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NHL Assists Leaders: New York Rangers
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Artemi Panarin (NYR) leads NHL skaters with 63 assists for the New York Rangers in 2019-20, ahead of 
Ryan Strome (NYR) (41).
Leaders: Assists, New York Rangers, 2019-20
- 1stArtemi PanarinNYR · 69 GP63
- 2ndRyan StromeNYR · 70 GP41
3rdTony DeAngeloNYR · 68 GP38
4thAdam FoxNYR · 70 GP34
5thMika ZibanejadNYR · 57 GP34
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, 25 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 10 and Artemi Panarin leads at 63.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artemi PanarinFNYR | NYR | 63 | 69 | 0.91 | 32 | 95 | 96%▼1.6 |
| 2 | Ryan StromeFNYR | NYR | 41 | 70 | 0.59 | 18 | 59 | 4.0% |
| 3 | Tony DeAngeloDNYR | NYR | 38 | 68 | 0.56 | 15 | 53 | 19%▼0.8 |
| 4 | Adam FoxDNYR | NYR | 34 | 70 | 0.49 | 8 | 42 | 99% |
| 5 | Mika ZibanejadFNYR | NYR | 34 | 57 | 0.60 | 41 | 75 | 98% |
| 6 |  Pavel BuchnevichFNYR | NYR | 30 | 68 | 0.44 | 16 | 46 | 31% |
| 7 |  Chris KreiderFNYR | NYR | 21 | 63 | 0.33 | 24 | 45 | 55%▼6.4 |
| 8 |  Jacob TroubaDNYR | NYR | 20 | 70 | 0.29 | 7 | 27 | 72%▲1.5 |
| 9 |  Jesper FastFNYR | NYR | 17 | 69 | 0.25 | 12 | 29 | — |
| 10 |  Kaapo KakkoFNYR | NYR | 13 | 66 | 0.20 | 10 | 23 | 25%▲0.7 |
| 11 |  Ryan LindgrenDNYR | NYR | 13 | 60 | 0.22 | 1 | 14 | 0.1% |
| 12 |  Brendan LemieuxFNYR | NYR | 12 | 59 | 0.20 | 6 | 18 | — |
| 13 |  Brett HowdenFNYR | NYR | 10 | 70 | 0.14 | 9 | 19 | 24%▲9 |
| 14 |  Filip ChytilFNYR | NYR | 9 | 60 | 0.15 | 14 | 23 | 7.3%▲0.9 |
| 15 |  Marc StaalDNYR | NYR | 9 | 52 | 0.17 | 2 | 11 | — |
| 16 |  Brendan SmithDNYR | NYR | 5 | 62 | 0.08 | 3 | 8 | — |
| 17 |  Libor HajekDNYR | NYR | 5 | 28 | 0.18 | 0 | 5 | — |
| 18 |  Greg McKeggFNYR | NYR | 4 | 53 | 0.08 | 5 | 9 | — |
| 19 |  Phillip Di GiuseppeFNYR | NYR | 3 | 20 | 0.15 | 1 | 4 | — |
| 20 |  Julien GauthierFNYR | NYR | 3 | 17 | 0.18 | 0 | 3 | — |
| 21 |  Lias AnderssonFNYR | NYR | 1 | 17 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 22 |  Tim GettingerFNYR | NYR | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 23 |  Micheal HaleyFNYR | NYR | 0 | 22 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 24 |  Steven FogartyFNYR | NYR | 0 | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 |  Boo NievesFNYR | NYR | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2019-20?
Artemi Panarin leads with 63. The median of the 25 qualified skaters is 10.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2019-20?
Tony DeAngelo leads NHL defensemen with 38; the top forward is Artemi Panarin at 63.
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.