most assists by a player in regular season and playoffs single season 1917-18 to 1954-55

Between the 1917-18 and 1954-55 seasons, Ted Lindsay and Elmer Lach were tied for the most assists in a combined regular-season and postseason, with 59 assists.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG
1	Ted Lindsay T. Lindsay	59	1949-50	DET	82	27	86	157	4	16	0	0	4	0
2	Elmer Lach E. Lach	59	1943-44	MTL	57	26	85	27	5	9	0	1	5	0
3	Elmer Lach E. Lach	58	1944-45	MTL	56	30	88	39	4	12	0	0	5	0
4	Clint Smith C. Smith	57	1943-44	CHI	59	27	84	4	6	10	0	0	1	0
5	Gordie Howe G. Howe	53	1953-54	DET	82	37	90	140	15	20	0	0	8	0
6	Bert Olmstead B. Olmstead	52	1954-55	MTL	82	10	62	124	4	20	0	0	3	0
7	Elmer Lach E. Lach	52	1951-52	MTL	81	16	68	40	8	16	0	2	3	0
8	Max Bentley M. Bentley	52	1950-51	TOR	78	23	75	38	7	26	0	0	4	0
9	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	52	1942-43	BOS	57	28	80	14	10	6	0	0	6	0
10	Doug Harvey D. Harvey	51	1954-55	MTL	82	6	57	64	3	29	0	0	1	0
11	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51	1952-53	DET	76	51	102	59	12	16	1	0	6	0
12	Billy Taylor Sr. B. Taylor Sr.	51	1946-47	DET	65	18	69	39	4	20	0	0	3	0
13	Dutch Reibel D. Reibel	48	1954-55	DET	81	30	78	17	9	17	0	1	7	0
14	Ted Kennedy T. Kennedy	48	1950-51	TOR	74	22	70	38	9	15	1	1	6	1
15	Buddy O'Connor B. O'Connor	48	1942-43	MTL	55	19	67	2	4	8	0	0	1	0
16	Alex Delvecchio A. Delvecchio	47	1952-53	DET	76	18	65	30	3	15	0	0	1	0
17	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	47	1940-41	BOS	48	17	64	16	2	2	0	0	4	0
18	Gordie Howe G. Howe	46	1950-51	DET	76	47	93	78	5	11	0	0	10	0
19	Elmer Lach E. Lach	46	1945-46	MTL	59	18	64	38	2	7	0	0	1	0
20	Herb Cain H. Cain	46	1943-44	BOS	49	36	82	4	2	4	1	1	3
21	Ted Kennedy T. Kennedy	45	1954-55	TOR	74	11	56	74	6	12	0	1	0	0
22	Bill Cowley B. Cowley	45	1938-39	BOS	46	11	56	4	1	1	0	0	1	0
23	Gordie Howe G. Howe	44	1954-55	DET	75	38	82	92	10	15	3	0	8	0
24	Gordie Howe G. Howe	44	1951-52	DET	78	49	93	80	6	21	1	0	11	0
25	Toe Blake T. Blake	44	1943-44	MTL	50	33	77	12	2	5	2	0	6	1