D · VGK · NHL id 8477018
Ben Hutton has played 55 games for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2025-26, scoring 6 goals and 9 assists (15 points) on 71 shots while averaging 14:35 a night (14:16 at even strength, 0:14 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 33% of his 5v5 minutes with Dylan Coghlan and 29% with Colton Sissons over the last 10 games, and the Golden Knights have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Hutton on the ice (39-37 in goals, 65% offensive-zone starts). In the Golden Knights' most recent game against COL he was on D3 with Dylan Coghlan and off the power play; dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last game. He is shooting 8.5% this season against 3.6% across the 439 games in our data.
Right now
From the May 20 game vs COL, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 9 games, 12:56 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2025-26 · 162 attempts, 79 on goal, 6 goals
Shot map, OPP at VGK: 162 attempts, 79 on goal, 6 goals, 3.12 expected goals; best chance Ben Hutton at 0.15 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 55 GP · 15 points vs 10.4 expected
Last 20 games: -29. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 8.5%
- 100.0
- 38.5%
- G vs xG
- 6 / 2.4
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (1 promotion event): some of the heat may be real.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played55
- Goals6408th of 715
- Assists9493rd of 715
- Points15477th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal71436th of 715
- Hits28565th of 715
- Blocked shots55224th of 715
- Plus/minus+2256th of 715
- Penalty minutes19465th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)50.3%277th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)50.7%265th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)55.8%76th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)55.5%81st of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)53.2%187th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)51.2%253rd of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.31609th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.075558th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.21587th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game14:35449th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:14455th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %65.4%86th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.07242nd of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1000348th of 719
- Goals above expected+3.654th of 715
- Luck Meter+7615th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.8529th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts8682nd of 715
- Hardest shot90.2247th of 715
- Offensive-zone time43.1%222nd of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 53 of 55 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.047
- Season net
- −0.61xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.31
- Attempts
- 4
- 0.003
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved down to D3 from D2May 20, 2026 alerts →
- Played 6:13 more than his 5-game averageMay 12, 2026 alerts →
- Played 10:37 less than his 5-game averageNov 17, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Dec 21, 2023 alerts →
- Moved down to D3 from D1Dec 12, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Dec 31, 2022 alerts →
- Played 7:13 less than his 5-game averageFeb 20, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Mar 3, 2022 alerts →
How his goals happened
8 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 vs NSH | Deflection | — | 2 | 43.0 | deflection | |
| Dec 27, 2025 vs COL | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 70.7 | — | |
| Dec 13, 2025 @ CBJ | Rush | carry | 2 | 72.7 | — | |
| Dec 2, 2025 vs CHI | Dump and chase | dump | 1 | 31.1 | — | |
| Nov 20, 2025 @ UTA | Forecheck turnover | loose | 0 | 30.8 | — | |
| Nov 18, 2025 vs NYR | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 14.0 | — | |
| Mar 19, 2024 vs TBL | Rebound | — | 0 | 57.8 | rebound | |
| Nov 28, 2023 @ EDM | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 67.6 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Hutton
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Hutton apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaedan Korczak | D | 41 | 360:31 | 41% | 50.3% | 57% (17-13) | 50.4% 217:29 | 54.6% 263:33 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | LW | 59 | 266:37 | 31% | 50.5% | 64% (14-8) | 49.5% 575:13 | 54.7% 513:00 |
| Mitch Marner | C | 59 | 242:55 | 28% | 55.3% | 71% (17-7) | 47.0% 598:38 | 49.7% 571:11 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | 59 | 238:37 | 27% | 49.6% | 50% (11-11) | 49.5% 593:06 | 56.6% 496:33 |
| Keegan Kolesar | RW | 60 | 205:18 | 24% | 46.0% | 38% (6-10) | 50.3% 644:06 | 48.7% 445:43 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C | 59 | 190:01 | 22% | 47.5% | 47% (9-10) | 51.0% 648:30 | 50.1% 682:53 |
| Reilly Smith | RW | 47 | 186:30 | 21% | 48.0% | 41% (7-10) | 49.7% 490:04 | 48.2% 382:26 |
| Colton Sissons | C | 46 | 162:53 | 19% | 40.9% | 43% (6-8) | 52.9% 495:04 | 47.7% 320:50 |
| Brandon Saad | LW | 38 | 151:42 | 17% | 45.2% | 50% (5-5) | 50.8% 403:34 | 53.0% 309:26 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 49 | 150:31 | 17% | 52.2% | 60% (9-6) | 50.4% 531:15 | 50.5% 566:40 |
