most assists nhl defensemen playoff single season

Evan Bouchard has the most assists by a defenseman in a single NHL playoff run, with 26 assists in 2023-24.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	26	2023-24	EDM	25	6	32	+14	22	1	13	0	0	3	1	74	8.1	0	0		28	45	18	22	25:01
2	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	25	1984-85	EDM	18	12	37	+23	44	3	7	1	1	4	0	67	17.9
3	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	24	1988-89	CGY	22	7	31	+6	46	5	18	0	0	4	1	69	10.1
4	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	23	1993-94	NYR	23	11	34	+19	6	4	10	0	0	4	0	88	12.5
5	Cale Makar C. Makar	21	2021-22	COL	20	8	29	+7	10	2	10	1	0	1	1	71	11.3	0	0		28	43	24	13	27:04
6	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	20	2019-20	DAL	27	6	26	+8	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	59	10.2	0	0		50	34	21	58	25:58
7	Bobby Orr B. Orr	19	1971-72	BOS	15	5	24	+20	19	3	7	0	2	1	0	61	8.2
8	Adam Fox A. Fox	18	2021-22	NYR	20	5	23	0	2	2	10	0	0	1	0	42	11.9	0	0		17	39	25	26	26:38
9	Duncan Keith D. Keith	18	2014-15	CHI	23	3	21	+16	4	0	5	0	0	3	1	59	5.1	0	0		17	48	9	29	31:07
10	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	18	1990-91	BOS	19	7	25	-4	12	3	14	0	0	0	0	84	8.3
11	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	18	1990-91	PIT	23	5	23	+17	44	4	4	0	1	0	0	66	7.6
12	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	18	1987-88	BOS	23	3	21	+16	26	0	8	0	1	1	0	65	4.6
13	John Klingberg J. Klingberg	17	2019-20	DAL	26	4	21	-5	14	0	7	0	0	2	0	50	8.0	0	0		59	30	17	36	23:20
14	Brent Burns B. Burns	17	2015-16	SJS	24	7	24	+11	12	4	6	0	0	0	0	77	9.1	0	0		49	42	10	35	25:07
15	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	17	1986-87	MTL	17	3	20	+4	6	2	7	0	1	0	0	40	7.5
16	Charlie Huddy C. Huddy	17	1984-85	EDM	18	3	20	+21	17	1	6	0	1	0	0	49	6.1
17	Denis Potvin D. Potvin	17	1980-81	NYI	18	8	25	+18	16	6	9	1	2	2	0	44	18.2
18	Larry Robinson L. Robinson	17	1977-78	MTL	15	4	21	+21	6	2	6	0	0	0	0	41	9.8
19	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	16	2021-22	TBL	23	3	19	+2	10	2	7	0	0	0	0	77	3.9	0	0		36	42	6	23	24:40
20	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	16	2020-21	TBL	23	2	18	+1	8	2	11	0	0	0	0	55	3.6	0	0		21	48	11	27	24:42
21	Torey Krug T. Krug	16	2018-19	BOS	24	2	18	+4	10	2	10	0	0	0	0	55	3.6	0	0		37	31	6	19	22:21
22	Alex Pietrangelo A. Pietrangelo	16	2018-19	STL	26	3	19	+5	12	0	4	0	0	1	0	77	3.9	0	0		24	48	21	20	25:45
23	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	16	2016-17	OTT	19	2	18	+13	10	0	3	0	0	2	0	53	3.8	0	0		21	35	16	25	28:08
24	Chris Pronger C. Pronger	16	2005-06	EDM	24	5	21	+10	26	3	8	0	0	0	0	61	8.2	0	0		35	66	28	44	30:57
25	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	16	2002-03	NJD	24	2	18	+11	16	1	6	0	0	0	0	40	5.0	0	1	0.0	26	35	26	17	26:07