League Leaders Who Led?

1920 NHL Assists by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Assists recorded

The Ottawa Senators (1917) led the NHL in assists in 1920, with 48, 4 ahead of the Hamilton Tigers. The average across 4 NHL teams is 44.5.

Led the NHL in 1920 Ottawa Senators (1917) 24 games
48 Assists 4 clear of Hamilton Tigers
# Team G A
1 Ottawa Senators (1917) 24 48
NHL average 44.5
2 Hamilton Tigers 24 44
2 Toronto St. Patricks 24 44
4 Montréal Canadiens 24 42

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as save percentage and goals against average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.