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NHL Assists Leaders: St. Louis Blues
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Brayden Schenn (STL) leads NHL skaters with 42 assists for the St. Louis Blues in 2017-18, ahead of 
Alex Pietrangelo (STL) (39).
Leaders: Assists, St. Louis Blues, 2017-18
- 1stBrayden SchennSTL · 82 GP42
- 2ndAlex PietrangeloSTL · 78 GP39
3rdJaden SchwartzSTL · 62 GP35
4thVladimir TarasenkoSTL · 80 GP33
5thAlexander SteenSTL · 76 GP31
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What Assists measures
This board ranks every NHL skater by total assists this season, regular season only. Total assists this season, all situations.
Totals reward games played and ice time as much as skill; see the per-60 version for the rate view.
Assists credit the last one or two players to touch the puck before a goal. Playmaking centres and power-play quarterbacks on the blue line top the list, and secondary assists make the totals noisier than goals suggest. Assists are a standard category and pile up for players on the top power-play unit. A defenseman racking up assists is usually on PP1; check the power-play points board to confirm. In 2017-18, 27 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 9 and Brayden Schenn leads at 42.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brayden SchennFSTL | STL | 42 | 82 | 0.51 | 28 | 70 | 36%▼0.5 |
| 2 | Alex PietrangeloDSTL | STL | 39 | 78 | 0.50 | 15 | 54 | 3.2% |
| 3 | Jaden SchwartzFSTL | STL | 35 | 62 | 0.56 | 24 | 59 | 32%▲2 |
| 4 | Vladimir TarasenkoFSTL | STL | 33 | 80 | 0.41 | 33 | 66 | 7.4%▼0.9 |
| 5 | Alexander SteenFSTL | STL | 31 | 76 | 0.41 | 15 | 46 | — |
| 6 |  Colton ParaykoDSTL | STL | 29 | 82 | 0.35 | 6 | 35 | 40%▲3.3 |
| 7 |  Kyle BrodziakFSTL | STL | 23 | 81 | 0.28 | 10 | 33 | — |
| 8 |  Vladimir SobotkaFSTL | STL | 20 | 81 | 0.25 | 11 | 31 | — |
| 9 |  Vince DunnDSTL | STL | 19 | 75 | 0.25 | 5 | 24 | 93%▲1.5 |
| 10 |  Scottie UpshallFSTL | STL | 12 | 63 | 0.19 | 7 | 19 | — |
| 11 |  Dmitrij JaskinFSTL | STL | 11 | 76 | 0.14 | 6 | 17 | — |
| 12 |  Joel EdmundsonDSTL | STL | 10 | 69 | 0.14 | 7 | 17 | 3.2% |
| 13 |  Robert BortuzzoDSTL | STL | 9 | 72 | 0.13 | 4 | 13 | — |
| 14 |  Patrik BerglundFSTL | STL | 9 | 57 | 0.16 | 17 | 26 | — |
| 15 |  Ivan BarbashevFSTL | STL | 6 | 53 | 0.11 | 7 | 13 | 63%▼2.1 |
| 16 |  Chris ThorburnFSTL | STL | 6 | 50 | 0.12 | 1 | 7 | — |
| 17 |  Tage ThompsonFSTL | STL | 6 | 41 | 0.15 | 3 | 9 | 100% |
| 18 |  Jay BouwmeesterDSTL | STL | 5 | 35 | 0.14 | 2 | 7 | — |
| 19 |  Carl GunnarssonDSTL | STL | 4 | 63 | 0.06 | 5 | 9 | — |
| 20 |  Oskar SundqvistFSTL | STL | 4 | 42 | 0.10 | 1 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 21 |  Sammy BlaisFSTL | STL | 2 | 11 | 0.18 | 1 | 3 | — |
| 22 |  Nikita SoshnikovFSTL | STL | 1 | 15 | 0.07 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 23 |  Jordan SchmaltzDSTL | STL | 1 | 13 | 0.08 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 24 |  Chris ButlerDSTL | STL | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 |  Beau BennettFSTL | STL | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2017-18?
Brayden Schenn leads with 42. The median of the 27 qualified skaters is 9.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2017-18?
Alex Pietrangelo leads NHL defensemen with 39; the top forward is Brayden Schenn at 42.
How is Assists calculated?
Total assists this season, all situations. Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is Assists?
Totals reward games played and ice time as much as skill; see the per-60 version for the rate view.