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NHL Assists Leaders: Colorado Avalanche
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Nathan MacKinnon (COL) leads NHL skaters with 58 assists for the Colorado Avalanche in 2019-20, ahead of 
Cale Makar (COL) (38).
Leaders: Assists, Colorado Avalanche, 2019-20
- 1stNathan MacKinnonCOL · 69 GP58
- 2ndCale MakarCOL · 57 GP38
3rdSamuel GirardCOL · 70 GP30
4thAndre BurakovskyCOL · 58 GP25
5thGabriel LandeskogCOL · 54 GP23
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 2019-20, 30 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 13 and Nathan MacKinnon leads at 58.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan MacKinnonFCOL | COL | 58 | 69 | 0.84 | 35 | 93 | 100% |
| 2 | Cale MakarDCOL | COL | 38 | 57 | 0.67 | 12 | 50 | 100% |
| 3 | Samuel GirardDCOL | COL | 30 | 70 | 0.43 | 4 | 34 | 28%▲5 |
| 4 | Andre BurakovskyFCOL | COL | 25 | 58 | 0.43 | 20 | 45 | 4.8%▼1.7 |
| 5 | Gabriel LandeskogFCOL | COL | 23 | 54 | 0.43 | 21 | 44 | 51%▲4.6 |
| 6 |  Ian ColeDCOL | COL | 22 | 65 | 0.34 | 4 | 26 | 3.3%▼0.8 |
| 7 |  Mikko RantanenFCOL | COL | 22 | 42 | 0.52 | 19 | 41 | 99% |
| 8 |  J.T. CompherFCOL | COL | 20 | 67 | 0.30 | 11 | 31 | 3.2% |
| 9 |  Ryan GravesDCOL | COL | 17 | 69 | 0.25 | 9 | 26 | 0.1% |
| 10 |  Joonas DonskoiFCOL | COL | 17 | 65 | 0.26 | 16 | 33 | — |
| 11 |  Nazem KadriFCOL | COL | 17 | 51 | 0.33 | 19 | 36 | 72%▲2.7 |
| 12 |  Tyson JostFCOL | COL | 15 | 67 | 0.22 | 8 | 23 | 0.0% |
| 13 |  Vladislav NamestnikovFCOL | COL | 14 | 65 | 0.22 | 17 | 31 | 0.1% |
| 14 |  Valeri NichushkinFCOL | COL | 14 | 65 | 0.22 | 13 | 27 | 50%▼2.5 |
| 15 |  Matt NietoFCOL | COL | 13 | 70 | 0.19 | 8 | 21 | — |
| 16 |  Pierre-Edouard BellemareFCOL | COL | 13 | 69 | 0.19 | 9 | 22 | — |
| 17 |  Erik JohnsonDCOL | COL | 13 | 59 | 0.22 | 3 | 16 | — |
| 18 |  Matt CalvertFCOL | COL | 13 | 50 | 0.26 | 12 | 25 | — |
| 19 |  Nikita ZadorovDCOL | COL | 9 | 64 | 0.14 | 4 | 13 | 44%▲2.5 |
| 20 |  Vladislav KamenevFCOL | COL | 7 | 38 | 0.18 | 1 | 8 | — |
| 21 |  Colin WilsonFCOL | COL | 4 | 9 | 0.44 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 22 |  Mark BarberioDCOL | COL | 2 | 21 | 0.10 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 23 |  T.J. TynanFCOL | COL | 1 | 16 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 24 |  Martin KautFCOL | COL | 1 | 9 | 0.11 | 2 | 3 | — |
| 25 |  Anton LindholmDCOL | COL | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 0 | 1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2019-20?
Nathan MacKinnon leads with 58. The median of the 30 qualified skaters is 13.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2019-20?
Cale Makar leads NHL defensemen with 38; the top forward is Nathan MacKinnon at 58.
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.