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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Detroit Red Wings
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 Detroit Red Wings in 2023-24: Michael Rasmussen (DET), 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 | Michael RasmussenFDET | DET | 3 | 75 | 0.04 | 1 | 4 | 0.1% |
| 2 | Andrew CoppFDET | DET | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 1 | 3 | 9.2%▲7.8 |
| 3 | Moritz SeiderDDET | DET | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 100%▲0.6 |
| 4 | Joseph VelenoFDET | DET | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 4.1%▲3.9 |
| 5 | Jeff PetryDDET | DET | 1 | 73 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 6 | Jake WalmanDDET | DET | 1 | 63 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 33%▲30 |
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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