most assists in an nhl season without scoring a goal

Jimmy Thomson has the most assists with exactly 0 goals in a season, with 29 assists in 1947-48.

Interpreted as:

most assists in an NHL season without scoring a goal by a player

	NAME	A	G	SEASON	TM	GP	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Jimmy Thomson J. Thomson	29	0	1947-48	TOR	59	29		82	0	8	0	0	0
2	Mike Reilly M. Reilly	27	0	2020-21	TOT	55	27	+5	22	0	4	0	0	0	0	98	0.0	0	0		70	43	16	43	19:17
3	Barry Wilkins B. Wilkins	27	0	1975-76	PIT	75	27	0	106	0	2	0	3	0		68	0.0
4	Craig Ludwig C. Ludwig	25	0	1982-83	MTL	80	25	+7	59	0	5	0	0	0		81	0.0
5	Jimmy Thomson J. Thomson	25	0	1951-52	TOR	70	25		86	0	8	0	1	0
6	Brad McCrimmon B. McCrimmon	24	0	1983-84	PHI	71	24	+19	76	0	4	0	2	0	0	107	0.0
7	Keith Magnuson K. Magnuson	24	0	1969-70	CHI	76	24	+38	213	0	1	0	1	0		77	0.0
8	Anders Eriksson A. Eriksson	23	0	2006-07	CBJ	79	23	+12	46	0	8	0	1	0	0	78	0.0	1	1	100.0	42	114	32	32	20:12
9	Lee Fogolin Jr. L. Fogolin Jr.	23	0	1977-78	BUF	76	23	+8	98	0	0	0	1	0		77	0.0
10	Ott Heller O. Heller	23	0	1938-39	NYR	48	23		42	0	4	0	0	0	0
11	Frantisek Kaberle F. Kaberle	22	0	2007-08	CAR	80	22	-4	30	0	10	0	0	0	0	89	0.0	0	0		28	82	26	17	17:09
12	Jimmy Thomson J. Thomson	22	0	1952-53	TOR	69	22		73	0	10	0	0	0
13	Adam Pelech A. Pelech	21	0	2024-25	NYI	60	21	+4	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	109	0.0	0	0		73	87	36	58	21:07
14	Todd Gill T. Gill	21	0	1996-97	SJS	79	21	-20	101	0	5	0	0	0	0	101	0.0
15	Gord Dineen G. Dineen	21	0	1993-94	OTT	77	21	-52	89	0	6	0	2	0	0	62	0.0
16	Gilles Marotte G. Marotte	21	0	1967-68	CHI	73	21	+4	122	0	0	0	1	0		154	0.0
17	Fern Flaman F. Flaman	21	0	1958-59	BOS	70	21		101	0	1	0	0	0
18	Dylan DeMelo D. DeMelo	20	0	2017-18	SJS	63	20	-1	34	0	3	0	0	0	0	67	0.0	0	0		75	70	13	16	14:12
19	Jeff Norton J. Norton	20	0	1999-00	SJS	62	20	-2	49	0	2	0	1	0	0	45	0.0	0	0		29	74	41	69	19:32
20	Garth Butcher G. Butcher	20	0	1988-89	VAN	78	20	+4	227	0	0	0	0	0	0	101	0.0
21	Terry Murray T. Murray	20	0	1976-77	TOT	59	20	+3	24	0	6	0	0	0		56	0.0
22	Jacques Laperriere J. Laperriere	20	0	1966-67	MTL	61	20	-17	48	0	8	0	0	0		109	0.0
23	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	19	0	2014-15	WSH	78	19	+5	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	0.0	0	0		306	192	11	37	21:48
24	David Shaw D. Shaw	19	0	1986-87	QUE	75	19	-36	69	0	9	0	0	0	0	136	0.0
25	Brad Marsh B. Marsh	19	0	1978-79	AFM	80	19	+23	101	0	0	0	0	0		80	0.0