

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2

80-89 mph2 · avg 1.2

70-79 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

4.14vsCAR6 Oct · 29:21 TOI
4.40@PIT3 Oct · 29:06 TOI
3.55@TOR29 Sep · 24:07 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 4.03 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways2T-1st on MTL

Giveaways5

TK / GV ratio0.40

Hits019th on MTL

Blocked shots3T-4th on MTL

Discipline

Penalty minutes0

Minors0

Majors0

Penalties drawn2

Net penalties+2drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Nashville, a point in two of two

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

28 Mar 2026@

NSHW 4-10113+221:19

16 Oct 2025vs

NSHW 3-2 OT0221+224:42

Prediction markets

6.5% for the Norris Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

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Norris TrophyBest defenceman6.5%—Not listed7¢Not listed

Ted Lindsay AwardPlayers' MVP vote1.5%—Not listed2¢Not listed

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2025-26 · The season

78 points in 82 games on a team that finished 6th

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Assists / 602.0399th

Takeaways4398th

Points / GP0.9596th

Penalty differential+594th

PP points2092nd

Ice time23:4690th

Shooting %9.7%86th

Blocked shots13785th

Goals / 600.3781st

Shots / GP1.5174th

Hits3125th

Bars show the percentile against 201 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points783rd on MTL

Points per game0.9546th in NHL

Goals12T-256th in NHL

Assists662nd on MTL

Shooting %9.7%Below avg (11.1%)

Ice time23:462nd on MTL

Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Montréal's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength20:00

Power play3:18

Shorthanded0:28

Total23:46

24.5 shifts a game, averaging 58 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals2T-6th on MTL

PP assists18T-2nd on MTL

PP points20T-4th on MTL · T-76th NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 604.435th on MTL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP56Montréal total

Involved in20goals or assists

Share35.7%of every MTL PPG

PP TOI share68.2%of MTL PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.

Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 12 goals and 66 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals3T-4th on MTL

Overtime goals1T-2nd on MTL

First goal of the game1

Empty-net goals1

Even-strength goals10

Power-play goals2

Goals by period

1st3

2nd4

3rd4

Overtime1

Goals by game state

Tied4

Leading5

Trailing3

4 of 12 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Montréal trailing.

Assists

Primary31 · 47%

Secondary35 · 53%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.40

Goals / 600.37

Shots / 603.8

ES points / 602.1258 ES points

PP points / 604.4320 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease11 att · 1 G

Slot121 att · 5 G

Wing92 att · 5 G

Point83 att · 0 G

Neutral zone4 att · 0 G

311 attempts across the 83 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)0.2408th

Goals0

Goals vs expected−0.2

Unblocked attempts10

xG per attempt.020

ixG per 600.15

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Distance per 60 in the 98th percentile of defencemen: 9.09 miles

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Distance / 60, mi9.0998th

Distance skated, mi295.297th

20+ mph bursts14196th

Offensive-zone time46.2%95th

Defensive-zone time36.3%94th

22+ mph bursts591st

Top speed, mph22.9787th

90+ mph shots135th

Hardest shot, mph90.1830th

Average shot, mph62.14th

Bars show the percentile against 193 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.97Defenceman average 22.09

Hardest shot, mph90.18Defenceman average 92.6

Distance skated295.2 mi4.41 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts39.8%27.3% defensive · 33.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

46.2%All situations36.3%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph5 · avg 1.9

20-22 mph136 · avg 46

18-20 mph641 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1

90-99 mph1 · avg 6.4

80-89 mph10 · avg 33

70-79 mph74 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Draws more penalties than he takes

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways431st on MTL

Giveaways93

TK / GV ratio0.46

Hits3121st on MTL

Blocked shots1374th on MTL

Discipline

Penalty minutes34

Minors17

Majors0

Penalties drawn22

Net penalties+5drawn minus taken

Consistency

A point in three games out of five (54 of 82)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point5466% of games

Multi-point games2024%

Goals in12 games15%

Pointless games2834%

Streaks

Longest point streak7 games20 Oct – 4 Nov

Longest goal streak2 games

Longest pointless run3 games

Final ten7 in 10point in 5

Game log

Against Nashville, a point in two of two

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

28 Mar 2026@

NSHW 4-10113+221:19

16 Oct 2025vs

NSHW 3-2 OT0221+224:42

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP

Road41451.10

Home41330.80

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP

vs Nashville231.50

vs Atlantic26230.88

vs Western Conf.32351.09

By month

SplitGPPP/GP

October11100.91

November13100.77

December15181.20

January16181.13

February430.75

March15140.93

April850.63

Prediction markets

6.5% for the Norris Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

MarketImpliedFrom stats

Kalshi Open →

Polymarket Open →

ProphetX Open →

Norris TrophyBest defenceman6.5%—Not listed7¢Not listed

Ted Lindsay AwardPlayers' MVP vote1.5%—Not listed2¢Not listed

Contract

$8.85M a season through 2033-34

In 2025-26 he scored 8.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 42nd of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8.85M8.5% of the $104M ceiling

Term8 yearsYear 1 of 8

Expires2033-34UFA at 30

Cap value$70.8MCap hit × 8 years

Cap space, every team Best-value contracts

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.