Concerning the 2024-25 season, Aleksander Barkov is in first place in power play assists with 3. Positioned in second place is Adam Lowry, with a PP assists total of 2. Holding a number of 2, Aaron Ekblad is sitting in the 3rd position. Holding on to the 4th and 5th position are Mattias Janmark (2) and Jack Hughes (1).
2024-25 NHL Power Play Assists Leaders
PPA Rank |
Player |
PPA |
1st |
Aleksander Barkov |
3 |
2nd |
Adam Lowry |
2 |
3rd |
Aaron Ekblad |
2 |
4th |
Mattias Janmark |
2 |
5th |
Jack Hughes |
1 |
6th |
Sam Reinhart |
1 |
7th |
Brandon Hagel |
1 |
8th |
Travis Konecny |
1 |
9th |
Anze Kopitar |
1 |
10th |
Sebastian Aho |
1 |
11th |
Zach Werenski |
1 |
12th |
Nico Hischier |
1 |
13th |
Anthony Cirelli |
1 |
14th |
Sean Monahan |
1 |
15th |
Connor McMichael |
1 |
16th |
William Eklund |
1 |
17th |
Kyle Palmieri |
1 |
18th |
Neal Pionk |
1 |
19th |
Tom Wilson |
1 |
20th |
Pavel Buchnevich |
1 |
21st |
Teuvo Teravainen |
1 |
22nd |
Mika Zibanejad |
1 |
23rd |
Travis Sanheim |
1 |
24th |
Cole Sillinger |
1 |
25th |
Simon Holmstrom |
1 |
26th |
Seth Jarvis |
1 |
27th |
Noah Dobson |
1 |
28th |
Kent Johnson |
1 |
29th |
Elias Lindholm |
1 |
30th |
Nick Paul |
1 |
31st |
Jake Sanderson |
1 |
32nd |
Phillip Danault |
1 |
2022 NHL Power Play Assists Leaders
PPA Rank |
Player |
PPA |
1st |
Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers |
34 |
2nd |
Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers |
33 |
3rd |
Adam Fox – New York Rangers |
33 |
4th |
Artemi Panarin – New York Rangers |
32 |
5th |
Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning |
32 |
6th |
Quinn Hughes – Vancouver Canucks |
31 |
7th |
J.T. Miller – Vancouver Canucks |
30 |
8th |
Roman Josi – Nashville Predators |
26 |
9th |
Cale Makar – Colorado Avalanche |
25 |
10th |
Mikael Granlund – Nashville Predators |
25 |
11th |
Jakub Voracek – Columbus Blue Jackets |
23 |
12th |
Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks |
22 |
13th |
Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins |
22 |
14th |
Teuvo Teravainen – Carolina Hurricanes |
22 |
15th |
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Edmonton Oilers |
22 |
16th |
Nazem Kadri – Colorado Avalanche |
21 |
17th |
Mats Zuccarello – Minnesota Wild |
21 |
18th |
Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning |
21 |
19th |
Morgan Rielly – Toronto Maple Leafs |
21 |
20th |
Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning |
20 |
21st |
Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets |
20 |
22nd |
Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche |
20 |
23rd |
Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins |
20 |
24th |
Kris Letang – Pittsburgh Penguins |
20 |
25th |
Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames |
19 |
26th |
Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs |
19 |
27th |
Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche |
19 |
28th |
Evgeny Kuznetsov – Washington Capitals |
19 |
29th |
Mathew Barzal – New York Islanders |
19 |
30th |
Tim Stützle – Ottawa Senators |
19 |
31st |
Seth Jones – Chicago Blackhawks |
19 |
32nd |
Noah Dobson – New York Islanders |
19 |
2021 NHL Power Play Assists Leaders
PPA Rank |
Player |
PPA |
1st |
Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers |
28 |
2nd |
Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning |
23 |
3rd |
Adam Fox – New York Rangers |
21 |
4th |
Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings |
20 |
5th |
Tyson Barrie – Edmonton Oilers |
19 |
6th |
Quinn Hughes – Vancouver Canucks |
19 |
7th |
Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks |
19 |
8th |
Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers |
19 |
9th |
Cale Makar – Colorado Avalanche |
18 |
10th |
Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers |
17 |
11th |
Keith Yandle – Florida Panthers |
17 |
12th |
Nicklas Backstrom – Washington Capitals |
17 |
13th |
Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins |
17 |
14th |
Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche |
17 |
15th |
Dougie Hamilton – Carolina Hurricanes |
16 |
16th |
David Perron – St. Louis Blues |
15 |
17th |
Ryan Strome – New York Rangers |
15 |
18th |
John Klingberg – Dallas Stars |
15 |
19th |
J.T. Miller – Vancouver Canucks |
15 |
20th |
Shea Theodore – Vegas Golden Knights |
15 |
21st |
Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche |
15 |
