No NHL defenceman has as many points as Hughes since the All-Star break (17), he's the first rookie d-man with 50 points in the last 27 years and the first Canucks defenceman to eclipse 50 points since Christian Ehrhoff in 2010-11. With 19 games to play this season, Hughes is now on pace to break Doug Lidster's Canucks franchise record for points by a defenceman, which stands at 63 from the 1986-87 season.
Hughes is the 16th rookie defenseman in NHL history to record 50 points in a season and is now 17 helpers away from setting the all-time league mark of 60, set by Larry Murphy in the 1980-81 season. Murphy also holds the record for most points by a rookie defenceman in NHL history with 76.
If Hughes continues his incredible play, his next record will be most points by a rookie defenceman in Canucks history, which currently sits at 56 points from the 1970-71 season.