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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Colorado Avalanche
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 Colorado Avalanche in 2022-23: Jack Johnson (CHI/COL), 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 | Jack JohnsonDCHI/COL | CHI/COL | 2 | 83 | 0.02 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 2 | Andrew CoglianoFCOL | COL | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 3 | Valeri NichushkinFCOL | COL | 2 | 53 | 0.04 | 1 | 3 | 60% |
| 4 | Logan O'ConnorFCOL | COL | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 2 | 3 | 0.2% |
| 5 | Samuel GirardDCOL | COL | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 9.0%▲8.6 |
| 6 | Erik JohnsonDCOL | COL | 1 | 63 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 7 | Lukas SedlakFPHI/COL | PHI/COL | 1 | 30 | 0.03 | 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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