NHL Playoff Assists Leaders 1996-97

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Assists count plays that help a teammate score. Higher means the player sets up more goals. Below are the top 343 NHL playoff players ranked by Playoff Assists for 1996-97.

#	Player	Team	A
1	J. SakicJoe Sakic 26YC	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	17
2	E. LindrosEric Lindros 23YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	14
3	V. KamenskyValeri Kamensky 30YLW	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	14
4	S. OzolinshSandis Ozolinsh 23YD	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	13
5	S. FedorovSergei Fedorov 26YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	12
6	J. LeClairJohn LeClair 26YLW	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	12
7	J. NiinimaaJanne Niinimaa 21YD	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	12
8	P. ForsbergPeter Forsberg 22YC	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	12
9	C. LemieuxClaude Lemieux 30YRW	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	10
10	W. GretzkyWayne Gretzky 35YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	10
11	D. MironovDmitri Mironov 30YD	AnaheimAnaheim Ducks	10
12	L. MurphyLarry Murphy 35YD	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	9
13	M. MessierMark Messier 35YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	9
14	I. LarionovIgor Larionov 35YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	8
15	B. ShanahanBrendan Shanahan 27YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	8
16	M. LapointeMartin Lapointe 22YRW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	8
17	R. Brind'AmourRod Brind'Amour 25YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	8
18	E. DesjardinsEric Desjardins 27YD	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	8
19	P. CoffeyPaul Coffey 35YD	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	8
20	B. LeetchBrian Leetch 28YD	New YorkNew York Rangers	8
21	D. WeightDoug Weight 25YC	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	8
22	B. MironovBoris Mironov 24YD	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	8
23	L. RobitailleLuc Robitaille 30YLW	New YorkNew York Rangers	7
24	J. DaigneaultJ.J. Daigneault 30YD	AnaheimAnaheim Ducks	7
25	C. RonningCliff Ronning 30YC	PhoenixPhoenix Coyotes	7
26	B. HullBrett Hull 31YRW	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	7
27	S. YzermanSteve Yzerman 31YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	6
28	N. LidstromNicklas Lidstrom 26YD	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	6
29	C. TherienChris Therien 24YD	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	6
30	M. RenbergMikael Renberg 24YRW	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	6
31	A. DeadmarshAdam Deadmarsh 21YRW	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	6
32	G. GalleyGarry Galley 33YD	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	6
33	D. PlanteDerek Plante 25YC	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	6
34	S. YelleStephane Yelle 22YC	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	6
35	J. ArnottJason Arnott 21YC	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	6
36	P. KariyaPaul Kariya 21YLW	AnaheimAnaheim Ducks	6
37	S. ChambersShawn Chambers 29YD	New JerseyNew Jersey Devils	6
38	V. KozlovVyacheslav Kozlov 24YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	5
39	J. OttoJoel Otto 34YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	5
40	D. HawerchukDale Hawerchuk 33YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	5
41	D. LidsterDoug Lidster 35YD	New YorkNew York Rangers	5
42	B. HolzingerBrian Holzinger 23YC	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	5
43	D. McgillisDan Mcgillis 24YD	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	5
44	R. SmythRyan Smyth 20YLW	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	5
45	D. AudetteDonald Audette 26YRW	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	5
46	J. MacLeanJohn MacLean 31YRW	New JerseyNew Jersey Devils	5
47	N. SundstromNiklas Sundstrom 21YRW	New YorkNew York Rangers	5
48	A. YashinAlexei Yashin 22YC	OttawaOttawa Senators	5
49	G. MurphyGord Murphy 29YD	FloridaFlorida Panthers	5
50	K. DraperKris Draper 25YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	4