nhl player most assists all-time playoffs for active defensemen

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

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Victor 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
2	Evan 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
3	Kris 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
4	Cale 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
5	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	63	141	21	84	+24	52	7	20	0	0	3	1	321	6.5	0	0		44	229	79	156	21:39
6	John 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
7	Brent 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
8	Ryan 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
9	Devon 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
10	Miro 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
11	Mattias 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
12	Erik 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
13	Charlie 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
14	Drew 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
15	Dmitry 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
16	Quinn 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
17	Cam 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
18	Adam 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
19	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	34	82	9	43	+1	50	2	11	0	0	4	1	131	6.9	0	0		114	105	38	91	22:07
20	Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	33	99	9	42	+44	10	0	3	0	1	1	1	178	5.1	0	0		97	198	101	86	23:57
21	Roman 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
22	Morgan 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
23	Nate 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
24	Nick Leddy N. Leddy	31	137	8	39	-2	16	2	7	0	0	0	0	150	5.3	0	0		154	162	31	89	19:32
25	Mikhail 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

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Team Leaders

6

Hagel

6

Guentzel

+/-

+6

Hagel

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.49

4th

GA/GP

2.79

3rd

PP%

20.7

17th

PK%

82.6

3rd

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	50	23	9	109	47
Canadiens	48	24	10	106	27
Lightning	50	26	6	106	59
Bruins	45	27	10	100	22
Senators	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs	32	36	14	78	-46

Last Game

Canadiens

4 - 3

Final

Lightning

3 - 4

Sun 3 May 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs Goals Leaders

10

Dorofeyev

10

Howden

9

Stankoven

Playoffs Assists Leaders

16

Eichel

14

Marner

13

Hutson

Playoffs Points Leaders

21

Marner

18

Eichel

16

Hutson

Playoffs Hits Leaders

83

Barbashev

70

Kolesar

66

Smith

Playoffs Blocks Leaders

52

Carrier

46

Theodore

45

Matheson

Playoffs Wins Leaders

12

Andersen

12

Hart

9

Dobes

Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

1.41

Andersen

1.52

Silovs

2.03

Ullmark

Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Korpisalo

.939

Silovs

.932

Ullmark

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs Goals Rankings

3.73

3.63

3.50

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

1.62

2.29

2.38

Playoffs Power Play Rankings

40.0

31.6

28.6

Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

95.8

92.5

90.9

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

40-55

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12