Hughes, the Canucks\u0027 No. 1 defenceman, is setting records.
61He’s fifth in defenceman scoring this season: Erik Karlsson is far and away the highest-scoring D-man in the NHL — he’s tallied 83 points so far — but Hughes is in a small group of defencemen averaging one point per game.
Karlsson has scored 1.26 points-per-game but Hughes is in range of Rasmus Dahlin , Josh Morrissey and Cale Makar . Dougie Hamilton is averaging 0.95 points-per-game.Article content The Canucks have never had a point-per-game defenceman in their history, though Jeff Brown had 31 points in 33 games in the lockout-shortened 1994-95 season.He leads the Canucks in power-play points; J.T. Miller is second with 24 points with the man-advantage.
Canucks defenceman Quinn Hughes falls trying to handle the puck against Nashville Predators centre Juuso Parssinen in overtime at Bridgestone Arena.Hughes is averaging 25:13 of ice time per game, the ninth-highest per-game average for an NHL defenceman.Hughes’ usage has been consistent between his two coaches: under Rick Tocchet he’s averaged 25:21 per game and, under Bruce Boudreau, he averaged 25:10.
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