Assists Leaders - Defensemen
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | TOI/G | SHFT | SHFT/G | PROD |
| 1 | Derek Meech, D | DET | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:04 | 13 | 6.5 | 0:00 |
| Tim Conboy, D | CAR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:27 | 23 | 7.7 | 0:00 | |
| Ossi Vaananen, D | VAN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:14 | 45 | 15.0 | 0:00 | |
| Roman Hamrlik, D | MON | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 25:19 | 127 | 31.8 | 0:00 | |
| Roman Polak, D | STL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 21:49 | 129 | 32.3 | 0:00 | |
| Dan Girardi, D | NYR | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 21:04 | 201 | 28.7 | 0:00 | |
| Jan Hejda, D | CLS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 16:53 | 74 | 24.7 | 0:00 | |
| Ryan O'Byrne, D | MON | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:04 | 42 | 21.0 | 0:00 | |
| Luca Sbisa, D | PHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:37 | 11 | 11.0 | 0:00 | |
| Patrice Brisebois, D | MON | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:07 | 21 | 21.0 | 0:00 | |
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | TOI/G | SHFT | SHFT/G | PROD |
| Chris Chelios, D | DET | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:21 | 67 | 11.2 | 0:00 | |
| Christian Ehrhoff, D | SJ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 24:47 | 178 | 29.7 | 0:00 | |
| Mike Weaver, D | STL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:02 | 97 | 24.3 | 0:00 | |
| Anders Eriksson, D | CGY | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:42 | 55 | 27.5 | 0:00 | |
| Matt Hunwick, D | BOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:59 | 20 | 20.0 | 0:00 | |
| Douglas Murray, D | SJ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:51 | 148 | 24.7 | 0:00 | |
| Jeff Schultz, D | WAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:26 | 21 | 21.0 | 0:00 | |
| Mike Commodore, D | CLS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 21:32 | 111 | 27.8 | 0:00 | |
| Niclas Wallin, D | CAR | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 | 349 | 19.4 | 0:00 | |
| Johnny Oduya, D | NJ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:19 | 201 | 28.7 | 0:00 | |
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | TOI/G | SHFT | SHFT/G | PROD |
| Brad Lukowich, D | SJ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:30 | 117 | 19.5 | 0:00 | |
| Jay McKee, D | STL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:56 | 88 | 22.0 | 0:00 | |
| Mathieu Schneider, D | MON | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18:58 | 52 | 26.0 | 0:00 | |
| Fedor Tyutin, D | CLS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:16 | 124 | 31.0 | 0:00 | |
| Brett Festerling, D | ANH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:34 | 21 | 21.0 | 0:00 | |
| Ryan Parent, D | PHI | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 18:52 | 156 | 26.0 | 0:00 | |
| Michal Rozsival, D | NYR | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:41 | 213 | 30.4 | 0:00 | |
| Andrew Ference, D | BOS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:30 | 65 | 21.7 | 0:00 | |
| Mathieu Dandenault, D | MON | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 21:05 | 113 | 28.3 | 0:00 | |
| Marc Methot, D | CLS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 16:15 | 85 | 21.3 | 0:00 | |
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | TOI/G | SHFT | SHFT/G | PROD |
| Jeff Woywitka, D | STL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:48 | 103 | 25.8 | 0:00 | |
| Sheldon Brookbank, D | ANH | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:12 | 218 | 16.8 | 0:00 | |
| Mike Komisarek, D | MON | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 19:00 | 99 | 24.8 | 0:00 | |
| Francis Bouillon, D | MON | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:46 | 4 | 4.0 | 0:00 | |
| Carlo Colaiacovo, D | STL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:19 | 115 | 28.8 | 0:00 | |
| Bryce Salvador, D | NJ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 15:29 | 85 | 21.3 | 0:00 | |
| Shane Hnidy, D | BOS | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 14:06 | 145 | 20.7 | 98:43 | |
| Francois Beauchemin, D | ANH | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21:25 | 327 | 25.2 | 278:19 | |
| Marc Staal, D | NYR | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 21:33 | 194 | 27.7 | 150:48 | |
| Aaron Ward, D | BOS | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19:41 | 279 | 25.4 | 216:29 |
Data provided by Elias Sports Bureau
