nhl player most shorthanded assists in one playoff season

Wayne Gretzky has the most shorthanded assists in a single NHL playoff run, with 5 assists in 1982-83.

	NAME	SHA	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	5	1982-83	EDM	16	12	26	38	+20	4	2	6	3	3	0	76	15.8
2	Mitch Marner M. Marner	4	2025-26	VGK	22	10	19	29	+11	6	2	6	0	2	0	57	17.5	23	57	40.4	22	12	16	31	21:47
3	Mark Howe M. Howe	4	1988-89	PHI	19	0	15	15	+14	10	0	5	0	0	0	33	0.0
4	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	4	1982-83	EDM	16	8	15	23	+16	8	2	2	2	0	0	31	25.8
5	Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	3	2023-24	NYR	16	3	13	16	+1	2	2	5	0	0	0	40	7.5	140	268	52.2	12	13	12	16	21:18
6	Dustin Brown D. Brown	3	2011-12	LAK	20	8	12	20	+16	34	1	3	2	3	0	59	13.6	9	20	45.0	93	12	10	13	20:44
7	Henrik Zetterberg H. Zetterberg	3	2007-08	DET	22	13	14	27	+16	16	4	6	2	4	0	116	11.2	197	368	53.5	15	16	19	11	22:36
8	Chris Chelios C. Chelios	3	2001-02	DET	23	1	13	14	+15	44	1	3	0	0	0	28	3.6	0	0		32	44	20	18	26:22
9	Dave Poulin D. Poulin	3	1988-89	PHI	19	6	5	11	+5	16	0	0	2	2	1	27	22.2
10	Brian Propp B. Propp	3	1988-89	PHI	18	14	9	23	+8	14	5	4	1	1	0	52	26.9
11	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	3	1986-87	EDM	21	5	29	34	+10	6	2	8	0	0	0	55	9.1
12	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	3	1984-85	EDM	18	17	30	47	+27	4	4	3	2	3	0	67	25.4
13	Bobby Orr B. Orr	3	1969-70	BOS	14	9	11	20	+24	14	3	4	1	2	1	78	11.5
14	Fleming MacKell F. MacKell	3	1957-58	BOS	12	5	14	19		10	1	6	0	0	0
15	Neil Colville N. Colville	3	1939-40	NYR	12	2	7	9		18	0	1	0	0	0
16	Vincent Trocheck V. Trocheck	2	2023-24	NYR	16	8	12	20	+3	10	5	4	0	1	1	43	18.6	193	334	57.8	64	16	13	10	23:08
17	Connor Brown C. Brown	2	2023-24	EDM	19	2	4	6	+4	6	0	0	1	0	0	14	14.3	4	8	50.0	9	10	8	3	11:55
18	Shea Weber S. Weber	2	2020-21	MTL	22	1	5	6	+4	28	1	1	0	0	0	48	2.1	0	0		72	40	5	29	25:13
19	Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	2	2019-20	CGY	10	3	2	5	+4	6	0	0	0	1	0	15	20.0	0	0		13	17	6	11	21:27
20	Brian Boyle B. Boyle	2	2013-14	NYR	25	3	5	8	-3	19	0	0	1	0	0	30	10.0	78	156	50.0	69	32	9	10	13:18
21	Paul Martin P. Martin	2	2013-14	PIT	13	0	8	8	+7	6	0	3	0	0	0	23	0.0	0	0		12	38	6	10	27:20
22	Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	2	2013-14	NYR	25	4	13	17	-1	8	2	5	0	0	0	46	8.7	0	0		52	48	20	35	26:49
23	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	2	2013-14	COL	7	2	4	6	+3	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	14.3	48	103	46.6	1	5	9	6	22:21
24	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	2	2011-12	PHI	10	8	9	17	+2	13	3	4	2	0	0	36	22.2	123	237	51.9	7	9	3	7	22:43
25	Max Talbot M. Talbot	2	2011-12	PHI	11	4	2	6	+5	10	1	0	2	0	0	15	26.7	13	31	41.9	26	10	12	2	17:02

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