highest nhl playoff assists per game in history minimum 50 games played

Wayne Gretzky had the most assists per game in the playoffs when playing 50+ games, with 1.25 per game.

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highest NHL playoff assists per game by a player in history minimum 50 games played

	NAME	A/GP	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1.25	208	122	260	382	+91	66	35	90	12	17	24	4	699	17.5
2	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	1.09	102	45	111	156	+23	30	14	44	2	1	5	2	350	12.9	550	1,193	46.1	186	64	85	101	23:38
3	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	0.94	102	55	96	151	+12	59	23	35	1	0	8	4	290	19.0	970	1,910	50.8	123	56	80	142	22:13
4	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	0.90	107	76	96	172	+20	87	29	49	7	1	11	0	402	18.9	167	360	46.4	10	6	20	23	24:35
5	Bobby Orr B. Orr	0.89	74	26	66	92	+60	107	8	24	3	7	7	1	358	7.3
6	Jack Eichel J. Eichel	0.85	62	12	53	65	+10	30	3	19	1	1	0	0	176	6.8	461	985	46.8	74	76	29	61	21:13
7	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	0.83	81	21	67	88	+5	38	9	33	0	0	6	1	220	9.5	0	0		84	116	60	98	23:40
8	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	0.82	105	44	86	130	+9	50	14	37	0	0	7	2	307	14.3	150	291	51.5	149	72	73	75	21:09
9	Mark Messier M. Messier	0.79	236	109	186	295	+52	244	24	68	14	5	14	0	671	16.2
10	Gilbert Perreault G. Perreault	0.78	90	33	70	103	-21	44	10	35	0	0	5	0	272	12.1
11	Peter Stastny P. Stastny	0.77	93	33	72	105	-3	125	13	26	1	0	8	3	152	21.7
12	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	0.77	159	54	123	177	+39	126	19	57	0	0	8	2	480	11.3	0	2	0.0	194	43	82	163	19:34
13	Mitch Marner M. Marner	0.75	92	23	69	92	+20	26	3	28	1	5	6	0	218	10.6	33	82	40.2	123	63	81	90	21:50
14	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0.73	95	28	69	97	+2	36	12	38	1	1	6	0	352	8.0	0	0		16	30	10	25	28:29
15	Bernie Federko B. Federko	0.73	91	35	66	101	-21	83	13	26	0	0	4	1	183	19.1
16	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	0.72	108	62	78	140	+43	48	20	29	0	0	10	2	495	12.5	738	1,540	47.9	123	63	56	101	22:10
17	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	0.72	186	72	134	206	+17	89	21	56	0	0	9	1	561	12.8	2,189	4,248	51.5	194	92	136	163	20:56
18	Craig Janney C. Janney	0.72	120	24	86	110	-12	53	10	29	0	0	6	1	178	13.5
19	Dale Hawerchuk D. Hawerchuk	0.71	97	30	69	99	-21	65	14	37	0	0	2	0	298	10.1
20	Cale Makar C. Makar	0.71	90	26	64	90	+28	24	9	25	1	1	6	1	255	10.2	0	0		100	147	81	83	24:48
21	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	0.71	151	64	107	171	+54	163	16	38	2	1	14	3	353	18.1	271	575	47.1	166	16	108	95	19:42
22	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	0.71	194	59	137	196	+53	264	21	66	6	2	8	0	616	9.6
23	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	0.70	182	60	128	188	+27	235	20	53	2	9	13	3	367	16.3	224	437	51.3	30	23	21	23	17:59
24	Adam Oates A. Oates	0.70	163	42	114	156	-12	66	17	45	2	2	7	1	312	13.5	484	765	63.3	7	15	31	38	19:56
25	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	0.69	59	11	41	52	+1	14	3	11	0	1	0	0	138	8.0

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McDavid

90

McDavid

+/-

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Ekholm

Team Rankings

G/GP

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GA/GP

3.23

25th

PP%

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PK%

77.8

20th

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TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks	25	49	8	58	-100

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	10:00 PM
Thu 10/1	EDM	@	VAN	10:00 PM
Sat 10/3	SEA	@	EDM	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	EDM	@	ANA	10:00 PM
Sat 10/10	EDM	@	SJS	4:00 PM

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Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

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Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

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MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

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Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

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Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

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Wedgewood

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Wallstedt

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Goals Against Rankings

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2.71

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57-31

58-34

49-33

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59-42

Worst Record ATS

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Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
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Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
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Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
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Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12