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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Vancouver Canucks
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 Vancouver Canucks in 2017-18: Brandon Sutter (VAN), 4 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 | Brandon SutterFVAN | VAN | 4 | 61 | 0.07 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 2 | Chris TanevDVAN | VAN | 2 | 42 | 0.05 | 0 | 2 | 6.0%▲5 |
| 3 | Derrick PouliotDVAN | VAN | 1 | 71 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 4 | Troy StecherDVAN | VAN | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 5 | Ben HuttonDVAN | VAN | 1 | 61 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 6 | Loui ErikssonFVAN | VAN | 1 | 50 | 0.02 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 7 | Alex BiegaDVAN | VAN | 1 | 44 | 0.02 | 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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