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NHL Assists Leaders: Washington Capitals
2021-22All 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 Washington Capitals in 2021-22: Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH), 54 A.
Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | A | GP | Per game | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 54 | 79 | 0.68 | 24 | 78 | — |
| 2 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 54 | 78 | 0.69 | 17 | 71 | 99%▲2.4 |
| 3 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 40 | 77 | 0.52 | 50 | 90 | 96%▲1.2 |
| 4 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 28 | 78 | 0.36 | 24 | 52 | 94%▲6.3 |
| 5 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | 25 | 47 | 0.53 | 6 | 31 | — |
| 6 | Conor ShearyFWSH | WSH | 24 | 71 | 0.34 | 19 | 43 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 23 | 76 | 0.30 | 12 | 35 | 35%▲21 |
| 8 | Marcus JohanssonFWSH | WSH | 20 | 69 | 0.29 | 9 | 29 | 0.7% |
| 9 | Justin SchultzDWSH | WSH | 19 | 74 | 0.26 | 4 | 23 | — |
| 10 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | 18 | 72 | 0.25 | 13 | 31 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Nick JensenDWSH | WSH | 16 | 76 | 0.21 | 5 | 21 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Trevor van RiemsdykDWSH | WSH | 16 | 72 | 0.22 | 1 | 17 | 0.8% |
| 13 | Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 14 | 64 | 0.22 | 10 | 24 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 14 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 14 | 44 | 0.32 | 11 | 25 | — |
| 15 | Johan LarssonFWSH | WSH | 14 | 43 | 0.33 | 7 | 21 | — |
| 16 | Anthony ManthaFWSH | WSH | 14 | 37 | 0.38 | 9 | 23 | 52%▲15 |
| 17 | Garnet HathawayFWSH | WSH | 12 | 76 | 0.16 | 14 | 26 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 18 | Carl HagelinFWSH | WSH | 11 | 53 | 0.21 | 3 | 14 | — |
| 19 | Martin FehérváryDWSH | WSH | 9 | 79 | 0.11 | 8 | 17 | 27%▼7.7 |
| 20 | Connor McMichaelFWSH | WSH | 9 | 68 | 0.13 | 9 | 18 | 34%▲27 |
| 21 | Daniel SprongFWSH | WSH | 6 | 63 | 0.10 | 14 | 20 | — |
| 22 | Aliaksei ProtasFWSH | WSH | 6 | 33 | 0.18 | 3 | 9 | 59%▲33 |
| 23 | Brett LeasonFWSH | WSH | 3 | 36 | 0.08 | 3 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Matt IrwinDWSH | WSH | 3 | 17 | 0.18 | 1 | 4 | — |
| 25 | Joe SnivelyFWSH | WSH | 3 | 12 | 0.25 | 4 | 7 | — |
| 26 | Axel Jonsson-FjallbyFWSH | WSH | 2 | 23 | 0.09 | 2 | 4 | — |
| 27 | Michael SgarbossaFWSH | WSH | 2 | 10 | 0.20 | 2 | 4 | — |
| 28 | Michal KempnyDWSH | WSH | 1 | 15 | 0.07 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 29 | Lucas JohansenDWSH | WSH | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 30 | Beck MalenstynFWSH | WSH | 0 | 12 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 4.1%▲3.7 |
| 31 | Hendrix LapierreFWSH | WSH | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 8.1%▲8 |
| 32 | Garrett PilonFWSH | WSH | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 33 | Mike VecchioneFWSH | WSH | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Alexander AlexeyevDWSH | WSH | 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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