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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
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 Montreal Canadiens in 2024-25: Jake Evans (MTL), 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 | Jake EvansFMTL | MTL | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 3 | 6 | 5.7%▲5.2 |
| 2 | Mike MathesonDMTL | MTL | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 85%▼7.8 |
| 3 | Alexandre CarrierDMTL/NSH | MTL/NSH | 1 | 79 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 14%▲12 |
| 4 | Kaiden GuhleDMTL | MTL | 1 | 55 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 19%▲18 |
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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