22nd |
Kris Letang – Pittsburgh Penguins |
14 |
23rd |
Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs |
14 |
24th |
Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins |
14 |
25th |
Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets |
13 |
26th |
Ondrej Palat – Tampa Bay Lightning |
13 |
27th |
Andrei Svechnikov – Carolina Hurricanes |
13 |
28th |
David Krejci – Boston Bruins |
13 |
29th |
Roman Josi – Nashville Predators |
13 |
30th |
Artemi Panarin – New York Rangers |
13 |
31st |
Drew Doughty – Los Angeles Kings |
12 |
32nd |
Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames |
12 |
2020 NHL Power Play Assists Leaders
PPA Rank |
Player |
PPA |
1st |
Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers |
32 |
2nd |
Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers |
28 |
3rd |
Torey Krug – Boston Bruins |
26 |
4th |
John Carlson – Washington Capitals |
24 |
5th |
Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers |
24 |
6th |
Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins |
23 |
7th |
Neal Pionk – Winnipeg Jets |
22 |
8th |
Quinn Hughes – Vancouver Canucks |
22 |
9th |
Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning |
21 |
10th |
Roman Josi – Nashville Predators |
19 |
11th |
Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche |
19 |
12th |
Keith Yandle – Florida Panthers |
19 |
13th |
David Perron – St. Louis Blues |
18 |
14th |
Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets |
18 |
15th |
David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins |
18 |
16th |
Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning |
18 |
17th |
Travis Konecny – Philadelphia Flyers |
18 |
18th |
Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs |
18 |
19th |
Artemi Panarin – New York Rangers |
17 |
20th |
Teuvo Teravainen – Carolina Hurricanes |
17 |
21st |
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Edmonton Oilers |
17 |
22nd |
Rasmus Dahlin – Buffalo Sabres |
17 |
23rd |
Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins |
17 |
24th |
Ryan O’Reilly – St. Louis Blues |
16 |
25th |
Alex Pietrangelo – St. Louis Blues |
16 |
26th |
J.T. Miller – Vancouver Canucks |
16 |
27th |
Ryan Suter – Minnesota Wild |
16 |
28th |
Anthony DeAngelo – New York Rangers |
16 |
29th |
Jack Eichel – Buffalo Sabres |
16 |
30th |
Elias Pettersson – Vancouver Canucks |
16 |
31st |
Oscar Klefbom – Edmonton Oilers |
16 |
32nd |
Nicklas Backstrom – Washington Capitals |
16 |
2019 NHL Power Play Assists Leaders
PPA Rank |
Player |
PPA |
1st |
Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning |
33 |
2nd |
Keith Yandle – Florida Panthers |
32 |
3rd |
Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets |
31 |
4th |
John Carlson – Washington Capitals |
30 |
5th |
Torey Krug – Boston Bruins |
28 |
6th |
Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche |
25 |
7th |
Phil Kessel – Pittsburgh Penguins |
24 |
8th |
Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins |
24 |
9th |
Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers |
24 |
10th |
Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers |
23 |
11th |
Tyson Barrie – Colorado Avalanche |
23 |
12th |
Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning |
23 |
13th |
Sebastian Aho – Carolina Hurricanes |
21 |
14th |
Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks |
21 |
15th |
Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames |
21 |
16th |
Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers |
21 |
17th |
Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning |
21 |
18th |
Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks |
21 |
19th |
Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers |
18 |
20th |
Mike Hoffman – Florida Panthers |
18 |
21st |
Clayton Keller – Arizona Coyotes |
18 |
22nd |
Kevin Labanc – San Jose Sharks |
18 |
23rd |
Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs |
18 |
24th |
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Edmonton Oilers |
18 |
25th |
Morgan Rielly – Toronto Maple Leafs |
18 |
26th |
Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars |
18 |
27th |
Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings |
18 |
28th |
Nicklas Backstrom – Washington Capitals |
18 |
29th |
Mikael Granlund – 2 Teams |
18 |
30th |
Mark Giordano – Calgary Flames |
18 |
31st |
Jack Eichel – Buffalo Sabres |
18 |
32nd |
Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins |
18 |
2018 NHL Power Play Assists Leaders
PPA Rank |
Player |
PPA |
1st |
Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets |
34 |
2nd |
Phil Kessel – Pittsburgh Penguins |
30 |
3rd |
Jakub Voracek – Philadelphia Flyers |
30 |
4th |
Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins |
29 |
5th |
John Carlson – Washington Capitals |
28 |
6th |
Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning |
28 |
7th |
Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers |
27 |
8th |
Shayne Gostisbehere – Philadelphia Flyers |
26 |
9th |
Josh Bailey – New York Islanders |
26 |
10th |
Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins |
24 |
11th |
Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning |
24 |
12th |
Taylor Hall – New Jersey Devils |
24 |
13th |
Morgan Rielly – Toronto Maple Leafs |
24 |
14th |
Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche |
23 |
15th |
Evgeny Kuznetsov – Washington Capitals |
23 |
16th |
Tyson Barrie – Colorado Avalanche |
23 |
17th |
Mathew Barzal – New York Islanders |
22 |
18th |
Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks |
22 |
19th |
John Klingberg – Dallas Stars |
22 |
20th |
Ryan Suter – Minnesota Wild |
22 |
21st |
Rasmus Ristolainen – Buffalo Sabres |
22 |
22nd |
Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames |
21 |
23rd |
Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings |
20 |
24th |
P.K. Subban – Nashville Predators |
20 |
25th |
Will Butcher – New Jersey Devils |
20 |
26th |
Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche |
20 |
27th |
Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs |
19 |
28th |
Nicklas Backstrom – Washington Capitals |
19 |
29th |
Torey Krug – Boston Bruins |
19 |
30th |
John Tavares – New York Islanders |
18 |
31st |
Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning |
18 |
32nd |
Jonathan Drouin – Montreal Canadiens |
18 |
2017 NHL Power Play Assists Leaders
PPA Rank |
Player |
PPA |
1st |
Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning |
29 |
2nd |
Nicklas Backstrom – Washington Capitals |
27 |
3rd |
Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers |
26 |
4th |
Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers |
24 |
5th |
Rasmus Ristolainen – Buffalo Sabres |
24 |
6th |
Erik Karlsson – Ottawa Senators |
23 |
7th |
Phil Kessel – Pittsburgh Penguins |
22 |
8th |
Alexander Wennberg – Columbus Blue Jackets |
21 |
9th |
Shayne Gostisbehere – Philadelphia Flyers |
21 |
10th |
Ryan Johansen – Nashville Predators |
19 |
11th |
Torey Krug – Boston Bruins |
19 |
12th |
Kevin Shattenkirk – 2 Teams |
19 |
13th |
Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars |
18 |
14th |
Jakub Voracek – Philadelphia Flyers |
18 |
15th |
Mikko Koivu – Minnesota Wild |
18 |
16th |
Joe Thornton – San Jose Sharks |
18 |
17th |
Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks |
17 |
18th |
Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers |
17 |
19th |
William Nylander – Toronto Maple Leafs |
17 |
20th |
Justin Schultz – Pittsburgh Penguins |
17 |
21st |
Zach Werenski – Columbus Blue Jackets |
17 |
22nd |
Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs |
17 |
23rd |
Jonathan Drouin – Tampa Bay Lightning |
17 |
24th |
Jason Spezza – Dallas Stars |
17 |
25th |
Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks |
16 |
26th |
Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg Jets |
16 |
27th |
Keith Yandle – Florida Panthers |
16 |
28th |
Ryan O’Reilly – Buffalo Sabres |
16 |
29th |
Kyle Okposo – Buffalo Sabres |
16 |
30th |
Corey Perry – Anaheim Ducks |
15 |
31st |
Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks |
15 |
32nd |
Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins |
15 |
2016 NHL Power Play Assists Leaders
PPA Rank |
Player |
PPA |
1st |
Nicklas Backstrom – Washington Capitals |
27 |
2nd |
Erik Karlsson – Ottawa Senators |
25 |
3rd |
Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks |
23 |
4th |
Jakub Voracek – Philadelphia Flyers |
22 |
5th |
Kris Letang – Pittsburgh Penguins |
22 |
6th |
P.K. Subban – Montreal Canadiens |
22 |
7th |
Joe Thornton – San Jose Sharks |
21 |
8th |
Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers |
21 |
9th |
Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks |
20 |
10th |
Keith Yandle – New York Rangers |
20 |
11th |
Henrik Zetterberg – Detroit Red Wings |
