Canadiens · Defenseman

Lane Hutson

#48 · Shoots L · Age 22 · Drafted 2022 · 2nd rd, #62

The engine of Montreal's blue line. PPH's running read on the player who decides the Canadiens' ceiling, and the partner question around him.

The PPH read on Lane Hutson

Every Play-Pause Hockey story on this player, newest first.

CanadiensOpinion

The Canadiens Don't Need a Star on Defense. They Need Hutson's Stabilizer.

Montreal's blue line doesn't need more offense or a marquee name. It needs one specific kind of defenseman next to Lane Hutson. Get that wrong and the season gets shorter.

Jun 18, 2026

Lane Hutson on NHL EDGE

Puck and player tracking, 2025-26 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Bars show the league percentile among NHL skaters: a longer bar is always better, so for defensive-zone time less time reads as a higher percentile. All 32 teams

23.0mphTop skating speed92nd percentileleague avg 21.6
141Bursts over 20 mph98th percentileleague avg 31
295.2miDistance skated99th percentileleague avg 133.2
4.4miLongest game94th percentileleague avg 3.3
90.2mphTop shot speed49th percentileleague avg 88.9
124Shots on goal88th percentileleague avg 62
9.7%Shooting %85th percentileleague avg 6.1
46.2%Offensive-zone time96th percentileleague avg 42.3
36.3%Defensive-zone time94th percentileleague avg 40.9

Lane Hutson by the numbers

Final 2025-26 regular season · NHL career · source NHL, data as of 2026-09-28.

82GP
12G
66A
78PTS
+36+/-
23:46TOI/GP

Career — regular season

NHL regular season, by season
Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	GWG	S	S%	TOI/GP
2023-24	Canadiens MTL	2	0	2	2	-2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	22:43
2024-25	Canadiens MTL	82	6	60	66	-2	34	1	26	0	91	6.6	22:44
2025-26	Canadiens MTL	82	12	66	78	+36	34	2	20	3	124	9.7	23:46
Career · 3 seasons		166	18	128	146	+32	68	3	46	3	218	8.2	23:15

Career — playoffs

Stanley Cup Playoffs, by season
Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	GWG	S	S%	TOI/GP
2024-25	Canadiens MTL	5	0	5	5	-5	0	0	3	0	5	0.0	24:50
2025-26	Canadiens MTL	19	3	13	16	-3	12	2	11	1	30	10.0	25:27
Career · 2 seasons		24	3	18	21	-8	12	2	14	1	35	8.6	25:20

