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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Vegas Golden Knights
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 Vegas Golden Knights in 2018-19: Reilly Smith (VGK), 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 | Reilly SmithFVGK | VGK | 3 | 74 | 0.04 | 1 | 4 | — |
| 2 | William KarlssonFVGK | VGK | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 1 | 3 | 24%▲20 |
| 3 | Nick HoldenDVGK | VGK | 2 | 61 | 0.03 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 4 | Brayden McNabbDVGK | VGK | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 24%▲21 |
| 5 | Shea TheodoreDVGK | VGK | 1 | 79 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 91%▲28 |
| 6 | Ryan CarpenterFVGK | VGK | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 7 | Paul StastnyFVGK | VGK | 1 | 50 | 0.02 | 1 | 2 | — |
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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