Connor McDavid had the most assists in 2016-17, with 70 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player season 2016-17

	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	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	70	2016-17	EDM	82	30	100	+27	26	3	24	1	1	6	1	251	12.0	348	806	43.2	34	29	76	54	21:08
2	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	63	2016-17	WSH	82	23	86	+17	38	8	27	0	0	5	2	162	14.2	685	1,333	51.4	45	33	61	54	18:16
3	Ryan Getzlaf R. Getzlaf	58	2016-17	ANA	74	15	73	+7	49	6	14	2	1	3	0	138	10.9	509	1,012	50.3	99	88	61	68	21:04
4	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	56	2016-17	TBL	79	16	72	+3	47	4	29	0	0	5	2	166	9.6	0	0		93	132	39	73	24:31
5	Patrick Kane P. Kane	55	2016-17	CHI	82	34	89	+11	32	7	16	0	0	5	1	292	11.6	7	51	13.7	28	15	49	42	21:24
6	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	54	2016-17	OTT	77	17	71	+10	28	4	23	0	2	5	1	218	7.8	0	0		67	201	59	106	26:50
7	Henrik Zetterberg H. Zetterberg	51	2016-17	DET	82	17	68	+15	22	2	11	0	0	0	0	195	8.7	705	1,362	51.8	58	30	38	37	19:43
8	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	50	2016-17	WPG	79	32	82	+18	38	7	8	0	2	5	2	160	20.0	635	1,461	43.5	49	34	67	42	20:34
9	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	48	2016-17	EDM	82	29	77	+7	20	10	17	0	0	5	3	172	16.9	476	972	49.0	41	36	75	75	18:53
10	Blake Wheeler B. Wheeler	48	2016-17	WPG	82	26	74	+6	47	5	16	2	1	4	0	259	10.0	43	94	45.7	100	51	39	44	20:09
11	Brent Burns B. Burns	47	2016-17	SJS	82	29	76	+19	40	8	17	0	1	6	3	320	9.1	0	0		69	142	53	153	24:52
12	Ryan Johansen R. Johansen	47	2016-17	NSH	82	14	61	+1	60	4	19	1	0	3	0	154	9.1	803	1,472	54.6	77	28	38	51	18:50
13	Duncan Keith D. Keith	47	2016-17	CHI	80	6	53	+22	16	2	13	0	0	2	1	183	3.3	0	0		24	107	32	73	25:37
14	Phil Kessel P. Kessel	47	2016-17	PIT	82	23	70	+3	20	8	22	0	0	4	1	229	10.0	5	15	33.3	12	15	15	51	17:56
15	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	46	2016-17	BOS	80	39	85	+18	81	9	15	3	2	8	1	226	17.3	13	36	36.1	51	35	69	84	19:26
16	Tyler Seguin T. Seguin	46	2016-17	DAL	82	26	72	-15	22	11	18	0	0	4	1	301	8.6	401	786	51.0	60	26	37	39	18:28
17	Alex Wennberg A. Wennberg	46	2016-17	CBJ	80	13	59	+9	21	2	21	0	0	5	0	109	11.9	609	1,285	47.4	58	56	44	31	18:23
18	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	45	2016-17	PIT	75	44	89	+17	24	14	11	0	0	5	1	255	17.3	842	1,748	48.2	80	27	39	70	19:53
19	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	45	2016-17	TBL	74	40	85	+13	38	17	15	0	0	7	1	246	16.3	0	0		30	20	54	64	19:26
20	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	44	2016-17	PHI	82	14	58	-15	38	5	26	0	1	3	2	199	7.0	977	1,748	55.9	68	28	38	35	19:07
21	Mats Zuccarello M. Zuccarello	44	2016-17	NYR	80	15	59	+15	26	5	9	0	0	3	0	189	7.9	6	13	46.2	85	52	70	54	18:50
22	Josh Bailey J. Bailey	43	2016-17	NYI	82	13	56	+5	12	3	9	0	0	1	1	173	7.5	8	15	53.3	37	53	54	61	18:22
23	Jamie Benn J. Benn	43	2016-17	DAL	77	26	69	-9	66	12	14	1	0	4	2	201	12.9	212	412	51.5	89	47	55	55	19:22
24	Johnny Gaudreau J. Gaudreau	43	2016-17	CGY	72	18	61	-7	4	4	12	0	0	3	1	182	9.9	0	0		9	14	44	86	18:29
25	Mikael Granlund M. Granlund	43	2016-17	MIN	81	26	69	+23	12	7	13	3	1	4	1	177	14.7	16	33	48.5	50	50	43	33	18:49