20 |
12th |
John Klingberg – Dallas Stars |
20 |
13th |
Kevin Shattenkirk – St. Louis Blues |
20 |
14th |
Brent Seabrook – Chicago Blackhawks |
19 |
15th |
Alex Steen – St. Louis Blues |
19 |
16th |
Ryan Suter – Minnesota Wild |
18 |
17th |
Roman Josi – Nashville Predators |
18 |
18th |
Torey Krug – Boston Bruins |
18 |
19th |
Ryan Johansen – 2 Teams |
18 |
20th |
Tyson Barrie – Colorado Avalanche |
18 |
21st |
Rasmus Ristolainen – Buffalo Sabres |
17 |
22nd |
Patrick Sharp – Dallas Stars |
17 |
23rd |
Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars |
17 |
24th |
Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks |
16 |
25th |
Nick Leddy – New York Islanders |
16 |
26th |
Mikkel Boedker – 2 Teams |
16 |
27th |
Artemi Panarin – Chicago Blackhawks |
16 |
28th |
Kyle Okposo – New York Islanders |
16 |
29th |
Ryan Getzlaf – Anaheim Ducks |
16 |
30th |
Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning |
16 |
31st |
Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins |
16 |
32nd |
Drew Doughty – Los Angeles Kings |
15 |
2015 NHL Power Play Assists Leaders
PPA Rank |
Player |
PPA |
1st |
Nicklas Backstrom – Washington Capitals |
30 |
2nd |
Keith Yandle – 2 Teams |
27 |
3rd |
Mark Streit – Philadelphia Flyers |
26 |
4th |
Erik Karlsson – Ottawa Senators |
24 |
5th |
Henrik Zetterberg – Detroit Red Wings |
24 |
6th |
Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers |
23 |
7th |
Jason Spezza – Dallas Stars |
22 |
8th |
Jakub Voracek – Philadelphia Flyers |
22 |
9th |
Kris Letang – Pittsburgh Penguins |
22 |
10th |
Daniel Sedin – Vancouver Canucks |
21 |
11th |
Andrei Markov – Montreal Canadiens |
21 |
12th |
Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins |
21 |
13th |
Kevin Shattenkirk – St. Louis Blues |
21 |
14th |
Henrik Sedin – Vancouver Canucks |
20 |
15th |
Niklas Kronwall – Detroit Red Wings |
20 |
16th |
Ryan Johansen – Columbus Blue Jackets |
19 |
17th |
Logan Couture – San Jose Sharks |
18 |
18th |
John Tavares – New York Islanders |
18 |
19th |
Jack Johnson – Columbus Blue Jackets |
18 |
20th |
Anze Kopitar – Los Angeles Kings |
18 |
21st |
Joe Thornton – San Jose Sharks |
18 |
22nd |
Brent Burns – San Jose Sharks |
17 |
23rd |
Phil Kessel – Toronto Maple Leafs |
17 |
24th |
Patrick Marleau – San Jose Sharks |
17 |
25th |
Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins |
17 |
26th |
Drew Doughty – Los Angeles Kings |
16 |
27th |
Alex Steen – St. Louis Blues |
16 |
28th |
Mike Green – Washington Capitals |
16 |
29th |
Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars |
16 |
30th |
Pavel Datsyuk – Detroit Red Wings |
16 |
31st |
Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks |
16 |
32nd |
Valtteri Filppula – Tampa Bay Lightning |
15 |
2014 NHL Power Play Assists Leaders
PPA Rank |
Player |
PPA |
1st |
Nicklas Backstrom – Washington Capitals |
38 |
2nd |
Claude Giroux – Philadelphia Flyers |
30 |
3rd |
Keith Yandle – Arizona Coyotes |
28 |
4th |
Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins |
27 |
5th |
Erik Karlsson – Ottawa Senators |
26 |
6th |
James Wisniewski – Columbus Blue Jackets |
25 |
7th |
Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins |
23 |
8th |
Niklas Kronwall – Detroit Red Wings |
20 |
9th |
P.K. Subban – Montreal Canadiens |
19 |
10th |
Andrei Markov – Montreal Canadiens |
19 |
11th |
Kevin Shattenkirk – St. Louis Blues |
19 |
12th |
Kimmo Timonen – Philadelphia Flyers |
19 |
13th |
Duncan Keith – Chicago Blackhawks |
18 |
14th |
Dustin Byfuglien – Winnipeg Jets |
18 |
15th |
Ryan Getzlaf – Anaheim Ducks |
18 |
16th |
John Carlson – Washington Capitals |
17 |
17th |
Joe Thornton – San Jose Sharks |
17 |
18th |
Cody Franson – Toronto Maple Leafs |
17 |
19th |
John Tavares – New York Islanders |
17 |
20th |
Alex Pietrangelo – St. Louis Blues |
16 |
21st |
David Krejci – Boston Bruins |
16 |
22nd |
Mikko Koivu – Minnesota Wild |
16 |
23rd |
Joe Pavelski – San Jose Sharks |
15 |
24th |
Patrick Sharp – Chicago Blackhawks |
15 |
25th |
Jakub Voracek – Philadelphia Flyers |
15 |
26th |
Jussi Jokinen – Pittsburgh Penguins |
15 |
27th |
Marcus Johansson – Washington Capitals |
15 |
28th |
Frans Nielsen – New York Islanders |
15 |
29th |
Alex Ovechkin – Washington Capitals |
15 |
30th |
Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks |
15 |
31st |
James Neal – Pittsburgh Penguins |
15 |
32nd |
Jack Johnson – Columbus Blue Jackets |
14 |