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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Boston Bruins
2024-25All 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 Boston Bruins in 2024-25: Elias Lindholm (BOS), 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 | Elias LindholmFBOS | BOS | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 1 | 3 | 43%▲4.7 |
| 2 | Nikita ZadorovDBOS | BOS | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 0 | 2 | 39%▲21 |
| 3 | Pavel ZachaFBOS | BOS | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 2 | 3 | 78%▲13 |
| 4 | Andrew PeekeDBOS | BOS | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | 6.5%▲6.2 |
| 5 | Marat KhusnutdinovFMIN/BOS | MIN/BOS | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 11%▲11 |
| 6 | Brad MarchandFBOS/FLA | BOS/FLA | 1 | 71 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 73%▲0.7 |
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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