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NHL Shorthanded Assists Leaders: New York Islanders
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 New York Islanders in 2025-26: Jean-Gabriel Pageau (NYI), 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 | Jean-Gabriel PageauFNYI | NYI | 4 | 74 | 0.05 | 3 | 7 | 12%▲11 |
| 2 | Simon HolmstromFNYI | NYI | 2 | 79 | 0.03 | 2 | 4 | 16%▲14 |
| 3 | Adam PelechDNYI | NYI | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | 3.2%▲3 |
| 4 | Casey CizikasFNYI | NYI | 1 | 81 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 5 | Ryan PulockDNYI | NYI | 1 | 76 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 10%▼1.4 |
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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