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NHL Assists Leaders: Ottawa Senators
2025-26All situationsThrough 83 team games
Tim Stützle (OTT) leads NHL skaters with 49 assists for the Ottawa Senators in 2025-26, ahead of 
Jake Sanderson (OTT) (40).
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Leaders: Assists, Ottawa Senators, 2025-26
- 1stTim StützleOTT · 80 GP49
- 2ndJake SandersonOTT · 67 GP40
3rdDrake BathersonOTT · 79 GP38
4thBrady TkachukOTT · 60 GP37
5thClaude GirouxOTT · 82 GP35
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 2025-26, 30 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 14 and Tim Stützle leads at 49.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim StützleFOTT | OTT | 49 | 80 | 0.61 | 34 | 83 | 100% |
| 2 | Jake SandersonDOTT | OTT | 40 | 67 | 0.60 | 14 | 54 | 96%▼0.7 |
| 3 | Drake BathersonFOTT | OTT | 38 | 79 | 0.48 | 33 | 71 | 96%▼0.9 |
| 4 | Brady TkachukFOTT | OTT | 37 | 60 | 0.62 | 22 | 59 | 100%▲1 |
| 5 | Claude GirouxFOTT | OTT | 35 | 82 | 0.43 | 14 | 49 | 32%▲0.9 |
| 6 |  Dylan CozensFOTT | OTT | 31 | 82 | 0.38 | 28 | 59 | 80%▼4.7 |
| 7 |  Artem ZubDOTT | OTT | 25 | 81 | 0.31 | 5 | 30 | 13%▲4.6 |
| 8 |  Jordan SpenceDOTT | OTT | 24 | 73 | 0.33 | 7 | 31 | 17%▼1.7 |
| 9 |  Thomas ChabotDOTT | OTT | 24 | 57 | 0.42 | 7 | 31 | 87%▼1.3 |
| 10 |  Shane PintoFOTT | OTT | 23 | 72 | 0.32 | 23 | 46 | 45%▲1 |
| 11 |  Ridly GreigFOTT | OTT | 22 | 77 | 0.29 | 13 | 35 | 14%▼0.8 |
| 12 |  Michael AmadioFOTT | OTT | 20 | 81 | 0.25 | 15 | 35 | 5.0%▼0.9 |
| 13 |  Fabian ZetterlundFOTT | OTT | 16 | 82 | 0.20 | 17 | 33 | 12%▼0.8 |
| 14 |  Tyler KlevenDOTT | OTT | 15 | 70 | 0.21 | 3 | 18 | 23%▲11 |
| 15 |  Nick CousinsFOTT | OTT | 14 | 81 | 0.17 | 9 | 23 | 3.3% |
| 16 |  Nick JensenDOTT | OTT | 13 | 61 | 0.21 | 4 | 17 | 0.5%▲0.5 |
| 17 |  Lars EllerFOTT | OTT | 10 | 68 | 0.15 | 5 | 15 | 4.9%▲0.8 |
| 18 |  Stephen HallidayFOTT | OTT | 7 | 30 | 0.23 | 4 | 11 | 7.3%▲1.7 |
| 19 |  Nikolas MatinpaloDOTT | OTT | 5 | 50 | 0.10 | 0 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 20 |  Warren FoegeleFOTT | OTT | 4 | 68 | 0.06 | 13 | 17 | 3.2%▼0.8 |
| 21 |  Lassi ThomsonDOTT | OTT | 3 | 11 | 0.27 | 0 | 3 | — |
| 22 |  Kurtis MacDermidFOTT | OTT | 1 | 19 | 0.05 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 23 |  Dennis GilbertDOTT | OTT | 1 | 8 | 0.13 | 0 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 24 |  Olle LycksellFOTT | OTT | 1 | 7 | 0.14 | 1 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 25 |  Cameron CrottyDOTT | OTT | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Assists in 2025-26?
Tim Stützle leads with 49. The median of the 30 qualified skaters is 14.
Which defenseman leads in Assists in 2025-26?
Jake Sanderson leads NHL defensemen with 40; the top forward is Tim Stützle at 49.
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.