| Rank | Player | Team | Assists |
| 1 | A. Ovechkin | WSH | 53 |
| 2 | N. Backstrom | WSH | 47 |
| 3 | B. Laich | WSH | 32 |
| 4 | J. Carlson | WSH | 30 |
| 5 | A. Semin | CAR | 26 |
| 6 | M. Knuble | PHI | 16 |
| 7 | J. Chimera | WSH | 16 |
| 8 | M. Hendricks | WSH | 16 |
| 9 | M. Green | WSH | 16 |
| 10 | M. Johansson | WSH | 14 |
| 11 | E. Fehr | WSH | 10 |
| 12 | K. Alzner | WSH | 10 |
| 13 | J. Schultz | WSH | 9 |
| 14 | M. Perreault | WSH | 7 |
| 15 | M. Bradley | 7 | |
| 16 | J. Erskine | WSH | 7 |
| 17 | D. Steckel | ANA | 6 |
| 18 | T. Fleischmann | FLA | 6 |
| 19 | B. Gordon | PHX | 6 |
| 20 | D. Wideman | CGY | 6 |