nhl assists leaders for 1997 including playoffs

Wayne Gretzky made the most assists in the 1997 regular-season and playoffs, with 82 assists in 1996-97.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	82	1996-97	NYR	97	35	117	+17	30	9	30	0	1	4	0	330	10.6
2	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	75	1996-97	PIT	81	53	128	+23	69	15	24	3	3	7	0	346	15.3
3	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	70	1996-97	COL	79	33	103	+25	83	8	26	4	3	4	0	223	14.8
4	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	69	1996-97	COL	82	30	99	-5	48	13	35	2	1	5	0	311	9.6
5	Doug Weight D. Weight	69	1996-97	EDM	92	24	93	+1	88	4	39	0	0	2	0	289	8.3
6	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	69	1996-97	DET	101	29	98	+25	82	11	20	0	2	5	0	297	9.8
7	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	66	1996-97	NYR	97	22	88	+36	46	10	24	0	2	3	0	312	7.1
8	Ron Francis R. Francis	65	1996-97	PIT	86	28	93	0	22	11	25	1	1	2	0	189	14.8
9	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	64	1996-97	TOT	91	22	86	0	82	4	20	1	1	1	0	164	13.4
10	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	61	1996-97	ANA	80	51	112	+34	10	19	22	3	1	11	1	401	12.7
11	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	61	1996-97	PHI	71	44	105	+38	176	13	17	0	0	8	2	269	16.4
12	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	61	1996-97	ANA	89	58	119	+25	38	14	22	1	0	9	1	311	18.6
13	Adam Oates A. Oates	60	1996-97	TOT	80	22	82	-5	14	3	16	2	4	5	1	160	13.8
14	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	60	1996-97	TOT	83	27	87	+8	16	6	22	0	0	7	0	224	12.1
15	John LeClair J. LeClair	59	1996-97	PHI	101	59	118	+49	68	14	10	0	0	8	0	403	14.6
16	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	58	1996-97	COL	97	27	85	+3	112	15	39	0	1	5	0	271	10.0
17	Mark Messier M. Messier	57	1996-97	NYR	86	39	96	+14	94	7	14	5	6	10	0	270	14.4
18	Jozef Stumpel J. Stumpel	55	1996-97	BOS	78	21	76	-22	14	6	18	0	0	1	0	168	12.5
19	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	54	1996-97	MTL	87	27	81	-11	84	7	14	2	3	3	0	251	10.8
20	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	53	1996-97	TOR	82	41	94	+6	59	7	13	4	3	8	0	281	14.6
21	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	52	1996-97	PIT	68	51	103	+18	44	13	16	2	1	6	0	252	20.2
22	Valeri Kamensky V. Kamensky	52	1996-97	COL	85	36	88	+4	54	13	23	0	0	6	1	214	16.8
23	Janne Niinimaa J. Niinimaa	52	1996-97	PHI	96	5	57	+15	74	2	30	0	0	3	0	197	2.5
24	Igor Larionov I. Larionov	50	1996-97	DET	84	16	66	+39	34	5	19	1	1	5	1	124	12.9
25	Steve Rucchin S. Rucchin	50	1996-97	ANA	87	20	70	+24	34	6	10	1	2	2	2	161	12.4

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Wed 3/18	NJD	@	NYR	7:00 PM
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