2025-26 game log

82 regular-season games, newest first
Date		Opp	G	A	PTS	+/-	PPP	S	PIM	TOI
Apr 14	@	PHI	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	26:08
Apr 12	@	NYI	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	22:51
Apr 11	vs	CBJ	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	26:43
Apr 9	vs	TBL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	29:17
Apr 7	vs	FLA	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	25:44
Apr 5	vs	NJD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	24:41
Apr 4	@	NJD	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	29:47
Apr 2	@	NYR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	25:54
Mar 31	@	TBL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	26:11
Mar 29	@	CAR	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	19:31
Mar 28	@	NSH	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	21:19
Mar 26	vs	CBJ	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	19:45
Mar 24	vs	CAR	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	18:54
Mar 21	vs	NYI	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21:42
Mar 19	@	DET	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	23:59
Mar 17	vs	BOS	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	21:41
Mar 15	vs	ANA	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	25:39
Mar 14	vs	SJS	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	26:12
Mar 11	@	OTT	0	1	1	+1	0	2	4	23:30
Mar 10	vs	TOR	0	1	1	+2	0	4	2	21:33
Mar 7	@	LAK	0	1	1	+2	1	2	0	21:55
Mar 6	@	ANA	1	2	3	+2	1	2	0	25:51
Mar 3	@	SJS	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	25:03
Feb 28	vs	WSH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20:14
Feb 26	vs	NYI	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	24:00
Feb 4	@	WPG	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	21:02
Feb 2	@	MIN	0	1	1	+3	0	0	2	25:55
Jan 31	@	BUF	0	1	1	+1	0	2	4	20:10
Jan 29	vs	COL	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	20:23
Jan 27	vs	VGK	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	25:04
Jan 24	@	BOS	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	26:32
Jan 22	vs	BUF	0	0	0	-3	0	4	2	24:14
Jan 20	vs	MIN	1	1	2	+2	0	2	4	19:29
Jan 17	@	OTT	0	3	3	+1	1	2	0	26:22
Jan 15	@	BUF	0	2	2	-1	2	1	2	25:55
Jan 13	@	WSH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24:58
Jan 12	vs	VAN	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	20:01
Jan 10	vs	DET	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	24:00
Jan 8	vs	FLA	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	24:07
Jan 7	vs	CGY	1	0	1	+3	0	1	0	23:29
Jan 4	@	DAL	1	1	2	+2	1	1	0	27:58
Jan 3	@	STL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	28:03
Jan 1	@	CAR	1	1	2	+3	0	2	2	24:33
Dec 30	@	FLA	0	2	2	+1	1	0	2	22:29
Dec 28	@	TBL	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	28:13
Dec 23	@	BOS	0	3	3	+4	0	2	0	22:44
Dec 21	@	PIT	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	28:58
Dec 20	vs	PIT	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	23:50
Dec 18	vs	CHI	0	3	3	+3	0	1	0	26:19
Dec 16	vs	PHI	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	27:06
Dec 14	vs	EDM	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	21:17
Dec 13	@	NYR	0	2	2	+1	0	0	2	26:58
Dec 11	@	PIT	0	2	2	+3	1	2	0	22:15
Dec 9	vs	TBL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	20:14
Dec 7	vs	STL	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	25:16
Dec 6	@	TOR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	24:46
Dec 3	vs	WPG	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	26:19
Dec 2	vs	OTT	0	1	1	-3	1	2	0	26:03
Nov 29	@	COL	1	0	1	-1	1	2	0	22:30
Nov 28	@	VGK	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	25:13
Nov 26	@	UTA	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	19:29
Nov 22	vs	TOR	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	20:24
Nov 20	vs	WSH	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	21:44
Nov 17	@	CBJ	1	1	2	+2	0	5	0	25:42
Nov 15	vs	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	26:06
Nov 13	vs	DAL	0	0	0	-4	0	2	0	18:25
Nov 11	vs	LAK	0	1	1	-3	0	1	0	22:33
Nov 8	vs	UTA	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	23:10
Nov 6	@	NJD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	26:52
Nov 4	vs	PHI	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	23:23
Nov 1	vs	OTT	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	22:47
Oct 28	@	SEA	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	22:20
Oct 25	@	VAN	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	23:52
Oct 23	@	EDM	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	21:02
Oct 22	@	CGY	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	23:23
Oct 20	vs	BUF	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	19:59
Oct 18	vs	NYR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	23:40
Oct 16	vs	NSH	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	24:42
Oct 14	vs	SEA	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	23:45
Oct 11	@	CHI	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	21:26
Oct 9	@	DET	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	22:41
Oct 8	@	TOR	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	21:03

2025-26 playoff game log

19 games, newest first
Date		Opp	G	A	PTS	+/-	PPP	S	PIM	TOI
May 29	@	CAR	0	1	1	-1	1	2	2	21:59
May 27	vs	CAR	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	21:04
May 25	vs	CAR	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	28:55
May 23	@	CAR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	24:52
May 21	@	CAR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22:36
May 18	@	BUF	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	31:17
May 16	vs	BUF	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	24:28
May 14	@	BUF	0	2	2	+1	1	1	2	20:33
May 12	vs	BUF	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	28:02
May 10	vs	BUF	0	2	2	+2	2	1	2	20:35
May 8	@	BUF	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	20:54
May 6	@	BUF	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	26:42
May 3	@	TBL	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	23:27
May 1	vs	TBL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	30:46
Apr 29	@	TBL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	23:31
Apr 26	vs	TBL	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	26:15
Apr 24	vs	TBL	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	26:40
Apr 21	@	TBL	1	0	1	-1	1	6	0	32:00
Apr 19	@	TBL	0	1	1	-1	1	2	0	29:00

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