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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Pittsburgh Penguins
2018-19All 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 Pittsburgh Penguins in 2018-19: Brian Dumoulin (PIT), 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 | Brian DumoulinDPIT | PIT | 4 | 76 | 0.05 | 0 | 4 | 0.4% |
| 2 | Jack JohnsonDPIT | PIT | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 3 | Sidney CrosbyFPIT | PIT | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 0 | 2 | 100%▲2.4 |
| 4 | Bryan RustFPIT | PIT | 2 | 72 | 0.03 | 2 | 4 | 85%▲2.5 |
| 5 | Matt CullenFPIT | PIT | 2 | 71 | 0.03 | 2 | 4 | — |
| 6 | Teddy BluegerFPIT | PIT | 2 | 28 | 0.07 | 1 | 3 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 7 | Marcus PetterssonDPIT/ANA | PIT/ANA | 1 | 84 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 6.6%▲6.2 |
| 8 | Riley SheahanFPIT/FLA | PIT/FLA | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 9 | Erik GudbransonDVAN/PIT | VAN/PIT | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Kris LetangDPIT | PIT | 1 | 65 | 0.02 | 1 | 2 | 47%▼16 |
| 11 | Derek GrantFANA/PIT | ANA/PIT | 1 | 56 | 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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