NHL Projected Assist Leaders - Rest of Season - Rest of Season
Elite playmakers drive fantasy value through assists. Our assist projections highlight the NHL players most likely to rack up helpers in the remaining games. Look for players on top power play units and those centering high-scoring linemates for maximum assist upside.
Season Outlook: Apr 16 through Apr 17, 2026
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Updated: 3:01 AM UTC(hourly)
6 games • 477 players
What makes a great playmaker? Assists often outnumber goals for elite players. The best playmakers create scoring chances through vision, passing, and power play quarterbacking.
Types of assists
- Primary assists: The pass directly before the goal (most valuable) - Secondary assists: The pass before the primary assist - Power play assists: Assists on man-advantage goals (high-volume for PP QBs)
Key factors
- Linemates: Playing with elite finishers = more assist opportunities - PP role: PP1 quarterbacks (usually D-men or centers) lead in assists - Ice time: More minutes = more chances to set up goals
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Pro Tip: Target players centering elite goal scorers. If Draisaitl scores, McDavid likely gets the assist—and vice versa.
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Forward-looking projections only
ROS stats represent expected future production—they don't include any stats already accumulated this season.
Sorted by Projected Assists
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| Player | Team | Pos | Rost% | A ↓ | G | PTS | SOG | HIT | BLK | PIM | PPG | PPA | PPP | SHG | SHA | FOW | FOL | TK | GV | +/- | TOI | SFT | FPTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Macklin Celebrini | SJ | C | 87.9% | 2.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 7.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 43.00 | 43.00 | 24.00 |
Jack Eichel | LV | C | 87.6% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 23.00 | 12.00 |
Ryan O'Reilly | NSH | C | 70.4% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 | 24.00 | 8.00 |
Noah Hanifin | LV | D | 52.1% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.00 | 31.00 | 6.00 |
Patrick Kane | DET | RW | 59.2% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 21.00 | 9.00 |
Artemi Panarin | LA | LW | 85.9% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 23.00 | 8.00 |
Matt Duchene | DAL | C | 59.2% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 | 19.00 | 7.00 |
Nathan MacKinnon | COL | C | 87.9% | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 23.00 | 24.00 | 12.00 |
Mikko Rantanen | DAL | RW | 87.0% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 21.00 | 8.00 |
Alexander Wennberg | SJ | C | 31.9% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 41.00 | 45.00 | 10.00 |
John Klingberg | SJ | D | 28.3% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 41.00 | 43.00 | 10.00 |
Dylan Larkin | DET | C | 86.1% | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 24.00 | 11.00 |
Connor McDavid | EDM | C | 87.9% | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 16.00 |
Tyler Toffoli | SJ | RW | 50.2% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 28.00 | 33.00 | 10.00 |
Mikael Granlund | ANA | C | 41.2% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 22.00 | 7.00 |
Mattias Ekholm | EDM | D | 59.4% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 | 26.00 | 6.00 |
Roman Josi | NSH | D | 84.2% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.00 | 27.00 | 9.00 |
Chris Kreider | ANA | LW | 50.4% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 | 21.00 | 5.00 |
J.T. Miller | NYR | C | 77.2% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 19.00 | 24.00 | 6.00 |
John Tavares | TOR | C | 85.5% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 21.00 | 6.00 |
Mark Stone | LV | RW | 81.8% | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 22.00 | 12.00 |
Mika Zibanejad | NYR | C | 84.4% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 | 24.00 | 7.00 |
Jaden Schwartz | SEA | LW | 14.8% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.00 | 43.00 | 9.00 |
Nikita Kucherov | TB | RW | 87.7% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 | 22.00 | 10.00 |
William Nylander | TOR | RW | 85.7% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 | 23.00 | 8.00 |
Dmitry Orlov | SJ | D | 35.2% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 43.00 | 47.00 | 7.00 |
Chandler Stephenson | SEA | C | 20.7% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 18.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 37.00 | 47.00 | 9.00 |
Josh Morrissey | WPG | D | 87.1% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.00 | 29.00 | 8.00 |
Mark Scheifele | WPG | C | 87.9% | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.00 | 21.00 | 12.00 |
Clayton Keller | UTA | LW | 86.4% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 24.00 | 9.00 |
Matthew Tkachuk | FLA | RW | 79.3% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 21.00 | 8.00 |
Mikhail Sergachev | UTA | D | 86.2% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.00 | 29.00 | 7.00 |
Ivan Barbashev | LV | LW | 53.6% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 21.00 | 7.00 |
Brayden Point | TB | C | 80.5% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 21.00 | 6.00 |
Mitch Marner | LV | RW | 85.8% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 23.00 | 7.00 |
Brock Boeser | VAN | RW | 51.1% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 20.00 | 22.00 | 6.00 |
Kyle Connor | WPG | LW | 87.1% | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 | 22.00 | 11.00 |
Troy Terry | ANA | RW | 66.2% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 22.00 | 8.00 |
Martin Necas | COL | RW | 87.9% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.00 | 22.00 | 11.00 |
Alex DeBrincat | DET | LW | 87.1% | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 22.00 | 9.00 |
Vince Dunn | SEA | D | 71.7% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 42.00 | 47.00 | 10.00 |
Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | D | 86.7% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.00 | 26.00 | 8.00 |
Filip Hronek | VAN | D | 66.9% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.00 | 29.00 | 5.00 |
Brady Tkachuk | OTT | LW | 85.4% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 23.00 | 11.00 |
Robert Thomas | STL | C | 76.6% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 23.00 | 8.00 |
