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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2025-26All 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 Buffalo Sabres in 2025-26: Owen Power (BUF), 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 | Owen PowerDBUF | BUF | 3 | 81 | 0.04 | 0 | 3 | 53%▲30 |
| 2 | Alex TuchFBUF | BUF | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 3 | 5 | 94%▼5.5 |
| 3 | Mattias SamuelssonDBUF | BUF | 2 | 78 | 0.03 | 1 | 3 | 79%▲9.3 |
| 4 | Bowen ByramDBUF | BUF | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 96%▲6.5 |
| 5 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 100%▲1.3 |
| 6 | Ryan McLeodFBUF | BUF | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 5 | 6 | 26%▲20 |
| 7 | Sam CarrickFNYR/BUF | NYR/BUF | 1 | 73 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Zach BensonFBUF | BUF | 1 | 65 | 0.02 | 1 | 2 | 56%▲44 |
| 9 | Tyson KozakFBUF | BUF | 1 | 46 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 3.2%▲3.2 |
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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