which defenseman has the most assists in 2012

Erik Karlsson had the most assists by a defenseman in 2011-12, with 59 assists.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	59	2011-12	OTT	81	19	78	+16	42	3	25	0	0	5	0	261	7.3	0	1	0.0	60	65	67	84	25:19
2	Brian Campbell B. Campbell	49	2011-12	FLA	82	4	53	-9	6	1	30	0	0	0	0	131	3.1	0	0		46	118	29	46	26:54
3	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	41	2011-12	WPG	66	12	53	-8	72	4	15	0	1	3	0	223	5.4	0	0		112	57	49	55	24:07
4	Zdeno Chara Z. Chara	40	2011-12	BOS	79	12	52	+33	86	8	10	0	1	0	0	224	5.4	0	1	0.0	166	87	28	68	25:00
5	Mark Streit M. Streit	40	2011-12	NYI	82	7	47	-27	46	3	20	0	0	1	1	149	4.7	0	1	0.0	110	115	50	63	23:23
6	Dan Boyle D. Boyle	39	2011-12	SJS	81	9	48	+10	57	3	14	0	0	2	1	252	3.6	0	0		58	137	21	66	25:35
7	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	39	2011-12	STL	81	12	51	+16	36	6	18	0	1	6	1	202	5.9	0	0		90	133	47	37	24:44
8	Ryan Suter R. Suter	39	2011-12	NSH	79	7	46	+15	30	3	22	1	1	1	0	134	5.2	0	1	0.0	46	116	37	42	26:30
9	Kimmo Timonen K. Timonen	39	2011-12	PHI	76	4	43	+8	46	4	17	0	0	0	0	130	3.1	1	1	100.0	68	129	14	35	21:14
10	Alexander Edler A. Edler	38	2011-12	VAN	82	11	49	0	34	5	17	1	0	0	0	228	4.8	0	3	0.0	143	145	32	51	23:52
11	Kevin Bieksa K. Bieksa	36	2011-12	VAN	78	8	44	+12	94	2	8	0	0	2	0	166	4.8	0	1	0.0	159	106	29	68	23:38
12	Duncan Keith D. Keith	36	2011-12	CHI	74	4	40	+15	42	1	12	0	2	1	0	162	2.5	0	0		45	121	48	50	26:54
13	Dennis Wideman D. Wideman	35	2011-12	WSH	82	11	46	-8	46	4	16	0	0	3	1	175	6.3	0	0		113	132	30	68	23:54
14	Matt Carle M. Carle	34	2011-12	PHI	82	4	38	+4	36	3	9	0	0	0	0	132	3.0	0	0		55	164	18	55	23:01
15	Nick Leddy N. Leddy	34	2011-12	CHI	82	3	37	-12	10	0	11	0	0	0	0	94	3.2	0	0		67	78	30	41	22:05
16	Kevin Shattenkirk K. Shattenkirk	34	2011-12	STL	81	9	43	+20	60	5	13	0	1	2	0	178	5.1	1	4	25.0	72	103	40	42	21:36
17	Dan Hamhuis D. Hamhuis	33	2011-12	VAN	82	4	37	+29	46	1	10	0	2	0	0	140	2.9	0	0		103	99	48	62	23:26
18	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	32	2011-12	OTT	74	5	37	-4	55	2	12	0	1	1	0	131	3.8	0	0		48	115	22	51	22:15
19	Kris Letang K. Letang	32	2011-12	PIT	51	10	42	+21	34	4	11	1	1	3	1	142	7.0	0	0		83	86	28	34	24:50
20	Dion Phaneuf D. Phaneuf	32	2011-12	TOR	82	12	44	-10	92	7	15	0	1	1	1	202	5.9	0	0		214	127	30	76	25:17
21	Keith Yandle K. Yandle	32	2011-12	PHX	82	11	43	+5	51	0	11	0	0	2	0	196	5.6	0	0		31	77	24	75	22:20
22	Michael Del Zotto M. Del Zotto	31	2011-12	NYR	77	10	41	+20	36	1	13	1	2	2	0	113	8.8	0	0		156	95	28	35	22:26
23	Shea Weber S. Weber	30	2011-12	NSH	78	19	49	+21	46	10	12	2	0	1	0	230	8.3	0	0		177	140	51	46	26:10
24	P.K. Subban	29	2011-12	MTL	81	7	36	+9	119	5	9	0	1	0	0	205	3.4	0	0		105	113	26	88	24:18
25	Tomas Kaberle T. Kaberle	28	2011-12	TOT	72	3	31	-18	12	1	15	0	0	0	0	87	3.4	0	0		21	80	18	38	17:43