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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Ottawa Senators
2021-22All 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 Ottawa Senators in 2021-22: Connor Brown (OTT), 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 | Connor BrownFOTT | OTT | 3 | 64 | 0.05 | 1 | 4 | 6.6%▲5.1 |
| 2 | Mathieu JosephFTBL/OTT | TBL/OTT | 2 | 69 | 0.03 | 2 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 3 | Nikita ZaitsevDOTT | OTT | 2 | 62 | 0.03 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 4 | Nick PaulFOTT/TBL | OTT/TBL | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | 8.1%▲7.7 |
| 5 | Alex FormentonFOTT | OTT | 1 | 79 | 0.01 | 5 | 6 | 9.6%▲9.6 |
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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