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NHL Assists Leaders

2018-19All situationsThrough 84 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 in 2018-19: Nikita Kucherov (TBL), 87 A.

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NHL Assists Leaders, 2018-19, All situations
#	Player	Team	A	GP	Per game	G	PTS
1	Nikita KucherovFTBL	TBL	87	82	1.06	41	128	19:58	100%
2	Connor McDavidFEDM	EDM	75	78	0.96	41	116	22:50	100%▲1.5
3	Blake WheelerFWPG	WPG	71	82	0.87	20	91	20:43	—
4	Mitch MarnerFTOR	TOR	68	82	0.83	26	94	19:49	99%▲1.3
5	Brent BurnsDSJS	SJS	67	82	0.82	16	83	25:06	50%▼14
6	Patrick KaneFCHI	CHI	66	81	0.81	44	110	22:29	80%▲0.9
7	Sidney CrosbyFPIT	PIT	65	79	0.82	35	100	21:00	100%▲2.4
8	Brad MarchandFBOS	BOS	64	79	0.81	36	100	19:37	73%▲0.7
9	Claude GirouxFPHI	PHI	63	82	0.77	22	85	21:27	30%▲20
10	Johnny GaudreauFCGY	CGY	63	82	0.77	36	99	20:04	—
11	Jonathan HuberdeauFFLA	FLA	62	82	0.76	30	92	18:51	17%▲12
12	Aleksander BarkovFFLA	FLA	61	82	0.74	35	96	22:21	97%▲7
13	Artemi PanarinFCBJ	CBJ	59	79	0.75	28	87	19:51	97%▼1.8
14	Nathan MacKinnonFCOL	COL	58	82	0.71	41	99	22:05	100%▲0.9
15	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	57	80	0.71	13	70	25:04	99%▲2.4
16	Mark GiordanoDCGY	CGY	57	78	0.73	17	74	24:14	—
17	Mikko RantanenFCOL	COL	56	74	0.76	31	87	20:51	99%▲0.5
18	Phil KesselFPIT	PIT	55	82	0.67	27	82	17:59	—
19	Teuvo TeravainenFCAR	CAR	55	82	0.67	21	76	17:55	13%▲8.6
20	Leon DraisaitlFEDM	EDM	55	82	0.67	50	105	22:35	100%
21	Jack EichelFBUF	BUF	54	77	0.70	28	82	20:26	99%▲1.4
22	Keith YandleDFLA	FLA	53	82	0.65	9	62	22:27	—
23	Steven StamkosFTBL	TBL	53	82	0.65	45	98	18:18	94%▼4.2
24	Sebastian AhoFCAR	CAR	53	82	0.65	30	83	20:09	99%▲1.2
25	David KrejciFBOS	BOS	53	81	0.65	20	73	17:41	—
26	Morgan RiellyDTOR	TOR	52	82	0.63	20	72	23:07	76%▼5.1
27	Nicklas BackstromFWSH	WSH	52	80	0.65	22	74	19:57	—
28	Elias LindholmFCGY	CGY	51	81	0.63	27	78	20:02	43%▲4.7
29	Brayden PointFTBL	TBL	51	79	0.65	41	92	18:55	95%▲7.5
30	Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH	WSH	51	76	0.67	21	72	18:47	—
31	Evgeni MalkinFPIT	PIT	51	68	0.75	21	72	18:48	82%▲11
32	Ryan JohansenFNSH	NSH	50	80	0.63	14	64	19:33	—
33	Ryan O'ReillyFSTL	STL	49	82	0.60	28	77	20:46	84%▲5
34	Sean MonahanFCGY	CGY	48	78	0.62	34	82	19:03	19%▲13
35	Tyler SeguinFDAL	DAL	47	82	0.57	33	80	20:45	22%▲19
36	Patrice BergeronFBOS	BOS	47	65	0.72	32	79	18:28	—
37	Torey KrugDBOS	BOS	47	64	0.73	6	53	21:18	0.0%
38	Jonathan ToewsFCHI	CHI	46	82	0.56	35	81	21:00	0.3%
39	Mark ScheifeleFWPG	WPG	46	82	0.56	38	84	21:52	99%
40	Jakub VoracekFPHI	PHI	46	78	0.59	20	66	18:40	—
41	Tyson BarrieDCOL	COL	45	78	0.58	14	59	21:47	—
42	Mika ZibanejadFNYR	NYR	44	82	0.54	30	74	20:34	98%▲1.4
43	Max DomiFMTL	MTL	44	82	0.54	28	72	17:23	5.8%▲4.6
44	Mathew BarzalFNYI	NYI	44	82	0.54	18	62	17:55	84%▲11
45	Sam ReinhartFBUF	BUF	43	82	0.52	22	65	18:57	99%
46	Logan CoutureFSJS	SJS	43	81	0.53	27	70	18:36	—
47	Sean CouturierFPHI	PHI	43	80	0.54	33	76	22:08	9.2%▲7.2
48	Matthew TkachukFCGY	CGY	43	80	0.54	34	77	17:36	100%▲2.6