Elias Pettersson | VAN | C | 76.0% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 23.00 | 6.00 |
Evan Bouchard | EDM | D | 87.9% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.00 | 27.00 | 10.00 |
Drake Batherson | OTT | RW | 82.3% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 | 22.00 | 7.00 |
Cale Makar | COL | D | 87.0% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 11.00 |
Adam Fox | NYR | D | 86.2% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.00 | 26.00 | 9.00 |
Kaapo Kakko | SEA | RW | 17.5% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 29.00 | 40.00 | 9.00 |
Jason Robertson | DAL | LW | 87.8% | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 | 13.00 |
Gabriel Vilardi | WPG | RW | 74.8% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 20.00 | 8.00 |
Joshua Norris | BUF | C | 42.3% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 20.00 | 7.00 |
Thomas Harley | DAL | D | 80.8% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.00 | 25.00 | 6.00 |
Dylan Cozens | OTT | C | 77.0% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 | 23.00 | 8.00 |
Tim Stutzle | OTT | C | 86.8% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 24.00 | 10.00 |
William Eklund | SJ | LW | 65.1% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00 | 36.00 | 40.00 | 11.00 |
Moritz Seider | DET | D | 87.0% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.00 | 29.00 | 11.00 |
Dylan Guenther | UTA | RW | 86.6% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 22.00 | 8.00 |
Dylan Holloway | STL | LW | 74.3% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 22.00 | 9.00 |
Ryker Evans | SEA | D | 13.0% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 39.00 | 43.00 | 8.00 |
Lucas Raymond | DET | RW | 84.7% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 23.00 | 7.00 |
Jake Sanderson | OTT | D | 85.0% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.00 | 30.00 | 11.00 |
Matthew Beniers | SEA | C | 43.3% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 39.00 | 46.00 | 10.00 |
Jimmy Snuggerud | STL | RW | 50.6% | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 21.00 | 9.00 |
Matthew Coronato | CGY | RW | 42.9% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 | 21.00 | 6.00 |
Matthew Knies | TOR | LW | 82.0% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 22.00 | 6.00 |
Jackson LaCombe | ANA | D | 86.0% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.00 | 27.00 | 6.00 |
Will Smith | SJ | RW | 74.1% | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 37.00 | 40.00 | 12.00 |
Connor Bedard | CHI | C | 87.6% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 | 9.00 |
Collin Graf | SJ | LW | 22.4% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 34.00 | 39.00 | 8.00 |
Igor Chernyshov | SJ | LW | 26.9% | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 28.00 | 34.00 | 13.00 |
Michael Misa | SJ | C | 38.4% | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.00 | 32.00 | 7.00 |
Cam Fowler | STL | D | 28.8% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 24.00 | 3.00 |
John Gibson | DET | G | 64.5% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
Josh Manson | COL | D | 33.1% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 23.00 | 5.00 |
David Perron | DET | RW | 5.8% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 | 19.00 | 5.00 |
Corey Perry | TB | RW | 10.5% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 | 16.00 | 4.00 |
Shea Theodore | LV | D | 75.1% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.00 | 30.00 | 5.00 |
Max Domi | TOR | C | 9.9% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 | 20.00 | 3.00 |
Oliver Ekman-Larsson | TOR | D | 46.5% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 26.00 | 4.00 |
Connor Murphy | EDM | D | 5.3% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 25.00 | 3.00 |
Colin Miller | WPG | D | 0.1% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 | 19.00 | 3.00 |
Frank Vatrano | ANA | LW | 24.5% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 | 15.00 | 2.00 |
Zemgus Girgensons | TB | LW | 0.4% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 | 21.00 | 2.00 |
Jake McCabe | TOR | D | 33.0% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.00 | 29.00 | 4.00 |
Mikael Backlund | CGY | C | 15.0% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 24.00 | 5.00 |
Sam Bennett | FLA | C | 70.4% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 22.00 | 6.00 |
Brett Kulak | COL | D | 0.3% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 | 24.00 | 3.00 |
Justin Faulk | DET | D | 59.8% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 | 27.00 | 8.00 |
Vinnie Hinostroza | FLA | RW | 0.1% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | 15.00 | 3.00 |
Teuvo Teravainen | CHI | LW | 23.1% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 21.00 | 4.00 |
Jonathan Toews | WPG | C | 12.6% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 | 19.00 | 5.00 |
Gabriel Landeskog | COL | LW | 50.8% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 | 20.00 | 6.00 |
Oliver Bjorkstrand | TB | RW | 14.6% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 | 15.00 | 3.00 |
Brandon Saad | LV | LW | 0.1% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 | 18.00 | 2.00 |
Jamie Benn | DAL | LW | 21.6% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 | 18.00 | 3.00 |
Radek Faksa | DAL | C | 0.2% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | 17.00 | 3.00 |
Esa Lindell | DAL | D | 29.9% | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.00 | 23.00 | 5.00 |
PP1 Playmakers This season
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We analyze line combinations, power play usage, linemate shooting tendencies, opponent defensive structure, and historical playmaking rates to project This Season's assist leaders.
Connor McDavid, Nikita Kucherov, Nathan MacKinnon, and defensemen like Cale Makar and Adam Fox consistently lead in assists due to their elite vision and PP1 roles.
Generally yes. Elite playmakers accumulate assists more consistently than goal scorers because they can influence multiple scoring chances per game through their passing.
In most formats, they're equally weighted. However, assists are slightly more consistent while goals have higher variance. Playmakers often provide better floor, while goal scorers offer higher ceiling.
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