most assists by defenceman in nhl history

Ray Bourque has the most career assists by a defenseman, with 1,169 assists.

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	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1,169	1,612	410	1,579	+527	1,141	173	588	16	28	60	5	6,209	6.6	0	1	0.0	277	203	143	135	26:38
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	1,135	1,409	396	1,531	+298	1,802	135	529	20	31	43	1	4,389	9.0	0	0		33	89	23	97	21:50
3	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	934	1,416	340	1,274	+371	1,511	166	556	10	23	44	3	5,157	6.6	2	2	100.0	152	266	129	247	26:38
4	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	929	1,615	288	1,217	+197	1,084	114	433	9	18	36	4	3,604	8.0	2	2	100.0	66	152	40	129	20:40
5	Phil Housley P. Housley	894	1,495	338	1,232	-53	822	129	483	7	3	49	5	3,808	8.9	1	2	50.0	93	147	85	196	20:52
6	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	878	1,564	264	1,142	+450	514	132	458	10	30	35	4	3,875	6.8	0	0		477	990	462	638	26:56
7	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	781	1,205	247	1,028	+25	571	111	431	8	14	38	7	3,640	6.8	0	1	0.0	410	653	306	420	26:28
8	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	763	1,651	185	948	+351	2,891	69	338	13	39	31	1	3,627	5.1	1	5	20.0	569	615	286	550	20:55
9	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	750	1,384	208	958	+722	793	66	243	3	7	29	0	2,332	8.9
10	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	742	1,060	310	1,052	+456	1,356	127	332	10	22	44	0	3,050	10.2
11	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	726	1,165	215	941	-113	508	48	285	2	5	38	12	3,160	6.8	0	4	0.0	801	1,494	888	1,397	25:07
12	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	712	1,635	196	908	+395	2,785	75	230	5	18	34	3	3,238	6.1	0	0		612	570	313	296	23:39
13	Brad Park B. Park	683	1,113	213	896	+363	1,429	92	285	5	8	28	0	2,827	7.5
14	Bobby Orr B. Orr	645	657	270	915	+582	953	76	248	16	31	26		3,058	8.8
15	Gary Suter G. Suter	641	1,145	203	844	+126	1,349	90	388	8	15	18	1	3,091	6.6	1	2	50.0	343	239	42	169	21:39
16	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	640	1,169	172	812	+194	782	35	256	1	13	29	8	2,476	6.9	1	3	33.3	1,192	1,799	563	968	23:16
17	Borje Salming B. Salming	637	1,148	150	787	+170	1,344	47	260	6	11	13	0	2,539	5.9
18	Brent Burns B. Burns	632	1,407	246	878	+32	811	85	221	3	13	43	16	3,879	6.3	12	29	41.4	1,354	1,857	849	1,494	23:04
19	Kris Letang K. Letang	631	1,241	178	809	+83	845	57	239	6	10	36	13	3,065	5.8	1	5	20.0	2,098	1,856	662	1,215	24:02
20	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	619	1,068	152	771	+148	337	81	327	5	13	22	3	2,266	6.7	1	1	100.0	298	467	344	835	26:30
21	John Carlson J. Carlson	617	1,164	172	789	+111	396	50	229	2	7	34	2	2,688	6.4	1	6	16.7	955	2,210	671	1,197	23:35
22	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	591	1,301	220	811	+33	981	102	325	2	9	35	4	2,866	7.7	3	3	100.0	821	1,159	332	788	23:39
23	Doug Wilson D. Wilson	590	1,024	237	827	+55	830	85	295	9	7	22	2	3,297	7.2
24	Ryan Suter R. Suter	589	1,526	107	696	+127	785	36	218	5	12	20	2	2,426	4.4	2	5	40.0	1,201	2,043	548	754	24:05
25	Roman Josi R. Josi	581	1,035	204	785	+44	431	69	220	1	9	38	10	3,029	6.7	0	2	0.0	707	1,926	383	741	24:52

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More Bruins Stats

Team Leaders

2

Pastrnak

5

Pastrnak

+/-

+6

Borgen

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.33

11th

GA/GP

2.17

4th

PP%

18.8

21st

PK%

81.0

17th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	4	2	0	8	7
Senators	4	1	0	8	4
Lightning	4	1	0	8	4
Maple Leafs	3	2	1	7	2
Panthers	2	1	2	6	-3
Canadiens	2	2	1	5	-4
Sabres	2	3	0	4	-8
Red Wings	1	3	1	3	-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/13	BOS	@	SJS	11:00 PM
Fri 10/16	BOS	@	ANA	10:00 PM
Sat 10/17	BOS	@	LAK	9:00 PM
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Thu 10/22	NSH	@	BOS	7:00 PM

Last Game

Flyers

0 - 4 - 2

Final

Bruins

4 - 2 - 0

Sat 10 Oct 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

6

Bouchard

6

Schmaltz

6

Kaprizov

Assists Leaders

10

McDavid

9

Eichel

7

Keller

Points Leaders

13

McDavid

12

Eichel

12

Bouchard

Hits Leaders

36

Sherwood

25

Lauzon

24

McBain

Blocks Leaders

20

Weegar

19

Hronek

17

Larsson

Wins Leaders

4

Swayman

4

Ullmark

3

Wallstedt

Goals Against Leaders

0.66

Tarasov

0.67

Garand

0.74

Oettinger

Save Percentage Leaders

.974

Tarasov

.971

Garand

.963

Oettinger

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

5.20

5.00

4.20

Goals Against Rankings

1.40

1.80

1.83

Power Play Rankings

40.0

37.5

Penalty Kill Rankings

95.0

94.1

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-1

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-5

1-4

1-3

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	4	2	0	8	7
Wild	3	1	1	7	6
Jets	3	1	1	7	-2
Avalanche	3	2	0	6	9
Predators	2	1	2	6	0
Stars	2	2	1	5	3
Blues	2	2	1	5	-2
Blackhawks	1	5	0	2	-14
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	5	1	0	10	9
Oilers	4	0	1	9	8
Ducks	4	1	0	8	5
Kraken	3	2	0	6	7
Sharks	3	2	0	6	-4
Canucks	2	4	0	4	-7
Kings	0	2	2	2	-7
Flames	0	5	0	0	-19

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	4	1	0	8	4
Senators	4	1	0	8	4
Bruins	4	2	0	8	7
Maple Leafs	3	2	1	7	2
Panthers	2	1	2	6	-3
Canadiens	2	2	1	5	-4
Sabres	2	3	0	4	-8
Red Wings	1	3	1	3	-5
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	4	1	1	9	7
Rangers	4	2	0	8	6
Penguins	3	2	1	7	5
Capitals	3	1	0	6	5
Devils	2	2	0	4	-4
Blue Jackets	2	2	0	4	-1
Islanders	2	3	0	4	3
Flyers	0	4	2	2	-17