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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 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 Buffalo Sabres in 2019-20: Rasmus Ristolainen (BUF), 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 | Rasmus RistolainenDBUF | BUF | 1 | 69 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 8.3%▲7.7 |
| 2 | Michael FrolikFCGY/BUF | CGY/BUF | 1 | 57 | 0.02 | 2 | 3 | — |
| 3 | Curtis LazarFBUF | BUF | 1 | 38 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 4 | Rasmus AsplundFBUF | BUF | 1 | 29 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 5 | Zach BogosianDBUF/TBL | BUF/TBL | 1 | 27 | 0.04 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% |
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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