1981 NHL Assists by Team

The Edmonton Oilers led the NHL in assists in 1981, with 699, 48 ahead of the New York Islanders. The average across 21 NHL teams is 528.8.

Led the NHL in 1981 Edmonton Oilers 80 games

699 Assists 48 clear of New York Islanders

#	Team	G	A
1	Edmonton Oilers	80	699
2	New York Islanders	80	651
3	Quebec Nordiques	80	604
4	Montréal Canadiens	80	592
5	Minnesota North Stars	80	580
6	Calgary Flames	80	563
7	Philadelphia Flyers	80	548
8	Chicago Blackhawks	80	544
9	Washington Capitals	80	536
10	Los Angeles Kings	80	531
11	New York Rangers	80	530
	NHL average		528.8
12	St. Louis Blues	80	519
13	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	80	511
14	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	509
15	Boston Bruins	80	508
16	Buffalo Sabres	80	507
17	Vancouver Canucks	80	458
18	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	457
19	Detroit Red Wings	80	440
20	Hartford Whalers	80	436
21	Colorado Rockies	80	381

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.