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NHL Assists Leaders: Ottawa Senators
2023-24All situationsThrough 83 team games
Tim Stützle (OTT) leads NHL skaters with 52 assists for the Ottawa Senators in 2023-24, ahead of 
Claude Giroux (OTT) (43).
Leaders: Assists, Ottawa Senators, 2023-24
- 1stTim StützleOTT · 75 GP52
- 2ndClaude GirouxOTT · 82 GP43
3rdDrake BathersonOTT · 82 GP38
4thBrady TkachukOTT · 81 GP37
5thJake SandersonOTT · 79 GP28
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 2023-24, 30 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 8 and Tim Stützle leads at 52.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim StützleFOTT | OTT | 52 | 75 | 0.69 | 18 | 70 | 100% |
| 2 | Claude GirouxFOTT | OTT | 43 | 82 | 0.52 | 21 | 64 | 32%▲0.9 |
| 3 | Drake BathersonFOTT | OTT | 38 | 82 | 0.46 | 28 | 66 | 96%▼0.9 |
| 4 | Brady TkachukFOTT | OTT | 37 | 81 | 0.46 | 37 | 74 | 100%▲1 |
| 5 | Jake SandersonDOTT | OTT | 28 | 79 | 0.35 | 10 | 38 | 96%▼0.7 |
| 6 |  Jakob ChychrunDOTT | OTT | 27 | 82 | 0.33 | 14 | 41 | 99% |
| 7 |  Mathieu JosephFOTT | OTT | 24 | 72 | 0.33 | 11 | 35 | 4.1%▲0.9 |
| 8 |  Thomas ChabotDOTT | OTT | 21 | 51 | 0.41 | 9 | 30 | 87%▼1.3 |
| 9 |  Artem ZubDOTT | OTT | 20 | 69 | 0.29 | 5 | 25 | 13%▲4.6 |
| 10 |  Shane PintoFOTT | OTT | 18 | 41 | 0.44 | 9 | 27 | 45%▲1 |
| 11 |  Erik BrannstromDOTT | OTT | 17 | 76 | 0.22 | 3 | 20 | — |
| 12 |  Josh NorrisFOTT | OTT | 14 | 50 | 0.28 | 16 | 30 | 31%▼2.6 |
| 13 |  Ridly GreigFOTT | OTT | 13 | 72 | 0.18 | 13 | 26 | 14%▼0.8 |
| 14 |  Parker KellyFOTT | OTT | 10 | 80 | 0.13 | 8 | 18 | 17%▼1.2 |
| 15 |  Jacob Bernard-DockerDOTT | OTT | 10 | 72 | 0.14 | 4 | 14 | 0.1% |
| 16 |  Boris KatchoukFOTT | OTT | 6 | 59 | 0.10 | 7 | 13 | 0.0% |
| 17 |  Mark KastelicFOTT | OTT | 5 | 63 | 0.08 | 5 | 10 | 18%▲1.5 |
| 18 |  Dominik KubalikFOTT | OTT | 4 | 74 | 0.05 | 11 | 15 | — |
| 19 |  Travis HamonicDOTT | OTT | 4 | 48 | 0.08 | 2 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 20 |  Matthew HighmoreFOTT | OTT | 2 | 7 | 0.29 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 21 |  Rourke ChartierFOTT | OTT | 1 | 37 | 0.03 | 2 | 3 | — |
| 22 |  Zack MacEwenFOTT | OTT | 1 | 30 | 0.03 | 2 | 3 | 0.1% |
| 23 |  Jiri SmejkalFOTT | OTT | 1 | 20 | 0.05 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 24 |  Angus CrookshankFOTT | OTT | 1 | 13 | 0.08 | 2 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 25 |  Tyler KlevenDOTT | OTT | 1 | 9 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 23%▲11 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2023-24?
Tim Stützle leads with 52. The median of the 30 qualified skaters is 8.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2023-24?
Jake Sanderson leads NHL defensemen with 28; the top forward is Tim Stützle at 52.
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.