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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Ottawa Senators
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 Ottawa Senators in 2024-25: Jake Sanderson (OTT), 4 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 SandersonDOTT | OTT | 4 | 80 | 0.05 | 0 | 4 | 99%▲2.9 |
| 2 | Ridly GreigFOTT | OTT | 2 | 78 | 0.03 | 2 | 4 | 15%▲13 |
| 3 | Shane PintoFOTT | OTT | 2 | 70 | 0.03 | 3 | 5 | 37%▲22 |
| 4 | Artem ZubDOTT | OTT | 2 | 56 | 0.04 | 0 | 2 | 10%▲6.1 |
| 5 | Claude GirouxFOTT | OTT | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 30%▲20 |
| 6 | Josh NorrisFOTT/BUF | OTT/BUF | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 3 | 4 | 39%▲32 |
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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