NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Short-Handed Assists Leaders

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NHL Defensemen ‑ All-Time Short-Handed Assists Leaders.

			Overall								Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			per Game			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Rk		Name	Born	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
1		Chris Chelios	1962	D	1651	185	763	948	2891	351					103	69	13	31	1	386	338	39	109	11	489	407	52	140	12	42.9%										0.112	0.462	0.574	3627	5.1%	214	257	2	8	20.00%
2		Bobby Orr	1948	D	657	270	645	915	953	582					178	76	16	26	0	366	248	31	96	0	544	324	47	122	0	35.4%										0.411	0.982	1.393	3058	8.8%
3		Paul Coffey	1961	D	1409	396	1135	1531	1802	298					241	135	20	43	1	575	529	31	140	11	816	664	51	183	12	43.4%										0.281	0.806	1.087	4389	9.0%			0	0	0.00%
4		Nicklas Lidström	1970	D	1564	264	878	1142	514	450					122	132	10	35	4	390	458	30	166	22	512	590	40	201	26	51.7%										0.169	0.561	0.730	3875	6.8%	264	567	0	0	0.00%
5		Ray Bourque	1960	D	1612	410	1169	1579	1141	527					221	173	16	60	5	553	588	28	166	13	774	761	44	226	18	48.2%										0.254	0.725	0.980	6209	6.6%			0	3	0.00%
6		Zdeno Chara	1977	D	1680	209	471	680	2085	301	23:30	18:05	1:58	3:25	108	93	8	35	3	311	133	27	68	12	419	226	35	103	15	33.2%	0.318	0.716	1.033	0.213	0.614	0.827	1.682	2.406	4.088	0.124	0.280	0.405	3419	6.1%	2455	1752	13	23	36.11%
7		Kevin Lowe	1959	D	1254	84	347	431	1498	260					62	17	5	12	1	282	39	26	47	3	344	56	31	59	4	13.0%										0.067	0.277	0.344	1264	6.7%			0	0	0.00%
8		Mark Howe	1955	D	929	197	545	742	455	400					111	58	28	23	0	318	204	23	66	2	429	262	51	89	2	35.3%										0.212	0.587	0.799	2132	9.2%
9		Al MacInnis	1963	D	1416	340	934	1274	1511	371					164	166	10	44	3	355	556	23	105	6	519	722	33	149	9	56.7%										0.240	0.660	0.900	5157	6.6%			2	0	100.00%
10		Bret Hedican	1970	D	1039	55	239	294	893	-23					37	15	3	10	1	163	54	22	32	2	200	69	25	42	3	23.5%										0.053	0.230	0.283	1274	4.3%	214	345	0	0	0.00%
11		Denis Potvin	1953	D	1060	310	742	1052	1356	456					173	127	10	44	0	388	332	22	88	4	561	459	32	132	4	43.6%										0.292	0.700	0.992	3050	10.2%
12		Brad McCrimmon	1959	D	1222	81	322	403	1416	448					58	15	8	15	0	239	62	21	45	2	297	77	29	60	2	19.1%										0.066	0.264	0.330	1562	5.2%
13		Chris Phillips	1978	D	1179	71	217	288	756	68	20:31	16:25	1:06	2:59	51	17	3	13	3	156	42	19	32	2	207	59	22	45	5	20.5%	0.176	0.538	0.714	0.158	0.483	0.641	0.776	1.917	2.693	0.060	0.184	0.244	1421	5.0%	1090	1232	1	4	20.00%
14		Tim Horton	1930	D	1445	115	403	518	1611	191					89	23	3	21	0	309	75	19	71	0	398	98	22	92	0	18.9%										0.080	0.279	0.358
15		Roman Hamrlík	1974	D	1395	155	483	638	1408	-49					88	62	5	23	4	232	233	18	72	6	320	295	23	95	10	46.2%										0.111	0.346	0.457	2988	5.2%	590	1082	1	2	33.33%
16		Larry Murphy	1961	D	1615	288	929	1217	1084	197					165	114	9	36	4	478	433	18	118	6	643	547	27	154	10	44.9%										0.178	0.575	0.754	3604	8.0%			2	0	100.00%
17		Scott Stevens	1964	D	1635	196	712	908	2785	395					116	75	5	34	3	464	230	18	116	14	580	305	23	150	17	33.6%										0.120	0.435	0.555	3238	6.1%			0	1	0.00%
