1986 NHL Assists by Team

The Edmonton Oilers led the NHL in assists in 1986, with 615, 75 ahead of the Los Angeles Kings. The average across 21 NHL teams is 482.5.

Led the NHL in 1986 Edmonton Oilers 80 games

615 Assists 75 clear of Los Angeles Kings

#	Team	G	A
1	Edmonton Oilers	80	615
2	Los Angeles Kings	80	540
3	Calgary Flames	80	534
4	New York Rangers	80	508
5	Philadelphia Flyers	80	506
6	Boston Bruins	80	500
7	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	497
8	Chicago Blackhawks	80	496
	NHL average		482.5
9	Minnesota North Stars	80	476
10	New Jersey Devils	80	475
11	St. Louis Blues	80	469
12	Buffalo Sabres	80	466
13	Montréal Canadiens	80	465
13	Washington Capitals	80	465
15	Hartford Whalers	80	461
16	New York Islanders	80	460
17	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	80	457
18	Quebec Nordiques	80	454
19	Vancouver Canucks	80	452
20	Detroit Red Wings	80	424
21	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	413

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.