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NHL Assists Leaders: Ottawa Senators
2020-21All situationsThrough 57 team games
Thomas Chabot (OTT) leads NHL skaters with 25 assists for the Ottawa Senators in 2020-21, ahead of 
Brady Tkachuk (OTT) (19).
Leaders: Assists, Ottawa Senators, 2020-21
- 1stThomas ChabotOTT · 49 GP25
- 2ndBrady TkachukOTT · 56 GP19
3rdJosh NorrisOTT · 56 GP18
4thDrake BathersonOTT · 56 GP17
5thTim StützleOTT · 53 GP17
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, 32 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 6 and Thomas Chabot leads at 25.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas ChabotDOTT | OTT | 25 | 49 | 0.51 | 6 | 31 | 87%▼1.3 |
| 2 | Brady TkachukFOTT | OTT | 19 | 56 | 0.34 | 17 | 36 | 100%▲1 |
| 3 | Josh NorrisFOTT | OTT | 18 | 56 | 0.32 | 17 | 35 | 31%▼2.6 |
| 4 | Drake BathersonFOTT | OTT | 17 | 56 | 0.30 | 17 | 34 | 96%▼0.9 |
| 5 | Tim StützleFOTT | OTT | 17 | 53 | 0.32 | 12 | 29 | 100% |
| 6 |  Nick PaulFOTT | OTT | 15 | 56 | 0.27 | 5 | 20 | 9.8%▲1.7 |
| 7 |  Connor BrownFOTT | OTT | 14 | 56 | 0.25 | 21 | 35 | 5.8% |
| 8 |  Chris TierneyFOTT | OTT | 13 | 55 | 0.24 | 6 | 19 | — |
| 9 |  Nikita ZaitsevDOTT | OTT | 13 | 55 | 0.24 | 4 | 17 | — |
| 10 |  Artem ZubDOTT | OTT | 11 | 47 | 0.23 | 3 | 14 | 13%▲4.6 |
| 11 |  Erik BrannstromDOTT | OTT | 11 | 30 | 0.37 | 2 | 13 | — |
| 12 |  Colin WhiteFOTT | OTT | 8 | 45 | 0.18 | 10 | 18 | 0.0% |
| 13 |  Evgenii DadonovFOTT | OTT | 7 | 55 | 0.13 | 13 | 20 | 0.1% |
| 14 |  Austin WatsonFOTT | OTT | 7 | 34 | 0.21 | 3 | 10 | — |
| 15 |  Artem AnisimovFOTT | OTT | 7 | 19 | 0.37 | 2 | 9 | — |
| 16 |  Shane PintoFOTT | OTT | 6 | 12 | 0.50 | 1 | 7 | 45%▲1 |
| 17 |  Ryan DzingelFOTT | OTT | 5 | 40 | 0.13 | 8 | 13 | — |
| 18 |  Derek StepanFOTT | OTT | 5 | 20 | 0.25 | 1 | 6 | — |
| 19 |  Victor MeteDOTT | OTT | 4 | 28 | 0.14 | 1 | 5 | — |
| 20 |  Michael AmadioFOTT | OTT | 3 | 25 | 0.12 | 0 | 3 | 5.0%▼0.9 |
| 21 |  Clark BishopFOTT | OTT | 3 | 13 | 0.23 | 0 | 3 | — |
| 22 |  Alex FormentonFOTT | OTT | 2 | 20 | 0.10 | 4 | 6 | 8.9% |
| 23 |  Braydon CoburnDOTT | OTT | 2 | 19 | 0.11 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 24 |  Joshua BrownDOTT | OTT | 1 | 26 | 0.04 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 25 |  Matthew PecaFOTT | OTT | 1 | 5 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2020-21?
Thomas Chabot leads with 25. The median of the 32 qualified skaters is 6.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2020-21?
Thomas Chabot leads NHL defensemen with 25; the top forward is Brady Tkachuk at 19.
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.