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NHL Assists Leaders: Washington Capitals
2020-21All situationsThrough 57 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 Washington Capitals in 2020-21: Nicklas Backstrom (WSH), 38 A.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | 38 | 55 | 0.69 | 15 | 53 | — |
| 2 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 34 | 52 | 0.65 | 10 | 44 | 99%▲2.4 |
| 3 | Justin SchultzDWSH | WSH | 24 | 46 | 0.52 | 3 | 27 | — |
| 4 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 21 | 53 | 0.40 | 22 | 43 | — |
| 5 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 20 | 47 | 0.43 | 13 | 33 | 94%▲6.3 |
| 6 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 20 | 41 | 0.49 | 9 | 29 | — |
| 7 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 18 | 45 | 0.40 | 24 | 42 | 96%▲1.2 |
| 8 | Brenden DillonDWSH | WSH | 17 | 56 | 0.30 | 2 | 19 | 9.7%▲9.1 |
| 9 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | 15 | 44 | 0.34 | 8 | 23 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Anthony ManthaFWSH | WSH | 14 | 56 | 0.25 | 15 | 29 | 52%▲15 |
| 11 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 14 | 51 | 0.27 | 8 | 22 | 35%▲21 |
| 12 | Garnet HathawayFWSH | WSH | 12 | 56 | 0.21 | 6 | 18 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 13 | Nick JensenDWSH | WSH | 12 | 53 | 0.23 | 2 | 14 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Carl HagelinFWSH | WSH | 10 | 56 | 0.18 | 6 | 16 | — |
| 15 | Zdeno CharaDWSH | WSH | 8 | 55 | 0.15 | 2 | 10 | — |
| 16 | Conor ShearyFWSH | WSH | 8 | 53 | 0.15 | 14 | 22 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Michael RafflFWSH | WSH | 7 | 44 | 0.16 | 4 | 11 | — |
| 18 | Daniel SprongFWSH | WSH | 7 | 42 | 0.17 | 13 | 20 | — |
| 19 | Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 4 | 56 | 0.07 | 11 | 15 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 20 | Trevor van RiemsdykDWSH | WSH | 2 | 20 | 0.10 | 1 | 3 | 0.8% |
| 21 | Michael SgarbossaFWSH | WSH | 2 | 5 | 0.40 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 22 | Daniel CarrFWSH | WSH | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 23 | Brian PinhoFWSH | WSH | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Philippe MailletFWSH | WSH | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Garrett PilonFWSH | WSH | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Connor McMichaelFWSH | WSH | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 34%▲27 |
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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