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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
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 Montreal Canadiens in 2025-26: Oliver Kapanen (MTL), 2 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 | Oliver KapanenFMTL | MTL | 2 | 82 | 0.02 | 1 | 3 | 29%▲25 |
| 2 | Josh AndersonFMTL | MTL | 2 | 72 | 0.03 | 2 | 4 | 10%▲9.2 |
| 3 | Noah DobsonDMTL | MTL | 1 | 80 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 98%▼1.2 |
| 4 | Mike MathesonDMTL | MTL | 1 | 78 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | 85%▼7.8 |
| 5 | Phillip DanaultFMTL/LAK | MTL/LAK | 1 | 75 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | 4.9%▲4.5 |
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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