most first assists in one season nhl playoffs of all-time

Connor McDavid has made the most assists in a single NHL playoff run, with 34 assists in 2023-24.

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most first assists by a player in one season NHL playoffs of all-time

	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	34	2023-24	EDM	25	8	42	+12	10	2	15	0	0	1	1	75	10.7	145	339	42.8	43	16	25	16	23:02
2	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	31	1987-88	EDM	19	12	43	+9	16	5	19	1	0	3	1	62	19.4
3	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	30	1984-85	EDM	18	17	47	+27	4	4	3	2	3	3	0	67	25.4
4	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	29	1986-87	EDM	21	5	34	+10	6	2	8	0	3	0	0	55	9.1
5	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	28	1990-91	PIT	23	16	44	+14	16	6	13	2	0	0	0	93	17.2
6	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	27	2019-20	TBL	25	7	34	+15	22	0	12	0	0	1	0	92	7.6	0	2	0.0	39	7	9	30	21:40
7	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	26	2024-25	EDM	22	7	33	+3	4	0	7	0	0	2	0	80	8.8	124	252	49.2	24	22	13	15	24:26
8	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	26	2023-24	EDM	25	6	32	+14	22	1	13	0	0	3	1	74	8.1	0	0		28	45	18	22	25:01
9	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	26	1982-83	EDM	16	12	38	+20	4	2	6	3	5	3	0	76	15.8
10	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	25	2021-22	EDM	16	7	32	+4	6	3	6	1	0	1	0	44	15.9	143	294	48.6	8	3	12	19	21:22
11	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	25	1992-93	TOR	21	10	35	+16	30	4	8	0	0	1	1	51	19.6
12	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	25	1992-93	LAK	24	15	40	+6	4	4	9	1	2	3	1	76	19.7
13	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	25	1984-85	EDM	18	12	37	+23	44	3	7	1	1	4	0	67	17.9
14	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	24	2020-21	TBL	23	8	32	+6	14	4	15	0	0	0	0	62	12.9	0	0		18	4	12	15	18:18
15	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	24	1990-91	PIT	24	10	34	+6	33	5	7	0	0	2	0	60	16.7
16	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	24	1988-89	CGY	22	7	31	+6	46	5	18	0	0	4	1	69	10.1
17	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	23	2021-22	EDM	16	10	33	+15	10	2	6	0	1	1	1	61	16.4	92	175	52.6	51	4	14	20	23:02
18	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	23	1993-94	NYR	23	11	34	+19	6	4	10	0	0	4	0	88	12.5
19	Mark Messier M. Messier	23	1987-88	EDM	19	11	34	+9	29	7	10	1	0	0	0	42	26.2
20	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	23	1981-82	NYI	19	6	29	+9	40	2	10	0	1	2	1	52	11.5
21	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	22	2024-25	EDM	22	11	33	+4	6	4	8	0	0	4	4	56	19.6	212	412	51.5	33	16	14	35	22:46
22	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	22	2009-10	CHI	22	7	29	-1	4	5	10	0	1	3	0	58	12.1	277	460	60.2	25	10	32	9	20:58
23	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	22	2008-09	PIT	24	14	36	+3	51	7	9	0	0	3	1	104	13.5	83	176	47.2	41	12	27	24	20:57
24	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	22	1993-94	TOR	18	6	28	+3	42	5	11	0	2	1	0	31	19.4
25	Mark Messier M. Messier	22	1989-90	EDM	22	9	31	+5	20	1	8	1	1	1	0	47	19.1