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NHL Assists Leaders: Calgary Flames
2020-21All situationsThrough 57 team games
Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) leads NHL skaters with 30 assists for the Calgary Flames in 2020-21, ahead of 
Elias Lindholm (CGY) (28).
Leaders: Assists, Calgary Flames, 2020-21
- 1stJohnny GaudreauCGY · 56 GP30
- 2ndElias LindholmCGY · 56 GP28
3rdMatthew TkachukCGY · 56 GP27
4thMikael BacklundCGY · 54 GP23
5thSean MonahanCGY · 50 GP18
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 2020-21, 28 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 8 and Johnny Gaudreau leads at 30.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny GaudreauFCGY | CGY | 30 | 56 | 0.54 | 19 | 49 | — |
| 2 | Elias LindholmFCGY | CGY | 28 | 56 | 0.50 | 19 | 47 | 43%▲1.9 |
| 3 | Matthew TkachukFCGY | CGY | 27 | 56 | 0.48 | 16 | 43 | 100%▲1.2 |
| 4 | Mikael BacklundFCGY | CGY | 23 | 54 | 0.43 | 9 | 32 | 12% |
| 5 | Sean MonahanFCGY | CGY | 18 | 50 | 0.36 | 10 | 28 | 16%▼0.9 |
| 6 |  Mark GiordanoDCGY | CGY | 17 | 56 | 0.30 | 9 | 26 | — |
| 7 |  Rasmus AnderssonDCGY | CGY | 16 | 56 | 0.29 | 5 | 21 | 87%▲1.8 |
| 8 |  Andrew MangiapaneFCGY | CGY | 14 | 56 | 0.25 | 18 | 32 | 3.2% |
| 9 |  Milan LucicFCGY | CGY | 13 | 56 | 0.23 | 10 | 23 | — |
| 10 |  Dillon DubeFCGY | CGY | 11 | 51 | 0.22 | 11 | 22 | 0.0% |
| 11 |  Noah HanifinDCGY | CGY | 11 | 47 | 0.23 | 4 | 15 | 48%▲0.5 |
| 12 |  Derek RyanFCGY | CGY | 11 | 43 | 0.26 | 2 | 13 | — |
| 13 |  Chris TanevDCGY | CGY | 10 | 56 | 0.18 | 2 | 12 | 4.2%▼0.9 |
| 14 |  Juuso VälimäkiDCGY | CGY | 9 | 49 | 0.18 | 2 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 15 |  Joakim NordstromFCGY | CGY | 6 | 44 | 0.14 | 1 | 7 | — |
| 16 |  Nikita NesterovDCGY | CGY | 4 | 38 | 0.11 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 17 |  Brett RitchieFCGY | CGY | 4 | 32 | 0.13 | 4 | 8 | — |
| 18 |  Josh LeivoFCGY | CGY | 3 | 38 | 0.08 | 6 | 9 | — |
| 19 |  Michael StoneDCGY | CGY | 2 | 21 | 0.10 | 2 | 4 | — |
| 20 |  Connor MackeyDCGY | CGY | 2 | 6 | 0.33 | 1 | 3 | 0.1% |
| 21 |  Oliver KylingtonDCGY | CGY | 1 | 8 | 0.13 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 22 |  Glenn GawdinFCGY | CGY | 1 | 7 | 0.14 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 23 |  Adam RuzickaFCGY | CGY | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 24 |  Dominik SimonFCGY | CGY | 0 | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 |  Buddy RobinsonFCGY | CGY | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2020-21?
Johnny Gaudreau leads with 30. The median of the 28 qualified skaters is 8.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2020-21?
Mark Giordano leads NHL defensemen with 17; the top forward is Johnny Gaudreau at 30.
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.