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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Calgary Flames
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 Calgary Flames in 2025-26: Mikael Backlund (CGY), 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 | Mikael BacklundFCGY | CGY | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 1 | 5 | 14%▲9.3 |
| 2 | Yan KuznetsovDCGY | CGY | 2 | 57 | 0.04 | 0 | 2 | 7.2%▲7.1 |
| 3 | Joel FarabeeFCGY | CGY | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 4 | 5 | 11%▲6.4 |
| 4 | MacKenzie WeegarDCGY/UTA | CGY/UTA | 1 | 79 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 93%▼7.2 |
| 5 | Kevin BahlDCGY | CGY | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 6 | John BeecherFCGY/BOS | CGY/BOS | 1 | 35 | 0.03 | 1 | 2 | 0.1% |
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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