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Ben Hutton News

Vegas Golden Knights
Ben Hutton
Age: 33Position: D
TOI
34%
Fantasy
52%
Fantasy Positional Rank
Goals
39%
Assists
28%
Power-Play
19%
SOG
37%
Plus/Minus
62%
Hits
47%
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Hutton (upper body) was removed from Injured Reserve on Monday.

Hutton has been out of the lineup since December 28th with an upper-body injury. Despite being out of the lineup for six weeks, the 30-year-old defenceman has almost surpassed his games played from last season and has a goal, eight assists, 46 SOG, 15 PIMs and a +5 plus/minus in 31 games played.

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Vegas Golden Knights have signed Ben Hutton to a two-year, $1.95 million ($975,000 AAV) contract extension.

Hutton is nearing 500 games played (496) in his ninth NHL season and has signed a two-year, $1.95 million contract ($975,000) with Vegas Friday. The 30-year-old defenceman has almost surpassed his games played from last season at the quarter point of the 2023-24 season and has a goal, seven assists, 45 SOG, 15 PIMs and a +7 plus/minus in 28 games played.

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Ben Hutton will draw back into the Golden Knights' lineup Thursday vs. Winnipeg.

Hutton has been a healthy scratch for Vegas' previous five games but will draw back into the lineup Thursday vs. Winnipeg to replace Nicolas Hague (lower body). The 30-year-old defenseman has an assist, eight SOG, five PIMs, and a +3 plus/minus through five games played in 2023-24.

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Ben Hutton will draw back into the Golden Knights' lineup for Game 5.

Hutton has been a healthy scratch since Game 5 of the opening round (April 27th) but will draw back into the lineup for Game 5 vs. Edmonton as he replaces the suspended Alex Pietrangelo. The 30-year-old has only played in one playoff game thus far in the 2022-23 playoffs, with no points, one SOG and 14:37 TOI.

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Ben Hutton will draw back into the Golden Knights' lineup Thursday.

Hutton was a healthy scratch for the Golden Knights' previous game but will draw into the lineup Thursday vs. San Jose as he replaced the injured Shea Theodore. The 29-year-old has two goals, an assist, 43 SOG, six PIMs and a -2 plus/minus through 23 games this season.

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