nhl player most shorthanded goals in decade

Wayne Gretzky has scored the most shorthanded goals in a decade, with 60 scored in the 1980s.

	NAME	SHG	DECADE	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	60	1980s	774	637	1,200	1,837	+568	349	136	356	63	66	1	3,095	20.6
2	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	37	1990s	743	363	555	918	+130	527	104	192	21	46	2	2,482	14.6
3	Derek Sanderson D. Sanderson	30	1970s	462	152	203	355	+105	667	21	29	22	12		1,171	13.0
4	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	29	1980s	676	441	509	950	+355	300	97	127	27	58	6	1,961	22.5
5	Mark Messier M. Messier	29	1980s	719	335	506	841	+140	1,011	73	142	40	38	1	1,876	17.9
6	Theo Fleury T. Fleury	28	1990s	770	360	460	820	+151	1,311	103	166	13	52	5	2,647	13.6
7	Mark Messier M. Messier	28	1990s	694	275	544	819	+111	678	77	212	35	38	5	1,793	15.3
8	Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	27	2000s	677	237	346	583	+25	216	69	99	16	41	5	1,729	13.7	82	220	37.3	286	355	478	480	20:13
9	Dave Reid D. Reid	27	1990s	651	116	141	257	+28	143	10	8	15	13	1	1,051	11.0
10	Dave Poulin D. Poulin	27	1980s	439	152	225	377	+167	291	12	24	26	26	2	913	16.6
11	Mark Howe M. Howe	27	1980s	706	175	440	615	+316	365	45	159	20	21	0	1,808	9.7
12	Brad Marchand B. Marchand	26	2010s	681	262	297	559	+196	674	47	59	15	51	15	1,657	15.8	170	436	39.0	563	240	439	527	17:29
13	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	26	1990s	722	352	565	917	-38	316	110	240	12	48	1	2,505	14.1
14	Bobby Clarke B. Clarke	26	1970s	773	270	598	868	+360	909	82	175	20	28		1,892	14.3
15	Pavel Bure P. Bure	25	1990s	439	267	227	494	+20	332	74	78	15	32	2	1,963	13.6
16	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	25	1990s	377	313	466	779	+107	391	101	194	13	40	2	1,607	19.5
17	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	25	1980s	555	300	383	683	-36	699	92	136	8	21	3	1,947	15.4
18	Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	24	1980s	554	146	208	354	+129	416	5	12	10	22	1	958	15.2
19	Doug Smail D. Smail	24	1980s	597	163	182	345	+3	393	5	8	12	25	2	1,004	16.2
20	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	24	1980s	659	319	391	710	+145	107	88	126	15	40	1	1,556	20.5
21	Brian Rolston B. Rolston	23	2000s	704	223	269	492	+36	327	72	124	9	49	6	2,422	9.2	2,682	5,718	46.9	439	246	298	300	19:30
22	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	23	1990s	604	274	398	672	+221	437	79	125	19	48	6	2,080	13.2
23	Jeremy Roenick J. Roenick	23	1990s	733	335	440	775	+118	914	126	170	14	51	2	2,014	16.6
24	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	23	1980s	368	300	415	715	+35	346	100	196	9	25	7	1,447	20.7
25	Bob Pulford B. Pulford	23	1960s	668	185	251	436	+41	526	27	33	8	20		2,040	9.1

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Golden Knights	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames	34	39	9	77	-47
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Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
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Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
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Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

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Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
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