Hughes' seven points tied the single-game tournament record set by Toni Rajala of Finland (three goals, four assists) against Norway at the 2009 tournament.
The 5-foot-10, 170-pound center from USA Hockey's National Team Development Program Under-18 team, has eight points (four goals, four assists) in two games for the United States (2-0-0), which next plays Russia on Sunday (9:30 a.m. ET; NHLN).
Hughes, No. 1 in NHL Central Scouting's final ranking of North American skaters eligible for the 2019 draft, has 100 points (29 goals, 71 assists) in 45 games this season. He has records for career assists (147) and points (216) in 105 games at the NTDP.
Right wing Cole Caufield (5-7, 162), No. 8 in Central Scouting's final list of North American skaters, had four goals and two assists against Slovakia. He has seven goals in two games and leads the tournament with nine points.
Caufield, who has seven goals in two games, is two from tying the U.S. single-tournament record of nine held by Phil Kessel (2005) and Brett Sterling (2002). Auston Matthews (2015) and Reid Boucher (2011) each scored eight goals at the tournament.
The single-tournament record for goals is 14, by Alex Ovechkin of Russia in 2002.
Caufield has 65 goals in 59 games this season and holds the NTDP career record with 119 in 118 games. His 91 points this season are second on the NTDP to Hughes.
