nhl most power play assists 2023 defensemen

Miro Heiskanen and Quinn Hughes were tied for the most power-play assists by a defenseman in 2022-23, with 32 assists.

	NAME	PPA	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	32	2022-23	DAL	79	11	62	73	+12	32	2	0	1	2	1	206	5.3	0	0		49	96	53	65	25:29
2	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	32	2022-23	VAN	78	7	69	76	+15	34	2	0	1	0	0	154	4.5	0	0		29	71	56	45	25:40
3	Brandon Montour B. Montour	30	2022-23	FLA	80	16	57	73	+9	107	3	0	0	5	2	242	6.6	0	0		92	93	33	52	24:08
4	Adam Fox A. Fox	28	2022-23	NYR	82	12	60	72	+28	34	1	0	3	5	1	159	7.5	0	0		25	125	88	74	24:23
5	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	27	2022-23	TOT	85	13	42	55	-7	36	4	0	1	1	0	163	8.0	0	0		55	90	32	48	19:47
6	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	26	2022-23	WPG	78	16	60	76	+2	41	2	0	0	6	2	172	9.3	0	0		89	119	36	59	24:14
7	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	26	2022-23	BUF	78	15	58	73	+12	92	6	0	0	2	0	204	7.4	0	0		105	132	45	61	25:48
8	Cale Makar C. Makar	25	2022-23	COL	60	17	49	66	+16	30	5	0	0	6	2	176	9.7	0	0		65	78	50	48	26:23
9	Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	24	2022-23	TBL	79	10	54	64	+13	53	3	0	1	2	0	156	6.4	0	0		128	149	55	45	23:49
10	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	23	2022-23	LAK	81	9	43	52	+12	34	4	0	0	2	0	145	6.2	0	0		115	104	22	59	26:14
11	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	22	2022-23	SJS	82	25	76	101	-26	36	5	0	0	4	2	209	12.0	0	1	0.0	33	90	81	101	25:37
12	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	20	2022-23	NJD	82	22	52	74	+23	50	8	0	0	7	2	275	8.0	0	0		64	86	21	74	21:46
13	Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	20	2022-23	CGY	79	11	38	49	+5	26	1	1	1	4	1	159	6.9	0	0		50	136	29	51	24:05
14	Brent Burns B. Burns	19	2022-23	CAR	82	18	43	61	+19	44	4	0	0	2	1	255	7.1	1	1	100.0	40	86	55	52	23:13
15	Calen Addison C. Addison	18	2022-23	MIN	62	3	26	29	-17	22	0	0	0	1	0	77	3.9	0	0		19	38	11	21	16:07
16	Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	17	2022-23	BOS	67	7	45	52	+29	54	2	0	0	2	1	105	6.7	0	0		84	131	26	45	22:18
17	Roman Josi R. Josi	16	2022-23	NSH	67	18	41	59	+5	36	8	0	0	5	1	269	6.7	0	0		51	146	24	29	25:10
18	Hampus Lindholm H. Lindholm	16	2022-23	BOS	80	10	43	53	+49	56	1	0	0	2	1	158	6.3	0	0		78	100	31	65	23:11
19	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	16	2022-23	TOR	65	4	37	41	-9	21	1	0	0	1	0	126	3.2	0	0		70	85	20	65	21:42
20	Thomas Chabot T. Chabot	15	2022-23	OTT	68	11	30	41	-11	52	5	0	0	0	0	165	6.7	0	0		79	123	19	65	24:58
21	Tony DeAngelo T. DeAngelo	15	2022-23	PHI	70	11	31	42	-27	73	4	0	0	1	1	174	6.3	0	0		52	79	25	57	22:04
22	Kris Letang K. Letang	15	2022-23	PIT	64	12	29	41	-13	30	6	1	0	3	3	161	7.5	0	0		162	108	47	84	24:51
23	Vince Dunn V. Dunn	15	2022-23	SEA	81	14	50	64	+28	55	0	0	0	2	1	149	9.4	0	0		115	80	50	54	23:40
24	Sean Durzi S. Durzi	15	2022-23	LAK	72	9	29	38	-12	50	1	0	0	1	0	110	8.2	0	0		68	142	21	61	19:47
25	Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	15	2022-23	OTT	77	4	28	32	-6	12	2	0	0	0	0	132	3.0	0	0		43	147	33	52	21:55