49	Erik GustafssonDCHI	CHI	43	79	0.54	17	60	22:35	3.2%▲3.2
50	Alexander RadulovFDAL	DAL	43	70	0.61	29	72	19:47	—
51	David PastrnakFBOS	BOS	43	66	0.65	38	81	18:45	100%▲1.1
52	Evgenii DadonovFFLA	FLA	42	82	0.51	28	70	18:22	0.1%
53	Jacob TroubaDWPG	WPG	42	82	0.51	8	50	22:53	76%▼11
54	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	42	70	0.60	12	54	22:46	93%▲11
55	Erik KarlssonDSJS	SJS	42	53	0.79	3	45	24:29	95%
56	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	41	82	0.50	15	56	25:10	98%▼0.5
57	John TavaresFTOR	TOR	41	82	0.50	47	88	19:05	96%▲9.3
58	Ryan Nugent-HopkinsFEDM	EDM	41	82	0.50	28	69	20:06	77%▲15
59	Phillip DanaultFMTL	MTL	41	81	0.51	12	53	17:47	4.9%▲4.5
60	Dylan LarkinFDET	DET	41	76	0.54	32	73	21:51	96%
61	Gabriel LandeskogFCOL	COL	41	73	0.56	34	75	21:09	50%▲32
62	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	41	70	0.59	14	55	24:17	83%▼12
63	Ryan SuterDMIN	MIN	40	82	0.49	7	47	26:42	—
64	Josh BaileyFNYI	NYI	40	82	0.49	16	56	16:50	—
65	Mark StoneFVGK	VGK	40	77	0.52	33	73	19:53	93%▲9.6
66	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	40	65	0.62	16	56	25:58	47%▼16
67	Kevin LabancFSJS	SJS	39	82	0.48	17	56	14:01	—
68	Chris TierneyFOTT	OTT	39	81	0.48	9	48	17:02	—
69	Tomas HertlFSJS	SJS	39	77	0.51	35	74	19:01	84%▲3.2
70	Matt DucheneFCBJ	CBJ	39	73	0.53	31	70	18:50	62%▼17
71	Alex OvechkinFWSH	WSH	38	81	0.47	51	89	20:55	96%▲1.2
72	Anze KopitarFLAK	LAK	38	81	0.47	22	60	22:18	0.5%
73	Gustav NyquistFSJS	SJS	38	81	0.47	22	60	17:31	0.0%
74	Mikael GranlundFNSH	NSH	38	79	0.48	16	54	18:21	52%▼12
75	Rasmus RistolainenDBUF	BUF	38	78	0.49	5	43	24:38	8.3%▲7.7
76	Elias PetterssonFVAN	VAN	38	71	0.54	28	66	18:14	87%▼5.5
77	Ryan McDonaghDTBL	TBL	37	82	0.45	9	46	22:05	7.3%▲6.8
78	Drew DoughtyDLAK	LAK	37	82	0.45	8	45	26:36	22%▲12
79	Dylan StromeFCHI	CHI	37	78	0.47	20	57	16:09	83%▲11
80	Seth JonesDCBJ	CBJ	37	75	0.49	9	46	25:49	80%▲32
81	Brayden SchennFSTL	STL	37	72	0.51	17	54	18:35	28%▲7.8
82	Jake GuentzelFPIT	PIT	36	82	0.44	40	76	19:21	100%
83	Mattias EkholmDNSH	NSH	36	80	0.45	8	44	23:22	77%▲9.5
84	Timo MeierFSJS	SJS	36	78	0.46	30	66	16:58	82%▼8
85	Kevin HayesFWPG	WPG	36	71	0.51	19	55	18:17	0.0%
86	Auston MatthewsFTOR	TOR	36	68	0.53	37	73	18:33	99%
87	Alex DeBrincatFCHI	CHI	35	82	0.43	41	76	17:42	100%▲2.5
88	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	35	82	0.43	9	44	21:09	100%▲1
89	Jonathan DrouinFMTL	MTL	35	81	0.43	18	53	16:56	0.5%
90	Vladimir TarasenkoFSTL	STL	35	76	0.46	33	68	18:24	10%▲1
91	Joe ThorntonFSJS	SJS	35	73	0.48	16	51	15:33	—
92	John KlingbergDDAL	DAL	35	64	0.55	10	45	24:32	0.2%
93	Duncan KeithDCHI	CHI	34	82	0.41	6	40	23:01	—
94	Mike HoffmanFFLA	FLA	34	82	0.41	36	70	17:50	—
95	Ryan EllisDNSH	NSH	34	82	0.41	7	41	24:01	—
96	Jonathan MarchessaultFVGK	VGK	34	82	0.41	25	59	18:09	24%▼21
97	Bo HorvatFVAN	VAN	34	82	0.41	27	61	20:50	90%▲1.2
98	Pierre-Luc DuboisFCBJ	CBJ	34	82	0.41	27	61	17:43	42%▲33
99	J.T. MillerFTBL	TBL	34	75	0.45	13	47	14:40	92%▲7.7
100	Reilly SmithFVGK	VGK	34	74	0.46	19	53	18:16	—

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