1978 NHL Assists by Team

The New York Islanders led the NHL in assists in 1978, with 612, 72 ahead of the Atlanta Flames. The average across 17 NHL teams is 457.2.

Led the NHL in 1978 New York Islanders 80 games

612 Assists 72 clear of Atlanta Flames

#	Team	G	A
1	New York Islanders	80	612
2	Atlanta Flames	80	540
3	New York Rangers	80	539
4	Montréal Canadiens	80	537
5	Boston Bruins	80	514
6	Los Angeles Kings	80	486
	NHL average		457.2
7	Buffalo Sabres	80	457
8	Philadelphia Flyers	80	452
9	Washington Capitals	80	445
10	St. Louis Blues	80	431
11	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	427
12	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	421
13	Minnesota North Stars	80	412
14	Detroit Red Wings	80	410
15	Chicago Blackhawks	80	408
16	Vancouver Canucks	80	348
17	Colorado Rockies	80	334

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.