| Zach Whitecloud | D | 22 | 143:43 | 16% | 53.8% | 56% (9-7) | 46.4% 184:31 | 45.7% 209:38 |
| Noah Hanifin | D | 16 | 138:53 | 16% | 48.9% | 56% (9-7) | 42.2% 101:08 | 55.1% 168:31 |
| Brett Howden | C | 40 | 134:38 | 15% | 51.4% | 41% (7-10) | 49.4% 450:27 | 48.5% 384:30 |
| Mark Stone | RW | 41 | 127:28 | 15% | 59.5% | 64% (9-5) | 49.5% 457:31 | 51.7% 428:53 |
Game log
62 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20PO | @ COL | W 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 10:01 | 10:01 | — | — |
| May 14PO | @ ANA | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 12:27 | 11:52 | — | 0:35 |
| May 12PO | vs ANA | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 19:03 | 19:03 | — | — |
| May 10PO | @ ANA | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 14:56 | 14:49 | — | — |
| May 8PO | @ ANA | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 16:33 | 16:09 | — | 0:04 |
| May 6PO | vs ANA | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 11:03 | 10:59 | — | 0:04 |
| May 4PO | vs ANA | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 8:47 | 8:47 | — | — |
| Apr 9 | @ SEA | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 10:12 | 10:12 | — | — |
| Apr 7 | @ VAN | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 13:53 | 13:53 | — | — |
| Mar 28 | vs WSH | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12:29 | 12:29 | — | — |
| Mar 21 | @ NSH | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 12:51 | 12:51 | — | — |
| Feb 25 | @ LAK | W 6-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 14:42 | 14:23 | 0:19 | — |
| Feb 5 | vs LAK | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 12:09 | 11:22 | 0:47 | — |
| Feb 4 | vs VAN | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 13:20 | 13:20 | — | — |
| Feb 1 | @ ANA | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:11 | 13:52 | 0:12 | 0:07 |
| Jan 31 | vs SEA | L 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 15:29 | 15:29 | — | — |
| Jan 29 | vs DAL | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:50 | 15:50 | — | — |
| Jan 27 | @ MTL | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 13:14 | 13:11 | — | 0:03 |
| Jan 25 | @ OTT | L 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 15:16 | 14:25 | — | 0:51 |
| Jan 23 | @ TOR | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:27 | 14:27 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 55 | 802:15 | 14:35 | 753 | 731 | 50.7% | 51.1% | 343 | 319 | 39 | 37 | 51% | 38.0 | 29.3 | 66% |
| Even strength | 55 | 785:07 | 14:16 | 734 | 723 | 50.4% | 50.7% | 335 | 317 | 39 | 37 | 51% | 36.3 | 28.8 | 66% |
| 5v5 | 55 | 781:44 | 14:13 | 730 | 721 | 50.3% | 50.7% | 334 | 316 | 39 | 37 | 51% | 36.2 | 28.7 | 65% |
| Power play | 21 | 13:11 | 0:38 | 12 | 2 | 85.7% | 84.6% | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.4 | 0.1 | 71% |
| Penalty kill | 6 | 1:22 | 0:14 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0% |
| 4v4 | 5 | 3:23 | 0:41 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | 60.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 5v4 | 21 | 13:11 | 0:38 | 12 | 2 | 85.7% | 84.6% | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.4 | 0.1 | 71% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 7 | 2:12 | 0:19 | 7 | 1 | 87.5% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.0 | — |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Playoffs | VGK | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 8 | 0.0% | 2 | 7 | 13:16 |
| 2025-26 | VGK | 55 | 6 | 9 | 15 | +2 | 19 | 71 | 8.5% | 28 | 55 | 14:35 |
| 2024-25 | VGK | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0% | 10 | 19 | 13:14 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | VGK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | 3 | 13:48 |
| 2023-24 | VGK | 41 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +12 | 17 | 67 | 3.0% | 17 | 54 | 16:15 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | VGK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 13:31 |
| 2022-23 | VGK | 31 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +1 | 6 | 52 | 5.8% | 18 | 34 | 16:00 |
| 2021-22 | VGK | 58 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +7 | 32 | 78 | 3.8% | 49 | 72 | 15:28 |
| 2020-21 | TOR, ANA | 38 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -13 | 11 | 54 | 1.9% | 44 | 39 | 18:28 |
| 2019-20 | LAK | 65 | 4 | 12 | 16 | +5 | 14 | 114 | 3.5% | 51 | 76 | 18:16 |
| 2018-19 | VAN | 69 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -23 | 43 | 114 | 4.4% | 55 | 102 | 22:21 |
| 2017-18 | VAN | 61 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -9 | 23 | 103 | 0.0% | 40 | 68 | 18:25 |
Ben Hutton news
- Senators Defensmen Ben Hutton: "I feel better as each day passes"TSN
- Ben Hutton Media AvailabilityNHL.com
- Golden Knights Stanley Cup champion Ben Hutton gets a PTO with OttawaVegas Hockey Knight
- Veteran defenseman Ben Hutton signs PTO with Canadian teamHockeyFeed
- Senators add D Hutton to training camp roster on PTOTSN
- Video - Senators Add Local Veteran Ben Hutton On Professional TryoutThe Hockey News
- Ben Hutton News: Lands tryout dealRotoWire
- Senators bring in defenceman Ben Hutton on PTOSportsnet.ca
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.