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NHL Assists Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by total assists this season, regular season only.
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.
Leader for the Buffalo Sabres in 2017-18: Jack Eichel (BUF), 39 A.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack EichelFBUF | BUF | 39 | 67 | 0.58 | 25 | 64 | 99%▲1.4 |
| 2 | Ryan O'ReillyFBUF | BUF | 37 | 81 | 0.46 | 24 | 61 | 84%▲5 |
| 3 | Rasmus RistolainenDBUF | BUF | 35 | 73 | 0.48 | 6 | 41 | 8.3%▲7.7 |
| 4 | Kyle OkposoFBUF | BUF | 29 | 76 | 0.38 | 15 | 44 | — |
| 5 | Sam ReinhartFBUF | BUF | 25 | 82 | 0.30 | 25 | 50 | 99% |
| 6 | Jason PominvilleFBUF | BUF | 18 | 82 | 0.22 | 16 | 34 | — |
| 7 | Evan RodriguesFBUF | BUF | 18 | 48 | 0.38 | 7 | 25 | 8.3%▲6.5 |
| 8 | Marco ScandellaDBUF | BUF | 17 | 82 | 0.21 | 5 | 22 | — |
| 9 | Johan LarssonFBUF | BUF | 13 | 80 | 0.16 | 4 | 17 | — |
| 10 | Victor AntipinDBUF | BUF | 10 | 47 | 0.21 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 11 | Jake McCabeDBUF | BUF | 9 | 53 | 0.17 | 3 | 12 | 34%▼15 |
| 12 | Zemgus GirgensonsFBUF | BUF | 8 | 71 | 0.11 | 7 | 15 | 3.2%▲3 |
| 13 | Scott WilsonFBUF | BUF | 8 | 69 | 0.12 | 6 | 14 | — |
| 14 | Nathan BeaulieuDBUF | BUF | 8 | 59 | 0.14 | 1 | 9 | — |
| 15 | Benoit PouliotFBUF | BUF | 6 | 74 | 0.08 | 13 | 19 | — |
| 16 | Casey NelsonDBUF | BUF | 5 | 37 | 0.14 | 3 | 8 | — |
| 17 | Brendan GuhleDBUF | BUF | 5 | 18 | 0.28 | 0 | 5 | — |
| 18 | Jordan NolanFBUF | BUF | 4 | 69 | 0.06 | 4 | 8 | — |
| 19 | Danny O'ReganFBUF | BUF | 4 | 21 | 0.19 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 20 | Casey MittelstadtFBUF | BUF | 4 | 6 | 0.67 | 1 | 5 | 14%▲12 |
| 21 | Jacob JosefsonFBUF | BUF | 2 | 39 | 0.05 | 2 | 4 | — |
| 22 | Josh GorgesDBUF | BUF | 2 | 34 | 0.06 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 23 | Nick BaptisteFBUF | BUF | 2 | 33 | 0.06 | 4 | 6 | — |
| 24 | Justin FalkDBUF | BUF | 1 | 46 | 0.02 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 25 | Seth GriffithFBUF | BUF | 1 | 21 | 0.05 | 2 | 3 | — |
| 26 | Zach BogosianDBUF | BUF | 1 | 18 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% |
| 27 | Justin BaileyFBUF | BUF | 1 | 12 | 0.08 | 3 | 4 | — |
| 28 | Taylor FedunDBUF | BUF | 1 | 7 | 0.14 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 29 | Matt TennysonDBUF | BUF | 0 | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 30 | Matt MoulsonFBUF | BUF | 0 | 14 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 31 | Kyle CriscuoloFBUF | BUF | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Hudson FaschingFBUF | BUF | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 33 | Zach RedmondDBUF | BUF | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Alex NylanderFBUF | BUF | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | — |
How to read it
Total assists this season, all situations.
How reliable is it?
Totals reward games played and ice time as much as skill; see the per-60 version for the rate view.
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