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NHL Assists Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
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 for the Buffalo Sabres in 2018-19: Jack Eichel (BUF), 54 A.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack EichelFBUF | BUF | 54 | 77 | 0.70 | 28 | 82 | 99%▲1.4 |
| 2 | Sam ReinhartFBUF | BUF | 43 | 82 | 0.52 | 22 | 65 | 99% |
| 3 | Rasmus RistolainenDBUF | BUF | 38 | 78 | 0.49 | 5 | 43 | 8.3%▲7.7 |
| 4 | Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 35 | 82 | 0.43 | 9 | 44 | 100%▲1 |
| 5 | Brandon MontourDBUF | BUF | 27 | 82 | 0.33 | 8 | 35 | 83%▲10 |
| 6 | Jeff SkinnerFBUF | BUF | 23 | 82 | 0.28 | 40 | 63 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Conor ShearyFBUF | BUF | 20 | 78 | 0.26 | 14 | 34 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Evan RodriguesFBUF | BUF | 20 | 74 | 0.27 | 9 | 29 | 8.3%▲6.5 |
| 9 | Zach BogosianDBUF | BUF | 16 | 65 | 0.25 | 3 | 19 | 0.4% |
| 10 | Kyle OkposoFBUF | BUF | 15 | 78 | 0.19 | 14 | 29 | — |
| 11 | Jason PominvilleFBUF | BUF | 15 | 73 | 0.21 | 16 | 31 | — |
| 12 | Casey MittelstadtFBUF | BUF | 13 | 77 | 0.17 | 12 | 25 | 14%▲12 |
| 13 | Zemgus GirgensonsFBUF | BUF | 13 | 72 | 0.18 | 5 | 18 | 3.2%▲3 |
| 14 | Jake McCabeDBUF | BUF | 10 | 59 | 0.17 | 4 | 14 | 34%▼15 |
| 15 | Johan LarssonFBUF | BUF | 8 | 73 | 0.11 | 6 | 14 | — |
| 16 | Vladimir SobotkaFBUF | BUF | 8 | 69 | 0.12 | 5 | 13 | — |
| 17 | Marco ScandellaDBUF | BUF | 7 | 63 | 0.11 | 6 | 13 | — |
| 18 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | 5 | 65 | 0.08 | 7 | 12 | 100%▲1.3 |
| 19 | Casey NelsonDBUF | BUF | 5 | 38 | 0.13 | 1 | 6 | — |
| 20 | Lawrence PilutDBUF | BUF | 5 | 33 | 0.15 | 1 | 6 | — |
| 21 | Scott WilsonFBUF | BUF | 3 | 15 | 0.20 | 0 | 3 | — |
| 22 | Patrik BerglundFBUF | BUF | 2 | 23 | 0.09 | 2 | 4 | — |
| 23 | Matt HunwickDBUF | BUF | 2 | 14 | 0.14 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 24 | Alex NylanderFBUF | BUF | 2 | 12 | 0.17 | 2 | 4 | — |
| 25 | Victor OlofssonFBUF | BUF | 2 | 6 | 0.33 | 2 | 4 | 14%▲14 |
| 26 | Remi ElieFBUF | BUF | 1 | 16 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 27 | C.J. SmithFBUF | BUF | 0 | 11 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 28 | Matt TennysonDBUF | BUF | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Will BorgenDBUF | BUF | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 4.1%▲3.8 |
| 30 | Danny O'ReganFBUF | BUF | 0 | 1 | 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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