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NHL Assists Leaders: Pittsburgh Penguins
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 Pittsburgh Penguins in 2017-18: Sidney Crosby (PIT), 60 A.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sidney CrosbyFPIT | PIT | 60 | 82 | 0.73 | 29 | 89 | 100%▲2.4 |
| 2 | Phil KesselFPIT | PIT | 58 | 82 | 0.71 | 34 | 92 | — |
| 3 | Evgeni MalkinFPIT | PIT | 56 | 78 | 0.72 | 42 | 98 | 82%▲11 |
| 4 | Kris LetangDPIT | PIT | 42 | 79 | 0.53 | 9 | 51 | 47%▼16 |
| 5 | Jake GuentzelFPIT | PIT | 26 | 82 | 0.32 | 22 | 48 | 100% |
| 6 | Derick BrassardFPIT | PIT | 25 | 72 | 0.35 | 21 | 46 | — |
| 7 | Bryan RustFPIT | PIT | 25 | 69 | 0.36 | 13 | 38 | 85%▲2.5 |
| 8 | Justin SchultzDPIT | PIT | 23 | 63 | 0.37 | 4 | 27 | — |
| 9 | Olli MaattaDPIT | PIT | 22 | 82 | 0.27 | 7 | 29 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Carl HagelinFPIT | PIT | 21 | 81 | 0.26 | 10 | 31 | — |
| 11 | Riley SheahanFPIT | PIT | 21 | 81 | 0.26 | 11 | 32 | — |
| 12 | Patric HornqvistFPIT | PIT | 20 | 70 | 0.29 | 29 | 49 | — |
| 13 | Brian DumoulinDPIT | PIT | 13 | 80 | 0.16 | 5 | 18 | 0.4% |
| 14 | Conor ShearyFPIT | PIT | 12 | 79 | 0.15 | 18 | 30 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Jamie OleksiakDPIT | PIT | 12 | 68 | 0.18 | 5 | 17 | 7.1%▲6.9 |
| 16 | Dominik SimonFPIT | PIT | 8 | 33 | 0.24 | 4 | 12 | — |
| 17 | Tom KuhnhacklFPIT | PIT | 6 | 69 | 0.09 | 2 | 8 | — |
| 18 | Matt HunwickDPIT | PIT | 6 | 42 | 0.14 | 4 | 10 | — |
| 19 | Carter RowneyFPIT | PIT | 3 | 44 | 0.07 | 2 | 5 | — |
| 20 | Chad RuhwedelDPIT | PIT | 3 | 44 | 0.07 | 2 | 5 | — |
| 21 | Josh JoorisFPIT | PIT | 3 | 40 | 0.07 | 3 | 6 | — |
| 22 | Greg McKeggFPIT | PIT | 2 | 26 | 0.08 | 2 | 4 | — |
| 23 | Zachary Aston-ReeseFPIT | PIT | 2 | 16 | 0.13 | 4 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Daniel SprongFPIT | PIT | 1 | 8 | 0.13 | 2 | 3 | — |
| 25 | Frank CorradoDPIT | PIT | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Jean-Sebastien DeaFPIT | PIT | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 27 | Zach TrotmanDPIT | PIT | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
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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