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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by shorthanded assists, regular season only, listing players with at least one. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
Shorthanded assists go to the passers on goals scored while killing a penalty. The totals are tiny; one or two put a player near the top. Only a handful of leagues score SHA. Use it alongside the shorthanded points board to find penalty killers who chip in.
Leader for the Montreal Canadiens in 2017-18: Karl Alzner (MTL), 1 SHA.
- Completed seasons use the NHL's official power-play and shorthanded totals.
Shorthanded Assists leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | SHA | GP | Per game | SHG | SHP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karl AlznerDMTL | MTL | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2 | Paul ByronFMTL | MTL | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 3 | Logan ShawFANA/MTL | ANA/MTL | 1 | 72 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 4 | Charles HudonFMTL | MTL | 1 | 72 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 5 | Torrey MitchellFLAK/MTL | LAK/MTL | 1 | 60 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 6 | Nicolas DeslauriersFMTL | MTL | 1 | 58 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 7 | Brandon DavidsonDEDM/NYI/MTL | EDM/NYI/MTL | 1 | 51 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 8 | Shea WeberDMTL | MTL | 1 | 26 | 0.04 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 9 | Brett LernoutDMTL | MTL | 1 | 18 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | — |
How to read it
Assists on goals scored while the team is short a skater.
How reliable is it?
Tiny counts and mostly luck: read it as trivia, not a skill ranking.
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