which defenseman has the most assists in 2018

John Klingberg made the most assists by a defenseman in 2017-18, 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	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	59	2017-18	DAL	82	8	67	+10	26	1	22	0	0	3	0	204	3.9	0	0		44	109	31	93	24:04
2	Brent Burns B. Burns	55	2017-18	SJS	82	12	67	-16	46	5	22	0	1	2	1	332	3.6	0	0		79	136	75	124	25:15
3	John Carlson J. Carlson	53	2017-18	WSH	82	15	68	0	32	4	28	0	0	4	1	237	6.3	0	1	0.0	47	146	58	97	24:47
4	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	53	2017-18	OTT	71	9	62	-25	36	3	15	0	1	2	2	196	4.6	0	0		58	120	55	86	26:44
5	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	52	2017-18	PHI	78	13	65	+10	25	7	26	0	0	2	1	221	5.9	0	0		53	116	23	52	21:27
6	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	50	2017-18	LAK	82	10	60	+23	54	3	17	1	0	4	1	205	4.9	0	1	0.0	127	128	17	79	26:50
7	Keith Yandle K. Yandle	48	2017-18	FLA	82	8	56	+7	35	1	17	0	2	1	0	179	4.5	0	0		26	101	42	129	24:29
8	Jake Gardiner J. Gardiner	47	2017-18	TOR	82	5	52	+9	32	1	14	0	0	0	0	133	3.8	0	0		51	103	39	105	22:32
9	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	46	2017-18	TBL	77	17	63	+32	54	2	24	0	2	1	0	216	7.9	1	2	50.0	139	110	46	67	25:51
10	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	46	2017-18	TOR	76	6	52	-4	14	1	24	0	0	0	0	182	3.3	0	2	0.0	48	84	34	79	21:36
11	Torey Krug T. Krug	45	2017-18	BOS	76	14	59	0	36	5	19	1	0	4	0	197	7.1	0	0		79	73	35	71	20:24
12	Ryan Suter R. Suter	45	2017-18	MIN	78	6	51	-1	34	1	22	0	1	2	0	149	4.0	0	0		78	138	14	37	26:47
13	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	43	2017-18	COL	68	14	57	-15	22	7	23	0	0	3	0	178	7.9	0	0		40	79	20	38	22:42
14	P.K. Subban	43	2017-18	NSH	82	16	59	+18	82	5	20	0	1	2	0	207	7.7	1	3	33.3	111	90	44	97	24:07
15	Kris Letang K. Letang	42	2017-18	PIT	79	9	51	-9	56	4	16	0	1	1	0	222	4.1	0	1	0.0	109	108	53	89	25:20
16	Seth Jones S. Jones	41	2017-18	CBJ	78	16	57	+10	30	7	17	0	0	4	1	249	6.4	0	0		92	124	67	55	24:36
17	Roman Josi R. Josi	39	2017-18	NSH	75	14	53	+24	24	7	13	0	1	3	1	253	5.5	0	0		80	120	30	59	24:28
18	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	39	2017-18	STL	78	15	54	+8	22	3	10	0	1	5	1	216	6.9	0	0		48	164	54	41	25:44
19	Will Butcher W. Butcher	39	2017-18	NJD	81	5	44	+1	8	3	20	0	0	1	0	88	5.7	0	0		21	62	20	36	16:04
20	Dustin Byfuglien D. Byfuglien	37	2017-18	WPG	69	8	45	+15	112	4	18	0	1	1	0	193	4.1	0	0		147	100	34	79	24:20
21	Matt Dumba M. Dumba	36	2017-18	MIN	82	14	50	+15	41	2	10	0	1	4	2	176	8.0	2	2	100.0	136	112	22	52	23:49
22	Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	35	2017-18	BUF	73	6	41	-25	48	1	22	0	0	1	1	182	3.3	0	0		206	111	12	47	26:30
23	Jake Muzzin J. Muzzin	34	2017-18	LAK	74	8	42	+10	40	4	10	0	1	1	0	154	5.2	0	0		170	123	17	59	21:39
24	Nick Leddy N. Leddy	32	2017-18	NYI	80	10	42	-42	20	4	10	0	0	1	1	153	6.5	0	0		95	104	21	57	22:25
25	Colin Miller C. Miller	31	2017-18	VGK	82	10	41	-4	53	5	12	0	1	2	0	177	5.6	1	1	100.0	165	64	35	56	19:21