nhl player most playoff assists in first nine seasons

Wayne Gretzky had the most assists by a player in the playoffs in his first 9 playoffs, with 171 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	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	171	120	81	252	+89	56	23	51	10	14	16	2	462	17.5
2	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	111	102	45	156	+23	30	14	44	2	1	5	2	350	12.9	550	1,193	46.1	186	64	85	101	23:38
3	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	107	142	53	160	+38	112	19	49	0	0	8	2	433	12.2	0	2	0.0	171	37	76	131	19:17
4	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	98	138	50	148	+52	184	14	39	4	4	7	1	326	15.3
5	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	96	102	55	151	+12	59	23	35	1	0	8	4	290	19.0	970	1,910	50.8	123	56	80	142	22:13
6	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	96	107	76	172	+20	87	29	49	7	1	11	0	402	18.9	167	360	46.4	10	6	20	23	24:35
7	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	95	124	82	177	+86	83	16	31	7	7	10	2	358	22.9
8	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	94	137	49	143	+80	188	24	45	2	5	6	2	459	10.7
9	Mark Messier M. Messier	91	119	66	157	+55	131	14	31	10	1	6	0	348	19.0
10	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	90	122	53	143	+41	119	14	33	2	1	11	3	305	17.4	133	277	48.0	115	9	78	58	20:00
11	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	89	117	40	129	+57	204	13	35	3	1	7	0	373	10.7
12	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	88	124	49	137	+11	61	14	44	0	0	9	1	388	12.6	1,466	2,800	52.4	121	60	94	113	21:19
13	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	88	120	38	126	+33	89	10	37	4	5	9	1	409	9.3
14	Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	86	105	44	130	+9	50	14	37	0	0	7	2	307	14.3	150	291	51.5	149	72	73	75	21:09
15	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	85	155	22	107	+21	92	10	38	0	0	5	1	392	5.6	0	0		203	297	74	156	25:00
16	Adam Oates A. Oates	84	100	30	114	-14	46	13	37	0	0	5	1	237	12.7
17	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	83	135	65	148	+5	62	23	41	3	0	14	4	470	13.8	770	1,471	52.3	91	39	44	52	22:38
18	Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	83	124	65	148	+36	253	17	23	0	0	10	3	365	17.8
19	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	81	124	48	129	+8	147	22	36	1	0	10	1	463	10.4	518	1,139	45.5	126	61	93	117	20:17
20	Craig Janney C. Janney	80	107	24	104	-11	49	10	27	0	0	6	1	166	14.5
21	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	78	137	21	99	+35	50	10	42	1	2	1	0	319	6.6	0	0		27	32	42	117	28:47
22	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	76	105	42	118	+28	129	11	26	2	4	10	3	243	17.3
23	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	74	122	23	97	+29	269	12	33	1	1	3	0	313	7.3
24	Patrick Kane P. Kane	73	127	50	123	+4	62	8	31	1	0	11	5	394	12.7	16	62	25.8	46	29	74	69	20:22
25	Bobby Smith B. Smith	72	122	43	115	-13	134	16	33	0	0	7	1	325	13.2

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Team Leaders

4

Kapanen

7

Draisaitl

+/-

+7

Kapanen

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.44

6th

GA/GP

3.23

25th

PP%

30.6

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PK%

77.8

20th

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TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks	25	49	8	58	-100

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Ducks

4 - 2

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs Goals Leaders

10

Dorofeyev

10

Howden

7

Marner

Playoffs Assists Leaders

16

Eichel

14

Marner

12

Hutson

Playoffs Points Leaders

21

Marner

18

Eichel

16

Suzuki

Playoffs Hits Leaders

79

Barbashev

69

Kolesar

63

Smith

Playoffs Blocks Leaders

44

Theodore

43

Matheson

42

Carrier

Playoffs Wins Leaders

11

Hart

9

Dobes

9

Andersen

Playoffs Goals Against Leaders

1.52

Silovs

1.55

Andersen

2.03

Ullmark

Playoffs Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Korpisalo

.939

Silovs

.932

Ullmark

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Playoffs Goals Rankings

3.73

3.58

Playoffs Goals Against Rankings

1.80

2.29

2.40

Playoffs Power Play Rankings

40.0

31.6

28.6

Playoffs Penalty Kill Rankings

95.8

95.5

90.9

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Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

58-40

48-34

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

38-54

34-48

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