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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2022-23All 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 Buffalo Sabres in 2022-23: Dylan Cozens (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 | Dylan CozensFBUF | BUF | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 2 | 3 | 90%▲3.9 |
| 2 | Owen PowerDBUF | BUF | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 53%▲30 |
| 3 | Jack QuinnFBUF | BUF | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 45%▲29 |
| 4 | Ilya LyubushkinDBUF | BUF | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 5 | Jacob BrysonDBUF | BUF | 1 | 59 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 6 | Mattias SamuelssonDBUF | BUF | 1 | 55 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 79%▲9.3 |
| 7 | Vinnie HinostrozaFBUF | BUF | 1 | 26 | 0.04 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
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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