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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Carolina Hurricanes
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 Carolina Hurricanes in 2025-26: Sebastian Aho (CAR), 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 | Sebastian AhoFCAR | CAR | 4 | 79 | 0.05 | 2 | 6 | 99%▲1.2 |
| 2 | Sean WalkerDCAR | CAR | 2 | 81 | 0.02 | 0 | 2 | 61%▼11 |
| 3 | K'Andre MillerDCAR | CAR | 2 | 72 | 0.03 | 1 | 3 | 64%▲26 |
| 4 | Seth JarvisFCAR | CAR | 2 | 71 | 0.03 | 4 | 6 | 95%▲1.4 |
| 5 | Jaccob SlavinDCAR | CAR | 2 | 39 | 0.05 | 0 | 2 | 16%▲4.6 |
| 6 | Jordan StaalFCAR | CAR | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 20%▲13 |
| 7 | Eric RobinsonFCAR | CAR | 1 | 67 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
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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