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

Cale Makar has the most assists by a defenseman this season, with 27 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	Cale Makar C. Makar	27	2024-25	COL	30	9	36	+3	6	4	11	1	0	2	0	91	9.9	0	0	27	41	21	42	25:12
2	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	25	2024-25	WPG	30	2	27	+2	16	1	11	0	0	0	0	62	3.2	0	0	20	46	12	28	24:40
3	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	25	2024-25	VAN	27	7	32	+9	19	1	12	0	0	1	0	88	8.0	0	0	5	25	8	27	25:01
4	Adam Fox A. Fox	24	2024-25	NYR	28	1	25	+3	16	0	11	0	0	1	0	41	2.4	0	0	19	35	18	27	23:02
5	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	21	2024-25	TBL	26	4	25	+4	10	1	11	0	0	1	0	64	6.3	0	0	13	47	8	36	23:21
6	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	20	2024-25	CBJ	28	9	29	+9	15	3	7	0	1	2	1	96	9.4	0	0	8	48	20	32	26:06
7	Neal Pionk N. Pionk	20	2024-25	WPG	30	4	24	+8	22	2	6	0	1	1	0	55	7.3	0	0	42	50	10	44	21:46
8	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	19	2024-25	CAR	28	6	25	-6	16	4	13	0	0	0	0	55	10.9	0	0	25	22	14	23	18:59
9	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	19	2024-25	VGK	27	3	22	+1	12	0	9	0	0	1	0	55	5.5	0	0	1	35	18	42	22:24
10	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	19	2024-25	MTL	28	0	19	-12	18	0	7	0	0	0	0	32	0.0	0	0	17	40	14	35	22:54
11	John Carlson J. Carlson	17	2024-25	WSH	27	3	20	+13	10	1	6	0	0	0	0	70	4.3	0	0	24	51	11	41	24:16
12	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	17	2024-25	PIT	30	2	19	-12	6	1	6	0	0	0	0	69	2.9	0	0	9	39	16	51	22:37
13	Dougie Hamilton D. Hamilton	16	2024-25	NJD	31	5	21	-1	16	4	8	0	0	2	0	96	5.2	0	0	31	44	11	53	20:37
14	Roman Josi R. Josi	16	2024-25	NSH	29	7	23	-21	8	1	9	0	0	1	0	86	8.1	0	0	32	52	16	46	24:59
15	Jake Walman J. Walman	16	2024-25	SJS	26	4	20	+5	18	0	4	0	0	0	0	66	6.1	0	0	25	39	15	26	22:39
16	Owen Power O. Power	15	2024-25	BUF	29	4	19	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	7.5	0	0	10	47	13	27	22:26
17	Samuel Girard S. Girard	14	2024-25	COL	30	2	16	+5	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	35	5.7	0	0	30	53	8	43	20:52
18	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	14	2024-25	EDM	28	6	20	+4	8	0	5	0	0	0	0	70	8.6	0	0	8	46	20	40	23:44
19	Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	14	2024-25	OTT	28	1	15	-14	2	1	11	0	1	0	0	57	1.8	0	0	20	53	26	43	24:28
20	Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	13	2024-25	FLA	29	1	14	+5	33	0	4	0	2	1	0	49	2.0	0	0	45	41	10	29	23:25
21	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	13	2024-25	MTL	26	2	15	-9	29	1	6	0	0	0	0	44	4.5	0	0	13	62	26	29	24:26
22	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	13	2024-25	VGK	25	2	15	+5	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	48	4.2	0	0	20	42	11	41	22:19
23	Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	13	2024-25	UTA	28	7	20	+5	16	2	5	0	0	2	1	46	15.2	0	0	18	49	15	51	25:28
24	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	13	2024-25	BUF	25	6	19	+4	18	3	5	0	0	1	1	74	8.1	0	0	26	36	12	32	24:42
25	Noah Dobson N. Dobson	13	2024-25	NYI	30	2	15	-7	8	0	6	0	1	0	0	89	2.2	0	0	27	59	19	42	24:09