who has the most career empty net assists this season of defensemen

Quinn Hughes has the most assists by a defenseman this season, with 38 assists.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	38	2024-25	VAN	41	12	50	+13	25	3	17	0	0	2	0	123	9.8	0	0	6	41	17	49	25:20
2	Cale Makar C. Makar	37	2024-25	COL	47	15	52	+15	8	7	14	1	0	3	0	140	10.7	0	0	39	78	39	62	25:37
3	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	36	2024-25	CBJ	46	15	51	+11	25	5	14	0	1	3	1	179	8.4	0	0	12	76	29	69	26:44
4	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	35	2024-25	WPG	47	5	40	+11	22	1	16	0	0	0	0	99	5.1	0	0	29	72	20	43	24:10
5	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	34	2024-25	VGK	45	5	39	+6	14	1	15	0	0	1	0	89	5.6	0	0	5	56	22	72	21:56
6	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	34	2024-25	MTL	45	3	37	-9	26	0	15	0	0	0	0	50	6.0	0	0	22	61	24	60	22:34
7	Adam Fox A. Fox	32	2024-25	NYR	45	2	34	+3	22	1	13	0	0	1	0	73	2.7	0	0	27	63	28	47	23:42
8	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	29	2024-25	TBL	42	7	36	+10	22	1	13	0	0	1	0	101	6.9	0	0	22	72	14	56	23:27
9	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	28	2024-25	PIT	48	4	32	-14	18	1	10	0	0	0	0	119	3.4	0	0	16	61	21	75	22:51
10	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	27	2024-25	EDM	46	8	35	+15	18	0	11	0	0	1	0	130	6.2	0	0	17	71	28	72	23:33
11	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	25	2024-25	BUF	37	6	31	+2	26	3	10	0	0	1	1	105	5.7	0	0	43	53	15	47	24:32
12	John Carlson J. Carlson	24	2024-25	WSH	46	4	28	+17	14	1	8	0	0	0	0	101	4.0	0	0	35	82	18	69	23:53
13	Roman Josi R. Josi	24	2024-25	NSH	41	8	32	-18	16	1	13	0	0	1	0	119	6.7	0	0	37	73	21	66	25:14
14	Neal Pionk N. Pionk	24	2024-25	WPG	47	6	30	+8	32	3	6	0	1	1	0	76	7.9	0	0	73	74	20	53	22:02
15	Moritz Seider M. Seider	24	2024-25	DET	45	4	28	-4	20	0	13	0	0	0	0	89	4.5	0	0	120	103	17	53	25:00
16	Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	23	2024-25	PIT	48	1	24	-14	6	0	10	0	0	0	0	55	1.8	0	0	22	66	16	42	20:14
17	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	23	2024-25	NJD	48	6	29	+3	22	4	8	0	0	2	0	137	4.4	0	0	53	66	17	72	19:59
18	Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	23	2024-25	OTT	45	2	25	-17	6	1	15	0	2	1	1	97	2.1	0	0	26	98	34	55	24:34
19	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	22	2024-25	CAR	38	6	28	-5	16	4	14	0	0	0	0	74	8.1	0	0	30	34	21	42	19:00
20	Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	22	2024-25	UTA	44	8	30	-11	20	2	10	0	0	3	2	72	11.1	0	0	23	81	20	73	25:45
21	Jake Walman J. Walman	21	2024-25	SJS	35	5	26	+3	22	0	6	0	0	1	0	90	5.6	0	0	31	57	19	42	22:42
22	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	20	2024-25	VGK	43	3	23	+12	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	82	3.7	0	0	32	75	18	67	22:36
23	Brandt Clarke B. Clarke	20	2024-25	LAK	43	3	23	+11	32	2	5	0	0	0	0	84	3.6	0	0	14	77	18	41	17:19
24	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	19	2024-25	MTL	43	3	22	-2	35	1	7	0	0	0	0	85	3.5	0	0	30	89	34	51	24:40
25	Mason Lohrei M. Lohrei	19	2024-25	BOS	42	2	21	-13	12	0	10	0	0	0	0	37	5.4	0	0	9	54	19	53	18:14