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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: New Jersey Devils
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 New Jersey Devils in 2019-20: Travis Zajac (NJD), 2 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 | Travis ZajacFNJD | NJD | 2 | 69 | 0.03 | 1 | 3 | — |
| 2 | Pavel ZachaFNJD | NJD | 2 | 65 | 0.03 | 2 | 4 | 78%▲13 |
| 3 | Andy GreeneDNJD/NYI | NJD/NYI | 2 | 63 | 0.03 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 4 | Blake ColemanFNJD/TBL | NJD/TBL | 1 | 66 | 0.02 | 3 | 4 | 38%▼24 |
| 5 | Nico HischierFNJD | NJD | 1 | 58 | 0.02 | 1 | 2 | 97%▲2.3 |
| 6 | Kevin RooneyFNJD | NJD | 1 | 49 | 0.02 | 2 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 7 | Sami VatanenDNJD | NJD | 1 | 47 | 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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