NHL Shorthanded Assists per Game Leaders

Leaders: SH Assists per Game, 2025-26

1stJean-Gabriel PageauNYI · 74 GP0.05
2ndJaccob SlavinCAR · 39 GP0.05
3rdSebastian AhoCAR · 79 GP0.05
4thMikael BacklundCGY · 82 GP0.05
5thRasmus RistolainenPHI · 44 GP0.05
6thNick FolignoCHI · 54 GP0.04
7thYan KuznetsovCGY · 57 GP0.04
8thRadek FaksaDAL · 58 GP0.03
9thDrew HellesonANA · 60 GP0.03
10thTroy TerryANA · 61 GP0.03

The full ranked table, with filters, follows.

What SH Assists per Game measures

This board ranks NHL skaters by assists per game played, shorthanded, this season. Players under the minimum sample are hidden, and every row shows the games or minutes behind the number. Assists per game played, shorthanded, this season.

Special-teams scoring follows special-teams ice time: a player's share of his team's PP minutes repeats much better than his PP points do. A row needs at least 33 games to qualify, a bar that rises as the season goes on, so early leaders with a handful of games do not crowd the top.

The shorthanded split shows who scores while killing penalties. Assists credit the last one or two players to touch the puck before a goal. Playmaking centres and power-play quarterbacks on the blue line top the list, and secondary assists make the totals noisier than goals suggest. In 2025-26, 628 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 0.00 and Jean-Gabriel Pageau leads at 0.05.

SH Assists per Game leaderboard

WhoAll skaters Forwards Defensemen Rookies

RateTotal Per game Per 60

WindowSeason Last 7 days Last 14 days Last 30 days Last 10 games

StrengthAll situations 5-on-5 Power play Shorthanded

Season2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24

Older seasons

2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18

Strength comes from the play-by-play skater counts; a few players differ from NHL.com by one goal or point where a penalty expired at the moment of the goal.

628 qualified

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NHL Shorthanded Assists per Game Leaders, 2025-26, All situations
#	Player	Team	SH A/GP	GP	A			Pctl
1	Jean-Gabriel PageauFNYI	NYI	0.05	74	4	32nd	57th	100	13%▲1.8
2	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	0.05	39	2	92nd	98th	100	26%▲4.9
3	Sebastian AhoFCAR	CAR	0.05	79	4	93rd	99th	100	100%
4	Mikael BacklundFCGY	CGY	0.05	82	4	27th	93rd	100	12%
5	Rasmus RistolainenDPHI	PHI	0.05	44	2	78th	90th	99	7.4%▼0.8
6	Nick FolignoFCHI	CHI	0.04	54	2	8th	23rd	99	3.3%
7	Yan KuznetsovDCGY	CGY	0.04	57	2	17th	59th	99	6.4%
8	Radek FaksaFDAL	DAL	0.03	58	2	64th	7th	99	0.1%
9	Drew HellesonDANA	ANA	0.03	60	2	61st	45th	99	8.8%
10	Troy TerryFANA	ANA	0.03	61	2	75th	72nd	99	44%▼1
11	Anton LundellFFLA	FLA	0.03	64	2	63rd	98th	98	40%▼1.8
12	Adam HenriqueFEDM	EDM	0.03	65	2	44th	21st	98	0.4%
13	Alexander KerfootFUTA	UTA	0.03	34	1	78th	34th	98	3.2%
14	Tyler KlevenDOTT	OTT	0.03	70	2	97th	23rd	98	23%▲11
15	John BeecherFCGY	CGY	0.03	35	1	13th	9th	98	0.0%
16	Max CrozierDTBL	TBL	0.03	35	1	84th	6th	98	5.6%
17	Anthony CirelliFTBL	TBL	0.03	71	2	95th	85th	97	44%▼2.2
18	Seth JarvisFCAR	CAR	0.03	71	2	92nd	99th	97	94%▲1.1
19	Josh AndersonFMTL	MTL	0.03	72	2	47th	45th	97	22%▲11
20	K'Andre MillerDCAR	CAR	0.03	72	2	96th	87th	97	58%▼1.8
21	Shane PintoFOTT	OTT	0.03	72	2	93rd	93rd	97	45%▲1
22	Jack EichelFVGK	VGK	0.03	74	2	97th	97th	97	100%
23	Zach WerenskiDCBJ	CBJ	0.03	75	2	70th	82nd	96	100%
24	Ryan PoehlingFANA	ANA	0.03	75	2	51st	34th	96	5.8%
25	Ilya MikheyevFCHI	CHI	0.03	77	2	4th	92nd	96	6.7%▼0.8
26	Mikhail SergachevDUTA	UTA	0.03	78	2	83rd	89th	96	100%▲1.4
27	Mattias SamuelssonDBUF	BUF	0.03	78	2	68th	76th	96	81%▲4.9
28	Alex TuchFBUF	BUF	0.03	79	2	68th	79th	95	94%
29	Nick PerbixDNSH	NSH	0.03	79	2	24th	84th	95	0.1%
30	Simon HolmstromFNYI	NYI	0.03	79	2	28th	63rd	95	14%▼0.8
31	J.J. MoserDTBL	TBL	0.03	79	2	90th	92nd	95	16%▼2.5
32	Chandler StephensonFSEA	SEA	0.03	80	2	9th	97th	95	27%▲3.3
33	Christian DvorakFPHI	PHI	0.03	80	2	82nd	88th	95	15%▲1.7
34	Parker WotherspoonDPIT	PIT	0.03	80	2	66th	81st	95	13%▼1.6
35	Kevin StenlundFUTA	UTA	0.03	80	2	79th	24th	95	0.2%
36	Travis SanheimDPHI	PHI	0.02	81	2	79th	93rd	94	65%▼0.6
37	Adrian KempeFLAK	LAK	0.02	81	2	78th	81st	94	95%▼0.9
38	Sean WalkerDCAR	CAR	0.02	81	2	96th	79th	94	71%▲7.7
39	Owen PowerDBUF	BUF	0.02	81	2	61st	68th	94	75%▲5
40	Dylan DeMeloDWPG	WPG	0.02	82	2	36th	84th	93	5.7%
41	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	0.02	82	2	82nd	94th	93	28%▼4.1
42	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	0.02	82	2	48th	61st	93	60%▼2.7
43	Jonas SiegenthalerDNJD	NJD	0.02	82	2	44th	66th	93	0.2%▼3
44	Filip HronekDVAN	VAN	0.02	82	2	5th	83rd	93	94%
45	Evan BouchardDEDM	EDM	0.02	82	2	86th	96th	93	100%
46	Oliver KapanenFMTL	MTL	0.02	82	2	56th	55th	93	26%▼0.8
47	Rodrigo AbolsFPHI	PHI	0.02	42	1	61st	1st	93	0.0%
48	Mattias JanmarkFEDM	EDM	0.02	43	1	40th	15th	93	0.0%
49	Ty DellandreaFSJS	SJS	0.02	46	1	10th	28th	92	0.1%
50	Tyson KozakFBUF	BUF	0.02	46	1	49th	36th	92	0.0%▼3.2