what is the most assists in an nhl season by a forward who scored 0 goals

Dan Bourbonnais has the most assists by a forward with exactly 0 goals in a season, with 16 assists in his rookie season in 1983-84.

	NAME	A	G	SEASON	TM	GP	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Dan Bourbonnais D. Bourbonnais	16	0	1983-84	HFD	35	16	+3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	42	0.0
2	Ville Leino V. Leino	15	0	2013-14	BUF	58	15	-16	10	0	6	0	0	0	0	38	0.0	125	287	43.6	26	25	23	17	14:26
3	Murray Murdoch M. Murdoch	14	0	1936-37	NYR	48	14		16	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tobias Rieder T. Rieder	11	0	2018-19	EDM	67	11	-8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	92	0.0	5	25	20.0	69	44	35	12	12:39
5	Ryan Spooner R. Spooner	11	0	2013-14	BOS	23	11	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	42	0.0	59	145	40.7	10	6	8	3	12:49
6	Paul Laus P. Laus	11	0	1997-98	FLA	77	11	-5	293	0	2	0	1	0	0	64	0.0
7	Ken Baumgartner K. Baumgartner	11	0	1996-97	ANA	67	11	0	182	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0.0
8	Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	10	0	2018-19	DAL	57	10	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	0.0	3	6	50.0	71	32	24	30	11:55
9	Craig Adams C. Adams	10	0	2009-10	PIT	82	10	-5	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	84	0.0	246	562	43.8	197	59	22	12	11:06
10	Vladimir Zharkov V. Zharkov	10	0	2009-10	NJD	40	10	+2	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	54	0.0	1	4	25.0	22	6	9	14	11:26
11	Nikolai Borschevsky N. Borschevsky	10	0	1994-95	TOT	27	10	+10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	40	0.0
12	Vic Lynn V. Lynn	10	0	1952-53	CHI	29	10		23	0	0	0	0	0
13	Gilbert Dionne G. Dionne	9	0	1994-95	TOT	26	9	-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	33	0.0
14	Mike Eagles M. Eagles	9	0	1990-91	WIN	44	9	-10	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	0.0
15	Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	8	0	2025-26	BUF	31	8	-6	40	0	1	0	0	0	0	36	0.0	117	252	46.4	76	19	10	20	13:41
16	Hendrix Lapierre H. Lapierre	8	0	2024-25	WSH	27	8	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	40	101	39.6	12	14	5	17	9:48
17	Alexander Chmelevski A. Chmelevski	8	0	2021-22	SJS	19	8	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0.0	31	79	39.2	20	4	8	3	13:11
18	Dylan Sikura D. Sikura	8	0	2018-19	CHI	33	8	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	0.0	0	5	0.0	3	10	23	7	11:17
19	Wyatt Smith W. Smith	8	0	2005-06	NYI	42	8	-7	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	37	0.0	186	384	48.4	25	17	18	7	11:14
20	Bill Muckalt B. Muckalt	8	0	2001-02	OTT	70	8	-3	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	73	0.0	9	13	69.2	92	25	21	17	9:46
21	Denny Lambert D. Lambert	8	0	1995-96	ANA	33	8	-2	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0.0
22	Ron Zanussi R. Zanussi	8	0	1981-82	TOR	43	8	-4	14	0	1	0	0	0		25	0.0
23	Jim Wiste J. Wiste	8	0	1969-70	CHI	26	8	+1	8	0	1	0	0	0		11	0.0
24	Howie Young H. Young	8	0	1960-61	DET	29	8	-8	108	0	1	0	0	0		30	0.0
25	Ville Koivunen V. Koivunen	7	0	2024-25	PIT	8	7	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	1	1	100.0	1	8	3	6	18:07