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23

Robertson

39

Rantanen

+/-

+18

Lindell

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.49

2nd

GA/GP

2.62

5th

PP%

30.6

2nd

PK%

82.9

7th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	28	2	7	63	63
Stars	25	7	7	57	34
Wild	23	10	6	52	19
Mammoth	18	18	3	39	4
Blues	15	16	8	38	-35
Predators	16	17	4	36	-19
Blackhawks	14	17	6	34	-14
Jets	15	17	4	34	-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 12/31	BUF	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Thu 1/1	DAL	@	CHI	8:30 PM
Sun 1/4	MTL	@	DAL	2:00 PM
Tue 1/6	DAL	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Wed 1/7	DAL	@	WSH	7:00 PM

Last Game

Blackhawks

14 - 17 - 6

Final

Stars

25 - 7 - 7

Sat 27 Dec 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

31

MacKinnon

25

Geekie

24

McDavid

Assists Leaders

44

McDavid

39

Rantanen

37

Celebrini

Points Leaders

68

McDavid

64

MacKinnon

57

Celebrini

Hits Leaders

189

Trenin

169

Sherwood

136

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

94

McCabe

92

McNabb

91

Parayko

Wins Leaders

17

Wedgewood

16

Shesterkin

16

Bobrovsky

Goals Against Leaders

2.10

Bussi

2.13

Wedgewood

2.16

Blackwood

Save Percentage Leaders

.931

Wallstedt

.924

Blackwood

.919

Rittich

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.97

3.49

3.38

Goals Against Rankings

2.19

2.49

2.59

Power Play Rankings

34.3

30.6

29.3

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.8

84.8

84.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

25-11

25-12

25-13

23-12

25-14

24-14

Worst Record ATS

11-25

12-25

14-24

14-23

15-22

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	28	2	7	63	63
Stars	25	7	7	57	34
Wild	23	10	6	52	19
Mammoth	18	18	3	39	4
Blues	15	16	8	38	-35
Predators	16	17	4	36	-19
Jets	15	17	4	34	-5
Blackhawks	14	17	6	34	-14
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	17	8	11	45	5
Ducks	21	15	2	44	-2
Oilers	19	14	6	44	1
Kings	16	12	9	41	0
Sharks	18	17	3	39	-17
Kraken	15	14	6	36	-18
Flames	16	18	4	36	-14
Canucks	15	19	3	33	-22

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	22	14	3	47	-5
Lightning	21	13	3	45	24
Canadiens	20	12	5	45	-1
Panthers	20	15	2	42	1
Sabres	19	14	4	42	-2
Senators	18	14	5	41	4
Bruins	20	18	1	41	-7
Maple Leafs	17	15	5	39	-4
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	23	11	3	49	18
Islanders	21	13	4	46	5
Flyers	19	10	7	45	9
Capitals	20	13	5	45	15
Devils	20	16	2	42	-8
Rangers	19	17	4	42	-3
Penguins	15	12	9	39	-9
Blue Jackets	15	15	6	36	-17

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/28	UTA	@	STL	0-1
Sat 11/29	WSH	@	NYI	4-1
Sat 11/29	ANA	@	CHI	3-5
Sat 11/29	CGY	@	CAR	0-1
Sat 11/29	OTT	@	DAL	1-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 12/28	MTL	@	TBL	5:00 PM
Sun 12/28	NYI	@	CBJ	5:00 PM
Sun 12/28	TOR	@	DET	7:00 PM
Sun 12/28	PIT	@	CHI	7:00 PM
Sun 12/28	PHI	@	SEA	8:00 PM

Miro Heiskanen and Quinn Hughes were tied for the most power-play assists by a defenseman in 2022-23, with 32 assists.

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