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NHL Shorthanded Goals Leaders
2026-27All situationsThrough 3 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by shorthanded goals, regular season only, listing players with at least one. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
Shorthanded goals are scored while killing a penalty. They are rare, a few per player at most, and usually come from fast forwards on the penalty kill who jump on a bad pass. SHG is a rare category: the leaders often have only three or four. Penalty-kill time is the only real predictor.
Leader in 2026-27: Kasperi Kapanen (EDM), 1 SHG.
- Early sample: teams have played at most 3 games in 2026-27. Expect big swings.
Shorthanded Goals leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | SHG | GP | Per game | SHA | SHP | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kasperi KapanenFEDM | EDM | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.2%▲9 |
| 2 | Connor McDavidFEDM | EDM | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100%▲1.5 |
| 3 | Paul CotterFVAN | VAN | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19%▲19 |
| 4 | Casey CizikasFNYI | NYI | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 5 | Joel ArmiaFLAK | LAK | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.3%▲3.1 |
| 6 | Trevor MooreFLAK | LAK | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.1% |
| 7 | Nick RobertsonFPIT | PIT | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28%▲27 |
| 8 | Emil HeinemanFNYI | NYI | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32%▲25 |
| 9 | Will SmithFSJS | SJS | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 95%▲23 |
How to read it
Goals scored while the team is short a skater.
How reliable is it?
Very low counts: a shorthanded goal total from one season says little about the next.
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