nhl most playoff assists by a defenseman active players

Victor Hedman has the most career assists by an active defenseman in the playoffs, with 97 assists.

NAMEAGPGP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Victor Hedman
V. Hedman
97
170
23
120
+18
94
10
43
0
1
5
1
425
5.4
0
0
228
323
79
176
24:58
2Shea Theodore
S. Theodore
68
147
23
91
+26
56
7
20
0
0
4
2
332
6.9
0
0
46
241
82
171
21:53
3Evan Bouchard
E. Bouchard
67
81
21
88
+5
38
9
33
0
0
6
1
220
9.5
0
0
84
116
60
98
23:40
4Kris Letang
K. Letang
67
155
25
92
-2
162
9
26
0
2
7
1
378
6.6
0
0
301
247
65
182
24:23
5Cale Makar
C. Makar
64
90
26
90
+28
24
9
25
1
1
6
1
255
10.2
0
0
100
147
81
83
24:48
6John Carlson
J. Carlson
63
149
21
84
-9
60
13
33
0
0
2
0
399
5.3
0
0
227
296
90
177
24:31
7Brent Burns
B. Burns
59
141
22
81
+30
100
7
24
0
0
0
0
396
5.6
2
7
28.6
268
216
75
146
24:00
8Ryan McDonagh
R. McDonagh
57
203
12
69
+20
107
5
8
0
3
3
1
301
4.0
0
0
442
464
120
187
24:06
9Devon Toews
D. Toews
52
97
14
66
+33
22
1
12
1
1
1
0
153
9.2
0
0
109
135
58
76
23:42
10Miro Heiskanen
M. Heiskanen
52
99
19
71
-11
26
9
24
0
0
1
0
224
8.5
0
0
124
165
56
135
26:36
11Mattias Ekholm
M. Ekholm
47
125
13
60
+20
102
2
8
0
0
1
0
214
6.1
0
0
147
188
57
138
23:23
12Erik Karlsson
E. Karlsson
47
73
9
56
0
44
4
18
0
0
3
1
205
4.4
0
0
84
111
56
84
26:43
13Charlie McAvoy
C. McAvoy
44
97
6
50
-11
103
2
22
0
2
2
0
159
3.8
0
0
269
189
43
109
25:11
14Drew Doughty
D. Doughty
42
105
19
61
-22
90
7
21
0
1
1
0
199
9.5
0
1
0.0
208
199
22
137
27:43
15Dmitry Orlov
D. Orlov
37
107
4
41
-5
50
0
7
0
2
0
0
164
2.4
0
0
220
150
53
90
21:45
16Jaccob Slavin
J. Slavin
36
105
9
45
+48
10
0
3
0
1
1
1
183
4.9
0
0
99
204
103
94
23:58
17Quinn Hughes
Q. Hughes
35
41
6
41
+9
12
2
14
0
0
2
0
71
8.5
0
0
7
45
21
46
25:30
18Cam Fowler
C. Fowler
35
69
8
43
+5
14
2
20
0
0
1
0
118
6.8
0
0
50
92
31
67
24:02
19Adam Fox
A. Fox
34
46
5
39
+7
28
2
17
0
0
1
0
83
6.0
0
0
48
102
43
42
24:49
20Roman Josi
R. Josi
33
91
12
45
-27
48
4
9
0
0
1
0
292
4.1
0
0
113
209
18
88
25:48
21Morgan Rielly
M. Rielly
32
70
15
47
+12
35
2
8
0
0
2
1
161
9.3
0
1
0.0
111
139
30
84
24:04
22Nate Schmidt
N. Schmidt
31
105
10
41
+16
22
1
8
0
1
2
0
185
5.4
0
0
112
134
69
93
19:44
23Mikhail Sergachev
M. Sergachev
30
106
9
39
+1
94
2
8
0
0
0
0
161
5.6
0
0
221
181
34
99
21:00
24Brayden McNabb
B. McNabb
30
125
6
36
+24
83
0
0
1
1
2
0
121
5.0
0
0
354
278
48
121
20:09
25Ian Cole
I. Cole
29
135
4
33
+8
102
0
0
0
1
1
1
117
3.4
0
0
233
287
41
112
17:33
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16
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121
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Stars Stars - x
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Wild Wild - x
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24
12
104
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39
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30
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33
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37
11
79
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39
9
77
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49
8
58
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23
9
109
47
Lightning Lightning - x
50
26
6
106
59
Canadiens Canadiens - x
48
24
10
106
27
Bruins Bruins - x
45
27
10
100
22
Senators Senators - x
44
27
11
99
32
Red Wings Red Wings - e
41
31
10
92
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Panthers Panthers - e
40
38
4
84
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32
36
14
78
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53
22
7
113
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Penguins Penguins - x
41
25
16
98
25
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27
12
98
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30
9
95
19
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30
12
92
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43
34
5
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42
37
3
87
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Rangers Rangers - e
34
39
9
77
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