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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Colorado Avalanche
2023-24All 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 2023-24: Cale Makar (COL), 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 | Cale MakarDCOL | COL | 3 | 77 | 0.04 | 1 | 4 | 100%▲1 |
| 2 | Andrew CoglianoFCOL | COL | 3 | 75 | 0.04 | 1 | 4 | — |
| 3 | Devon ToewsDCOL | COL | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 0 | 2 | 62%▼1 |
| 4 | Valeri NichushkinFCOL | COL | 2 | 54 | 0.04 | 0 | 2 | 60% |
| 5 | Sean WalkerDPHI/COL | PHI/COL | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 2 | 3 | 61%▼11 |
| 6 | Josh MansonDCOL | COL | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | 32%▲16 |
| 7 | Yakov TreninFNSH/COL | NSH/COL | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 22%▲16 |
| 8 | Ryan JohansenFCOL | COL | 1 | 63 | 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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