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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Pittsburgh Penguins
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 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 2020-21: Jake Guentzel (PIT), 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 | Jake GuentzelFPIT | PIT | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| 2 | Kris LetangDPIT | PIT | 1 | 55 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 47%▼16 |
| 3 | John MarinoDPIT | PIT | 1 | 52 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 18%▲13 |
| 4 | Brian DumoulinDPIT | PIT | 1 | 41 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% |
| 5 | Brandon TanevFPIT | PIT | 1 | 32 | 0.03 | 1 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 6 | Frederick GaudreauFPIT | PIT | 1 | 19 | 0.05 | 0 | 1 | 0.2% |
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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