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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Tampa Bay Lightning
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 Tampa Bay Lightning in 2018-19: Ryan McDonagh (TBL), 3 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 | Ryan McDonaghDTBL | TBL | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 0 | 3 | 7.3%▲6.8 |
| 2 | Mathieu JosephFTBL | TBL | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 0 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 3 | Alex KillornFTBL | TBL | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | 5.1%▲3.6 |
| 4 | Anthony CirelliFTBL | TBL | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 5 | 6 | 51%▲19 |
| 5 | Yanni GourdeFTBL | TBL | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | 4.9%▲4 |
| 6 | Victor HedmanDTBL | TBL | 1 | 70 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 93%▲11 |
| 7 | Dan GirardiDTBL | TBL | 1 | 62 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 8 | Ryan CallahanFTBL | TBL | 1 | 52 | 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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