
Ben Hutton News



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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


Hutton was a healthy scratch for Vegas' last two games but will draw back into the lineup Wednesday as they take on the Ducks. The 29-year-old has one assist, 13 SOG and a -5 plus/minus through nine games so far this season.

Hutton will draw back into the Golden Knights lineup Monday to replace Alex Pietrangelo who is out for personal reasons.

Hutton has missed the last three games while in COVID-19 protocol but is set to play Saturday vs. the Kings. Hutton has 10 points (3G / 7A) in 39 games this season.




Hutton was acquired from the Ducks at the trade deadline and will make his Maple Leafs debut on Thursday with Morgan Rielly and Jake Muzzin resting. Hutton had one goal and four assists in 34 games with Anaheim.


Hutton was one of four Ducks' players that was added to the COVID-19 protocol list on Tuesday, putting Wednesday's game in jeopardy. With Hutton likely unavailable vs. the Wild, look for Andy Welkinski to draw into the lineup.
