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Washington Capitals Logo Cole Hutson

Position Left Defense Current Team Washington Capitals
Shoots Left Current Contract 3 years ($940.8K CapHit)
Height 5'11" Expires 2027-28
Weight (lbs) 175 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 22
Age (DOB) 19 (June 28, 2006) Expiry Status RFA
Drafted 2024, Round 2, Overall 43 (WSH)
Date Team Transaction
Mar 15, 2026 Washington Capitals Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon

About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

Notes and Definitions
  • The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
  • Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
  • Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
  • Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
  • Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
  • All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).
Data Sources
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5v5 Individual Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI G/60 A/60 Pts/60 xG/60 GAE/60 Sh% xSh% Sh%AE %SA Rush %SA Reb.
2025-26 WSH 4 59:14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.34 -0.34 0.00 8.43 -8.43 0.00 0.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAF/60 GF/60 xGF/60 SAA/60 GA/60 xGA/60 GF% xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
2025-26 WSH 4 59:14 33.43 1.01 2.15 45.58 1.01 2.45 50.00 46.73 -0.86 -0.20 -6.42

NHL Edge Stats

Skating Shooting Zone Time
Season GP Top Speed Bursts>20/mi Avg. Speed ES Avg. Speed Top Speed Avg. Speed %Long Range %Mid Range %High Danger ES DZ% ES NZ% ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100
Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season
Season Teammate Team TOI GF/60 GA/60 GF% xGF/60 xGA/60 xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
This table is for Basic and Premium subscribers only. To view please login to and/or subscribe to one of our subscription plans. 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2030-31 2031-32 2032-33 2033-34 2034-35

Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.
Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Cole Hutson signed a $2,822,500 3-year contract with the Washington Capitals and General Manager Chris Patrick on March 15, 2026 with an AAV of $940,833. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2027-28 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.99% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2025-26 19 $940,833 $2,229,167 $365,000 $97,500 $775,000 $872,500 $85,000 ELC
2026-27 20 $940,833 $2,229,167 $1,500,000 $97,500 $877,500 $975,000 $85,000 ELC
2027-28 21 $940,833 $2,229,167 $2,000,000 $97,500 $877,500 $975,000 $85,000 ELC
Total $3,865,000 $292,500 $2,530,000 $2,822,500 $255,000
Signed: Mar 15, 2026
Team: Washington Capitals
GM: Chris Patrick
Exp. Status: RFA

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G
2014-15 Brick Invitational Chicago Jr. Blackhawks 6 1 4 5
2015-16 Brick Invitational Chicago Jr. Blackhawks 6 0 3 3 2
2017-18 WSI U12 Pro Hockey Selects U12 8 3 3 6
2018-19 QC Int PW Detroit Honeybaked 2 2 0 2
2019-20 AYHL 14U North Jersey Avalanche 14U AAA 25 4 5 9 16
2020-21 AYHL 14U North Jersey Avalanche 14U AAA 16 8 21 29 4
2020-21 WSI U15 Draftday Selects U15 9 0 3 3
2021-22 AYHL 16U North Jersey Avalanche 16U AAA 24 20 42 62 38
2021-22 USA-S15 Team Royal 4 0 1 1
2022-23 USHL USNTDP Juniors 32 4 21 25 +7 52
2023-24 USHL USNTDP Juniors 19 3 9 12 -2 14
2024-25 NCAA Boston Univ. 39 14 34 48 +5 64
2024-25 WJC-20 USA U20 7 3 8 11 +11 2
2025-26 NCAA Boston Univ. 35 10 22 32 +13 26
2025-26 NHL Washington Capitals 4 1 1 2 -1 2 6 16.7 18:09
NHL Career 4 1 1 2 -1 2 6 16.7 18:09