Cole Hutson

22.9

#44Defenseman6'0"179 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

13.6% SH

17:27

TOI/GP

D · WSH · NHL id 8484873

Cole Hutson has played 14 games for the Washington Capitals in 2025-26, scoring 3 goals and 7 assists (10 points) on 22 shots while averaging 17:27 a night (14:49 at even strength, 2:11 on the power play and 0:02 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 70% of his 5v5 minutes with Matt Roy and 36% with Justin Sourdif over the last 10 games, and the Capitals have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Hutson on the ice (6-8 in goals, 49% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against CBJ he was on D2 with Matt Roy and on PP1; dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last game. He is shooting 13.6% this season.

Right now

From the Apr 14 game vs CBJ, detected from shift data

Pair

Matt Roy

Power play

PP1

Alex Ovechkin Dylan Strome Justin Sourdif Ilya Protas

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last gamePromoted to PP1 (from PP2) in the last gameLast 5: D2/PP2 · D2/PP2 · D3/PP1 · D3/PP1 · D3/PP1

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

14 games shown, 17:03 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 14 GP in 2025-26: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.

Top speed91st9122.9 mph

Bursts 20+ mph38th3913

Hardest shot35th3587.8 mph

Offensive-zone time77th7843.5%

Distance skated24th2436.9 mi

High-danger SOG41st412

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

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 · 52 attempts, 22 on goal, 3 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 14 GP · 10 points vs 7.3 expected

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Luck meter+21

Last 20 games: +21. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−0.3 G

On-ice SH%−1.1 G

On-ice SV%+0.4 G

IPP+3.4 G

Points vs expected+2.7 P

: 13.6%
: 98.9
: 71.4%
G vs xG: 3 / 3.3

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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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 played14
Goals3
Assists7
Points10
Power-play points5
Shorthanded points0
Shots on goal22
Hits16
Blocked shots6
Plus/minus−3
Penalty minutes8
Faceoffs won0

NHL EDGE tracking

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 · 14 of 14 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.043
Season net: −0.15xG

Offensive TK/600.00 (0)

Offensive GV/601.18 (4)

Neutral TK/600.30 (1)

Neutral GV/600.59 (2)

Defensive TK/602.07 (7)

Defensive GV/602.07 (7)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.18
Attempts: 4
: 0.089

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: −0.41G
Per 60: −0.100
Drawn / taken: 2 / 4minors

Method Leaders

: 46.8%
: 45.7%
: 46.8%
Transition CF/60: 6.2
Turnovers won/60: 24.2
Turnovers lost/60: 21.9

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

22 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
L Circle	27%	13%	1
Low Slot	9%	23%	0
Center Point	18%	9%	0
L Point	0%	5%	0
Outside R	0%	4%	0
R Point	9%	6%	1
L Net Side	0%	3%	0

How his goals happened

3 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Apr 8, 2026 @ TOR	Odd-man rush	carry	2*	70.0	2-on-1
Apr 2, 2026 @ NJD	Odd-man rush	loose	0	74.5	2-on-0
Mar 18, 2026 vs OTT	Odd-man rush	carry	0	61.1	2-on-1

* 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 Hutson

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Hutson apart	CF% mate apart
Matt Roy	D	14	145:03	71%	46.4%	40% (4-6)	51.2% 58:08	41.4% 80:00
Anthony Beauvillier	LW	14	73:26	36%	44.1%	33% (1-2)	50.4% 129:45	43.3% 124:28
Justin Sourdif	RW	14	67:23	33%	53.3%	50% (3-3)	45.6% 135:48	41.5% 118:03
Dylan Strome	C	14	60:37	30%	48.9%	50% (1-1)	47.6% 142:34	48.5% 120:39
Ryan Leonard	RW	14	60:23	30%	46.7%	67% (4-2)	48.7% 142:48	42.1% 106:22
Alex Ovechkin	LW	14	49:43	24%	49.6%	0% (0-1)	47.4% 153:28	47.1% 108:39
Tom Wilson	RW	13	45:54	23%	43.8%	50% (2-2)	49.8% 149:38	44.6% 132:23
Aliaksei Protas	C	12	45:11	22%	52.6%	0% (0-1)	45.0% 134:52	49.0% 128:38
Pierre-Luc Dubois	LW	12	41:00	20%	51.4%	60% (3-2)	48.9% 138:20	37.7% 119:01
Connor McMichael	C	14	40:49	20%	43.0%	50% (3-3)	49.5% 162:22	42.7% 133:53
Brandon Duhaime	RW	12	36:16	18%	50.0%	0% (0-2)	46.0% 143:47	40.3% 87:55
Hendrix Lapierre	C	10	27:57	14%	42.9%	50% (1-1)	49.8% 119:17	46.6% 71:04
Rasmus Sandin	D	7	22:35	11%	38.8%	50% (1-1)	48.1% 86:45	45.5% 98:34
Ivan Miroshnichenko	LW	7	21:20	10%	66.7%	— (0-0)	43.9% 80:54	38.6% 45:02

Game log

14 games in 2025-26, newest first

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 14	@ CBJ	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	—	19:54	16:12	3:19	0:23
Apr 12	vs PIT	W 3-0	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	—	17:19	16:08	1:09	0:02
Apr 11	@ PIT	W 6-3	0	2	2	-1	2	0	2	0	—	19:02	16:22	2:40	—
Apr 8	@ TOR	W 4-0	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	1	—	18:05	15:48	1:56	—
Apr 5	@ NYR	L 1-8	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	1	—	18:38	16:06	2:32	—
Apr 4	vs BUF	W 6-2	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	0	—	18:58	18:03	0:55	—
Apr 2	@ NJD	L 3-7	1	0	1	+1	7	0	0	1	—	18:48	15:29	1:29	—
Mar 31	vs PHI	W 6-4	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	1	—	10:58	7:41	3:04	—
Mar 28	@ VGK	W 5-4	0	2	2	-1	2	0	1	0	—	15:11	12:15	2:48	—
Mar 26	@ UTA	W 7-4	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	—	14:56	12:22	2:34	—
Mar 24	@ STL	L 0-3	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	—	21:12	16:28	2:03	0:07
Mar 22	vs COL	OTL 2-3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	—	17:55	14:02	3:33	—
Mar 20	vs NJD	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	—	17:04	16:12	0:44	—
Mar 18	vs OTT	W 4-1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	—	16:24	14:24	1:46	—

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	14	244:24	17:27	251	216	53.7%	54.6%	111	99	14	11	56%	13.8	12.6	65%
Even strength	14	207:32	14:49	186	200	48.2%	49.3%	78	88	7	8	47%	8.0	9.1	46%
5v5	14	203:11	14:31	183	198	48.0%	49.1%	75	88	6	8	43%	7.9	9.0	49%
Power play	14	30:32	2:11	56	9	86.2%	82.7%	28	8	5	1	83%	3.8	1.3	100%
Penalty kill	3	0:32	0:11	0	1	0.0%	0.0%	0	1	0	0	—	0.0	0.1	—
4v4	5	3:42	0:44	2	2	50.0%	50.0%	2	0	1	0	100%	0.1	0.1	0%
5v4	14	30:30	2:11	56	9	86.2%	82.7%	28	8	5	1	83%	3.8	1.3	100%
6v5, own net empty	4	4:01	1:00	7	4	63.6%	62.5%	3	2	0	2	0%	0.4	2.0	100%

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
2025-26	WSH	14	3	7	10	-3	8	22	13.6%	16	6	17:27

Cole Hutson news

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NHL.comSep 13, 2026
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NHL.comSep 13, 2026
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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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Cole Hutson news