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1978-1979 NHL Assists Leaders

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Bryan Trottier led the NHL with 87 assists in the 1978-1979 season, 10 ahead of Guy Lafleur (77). It stands 39th among all single seasons in NHL history. It was one of 2 times Bryan Trottier led in assists.

PGAP/GPPPGGWGPIM+/-SHGPPPSS%G/GPGP
Bryan Trottier Led the NHL in 1978-1979 Bryan Trottier NYI
87 Assists 10 clear of Guy Lafleur
Showing Assists and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team A GP G P
1 Bryan Trottier Bryan Trottier NYI 87 76 47 134
2 Guy Lafleur Guy Lafleur MTL 77 80 52 129
3 Marcel Dionne Marcel Dionne LAK 71 80 59 130
4 Bob MacMillan Bob MacMillan AFM 71 79 37 108
5 Denis Potvin Denis Potvin NYI 70 73 31 101
6 Bernie Federko Bernie Federko STL 64 74 31 95
7 Dennis Maruk Dennis Maruk MNS +1 59 78 31 90
8 Gilbert Perreault Gilbert Perreault BUF 58 79 27 85
9 Mike Bossy Mike Bossy NYI 57 80 69 126
10 Guy Chouinard Guy Chouinard AFM 57 80 50 107
11 Bobby Clarke Bobby Clarke PHI 57 80 16 73
12 Stefan Persson NYI 56 78 10 66
13 Borje Salming TOR 56 78 17 73
14 Clark Gillies NYI 56 75 35 91
15 Butch Goring Butch Goring LAK 51 80 36 87
16 Terry O'Reilly Terry O'Reilly BOS 51 80 26 77
17 Ian Turnbull TOR 51 80 12 63
18 Darryl Sittler Darryl Sittler TOR 51 70 36 87
19 Reed Larson DET 49 79 18 67
20 Eric Vail Eric Vail AFM 48 80 35 83
21 Dave Taylor Dave Taylor LAK 48 78 43 91
22 Rick Middleton Rick Middleton BOS 48 71 38 86
23 Bill Barber Bill Barber PHI 46 79 34 80
24 Anders Hedberg NYR 45 80 33 78
25 Jean Ratelle Jean Ratelle BOS 45 80 27 72
26 Peter McNab Peter McNab BOS 45 76 35 80
27 Larry Robinson Larry Robinson MTL 45 67 16 61
28 Tom Lysiak Tom Lysiak AFM +1 45 66 23 68
29 Bobby Smith Bobby Smith MNS 44 80 30 74
30 Robert Picard Robert Picard WSH 44 77 21 65
31 Ivan Boldirev Ivan Boldirev CHI +1 43 79 35 78
32 Dale McCourt DET 43 79 28 71
33 Guy Charron Guy Charron WSH 42 80 28 70
34 Orest Kindrachuk PIT 42 79 18 60
35 Lanny McDonald Lanny McDonald TOR 42 79 43 85
36 Guy Lapointe MTL 42 69 13 55
37 Pat Hickey Pat Hickey NYR 41 80 34 75
38 Rob Palmer LAK 41 78 4 45
39 Pierre Mondou MTL 41 77 31 72
40 Yvon Lambert MTL 40 79 26 66
41 Jerry Korab BUF 40 78 11 51
42 Wayne Cashman Wayne Cashman BOS 40 75 27 67
43 Steve Shutt Steve Shutt MTL 40 72 37 77
44 Danny Gare Danny Gare BUF 40 71 27 67
45 Rene Robert BUF 40 68 22 62
46 Billy Harris NYI 39 80 15 54
47 Brian Sutter Brian Sutter STL 39 77 41 80
48 Jean Pronovost Jean Pronovost AFM 39 75 28 67
49 John Tonelli John Tonelli NYI 39 73 17 56
50 Peter Mahovlich Peter Mahovlich PIT 39 60 14 53
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