League Leaders Who Led?

1921 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 1921, with 70, 13 ahead of the Toronto St. Patricks. The average across 4 NHL teams is 57.5.

Led the NHL in 1921 Ottawa Senators (1917) 24 games
70 Assists 13 clear of Toronto St. Patricks
# Team G A
1 Ottawa Senators (1917) 24 70
NHL average 57.5
2 Toronto St. Patricks 24 57
3 Hamilton Tigers 24 56
4 Montréal Canadiens 24 47

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.