18		Alex Pietrangelo	1990	D	1087	148	489	637	355	123	24:22	19:15	2:32	2:34	109	38	1	33	6	318	154	17	92	19	427	192	18	125	25	30.1%	0.335	1.108	1.443	0.312	0.911	1.224	0.824	3.341	4.165	0.136	0.450	0.586	2588	5.7%	761	2095	1	2	33.33%
19		Allan Stanley	1926	D	1244	100	333	433	792	117					75	22	3	12	0	232	84	17	54	0	307	106	20	66	0	24.5%										0.080	0.268	0.348
20		Doug Lidster	1960	D	897	75	268	343	679	-67					50	23	2	3	0	152	100	16	26	1	202	123	18	29	1	35.9%										0.084	0.299	0.382	1384	5.4%			0	1	0.00%
21		Kevin Hatcher	1966	D	1157	227	450	677	1392	-26					128	91	8	37	2	226	208	16	46	4	354	299	24	83	6	44.2%										0.196	0.389	0.585	2947	7.7%			1	1	50.00%
22		Chris Pronger	1974	D	1167	157	541	698	1590	183					72	83	2	27	5	234	291	16	95	10	306	374	18	122	15	53.6%										0.135	0.464	0.598	2610	6.0%	454	818	8	16	33.33%
23		Sean O'Donnell	1971	D	1224	31	198	229	1809	87					26	4	1	9	4	161	21	16	28	4	187	25	17	37	8	10.9%										0.025	0.162	0.187	888	3.5%	425	492	10	12	45.45%
24		Scott Niedermayer	1973	D	1263	172	568	740	784	167					81	90	1	39	13	307	245	16	97	8	388	335	17	136	21	45.3%										0.136	0.450	0.586	2436	7.1%	284	343	9	30	23.08%
25		Teppo Numminen	1968	D	1372	117	520	637	513	56					75	40	2	20	1	270	234	16	76	8	345	274	18	96	9	43.0%										0.085	0.379	0.464	2051	5.7%	59	254	2	5	28.57%
26		Randy Gregg	1956	D	474	41	152	193	333	170					35	3	3	7	1	104	33	15	18	2	139	36	18	25	3	18.7%										0.086	0.321	0.407	481	8.5%
27		Jyrki Lumme	1966	D	985	114	354	468	620	76					70	36	8	23	4	200	139	15	46	4	270	175	23	69	8	37.4%										0.116	0.359	0.475	1653	6.9%			2	0	100.00%
28		Ryan McDonagh	1989	D	1010	80	340	420	379	289	22:34	18:36	1:08	2:48	66	9	5	15	3	264	61	15	63	11	330	70	20	78	14	16.7%	0.211	0.895	1.105	0.211	0.843	1.053	0.466	3.159	3.625	0.079	0.337	0.416	1518	5.3%	1080	2011	2	3	40.00%
29		Gary Suter	1964	D	1145	203	641	844	1349	126					105	90	8	18	1	238	388	15	79	3	343	478	23	97	4	56.6%										0.177	0.560	0.737	3091	6.6%			2	3	40.00%
30		Duncan Keith	1983	D	1256	106	540	646	675	159	24:39	19:22	2:25	2:52	71	30	5	19	3	369	156	15	99	22	440	186	20	118	25	28.8%	0.205	1.046	1.251	0.175	0.910	1.085	0.592	3.080	3.672	0.084	0.430	0.514	2526	4.2%	684	2010	0	1	0.00%
31		Rob Blake	1969	D	1270	240	537	777	1679	-4					100	136	4	41	2	279	243	15	68	9	379	379	19	109	11	48.8%										0.189	0.423	0.612	3896	6.2%	430	673	5	9	35.71%
32		James Patrick	1963	D	1280	149	490	639	759	100					84	62	3	16	0	242	233	15	77	4	326	295	18	93	4	46.2%										0.116	0.383	0.499	1847	8.1%			2	0	100.00%
33		Jaccob Slavin	1994	D	745	55	244	299	94	167	22:26	18:56	0:44	2:45	44	7	4	9	3	209	21	14	33	6	253	28	18	42	9	9.4%	0.197	0.875	1.073	0.187	0.889	1.076	0.758	2.274	3.032	0.074	0.328	0.401	1286	4.3%	433	1241	0	1	0.00%
34		Randy Carlyle	1956	D	1055	148	499	647	1400	-137					89	55	4	18	2	245	240	14	60	2	334	295	18	78	4	45.6%										0.140	0.473	0.613	2177	6.8%
35		Dave Ellett	1964	D	1129	153	415	568	985	-51					85	63	5	22	2	180	221	14	48	3	265	284	19	70	5	50.0%										0.136	0.368	0.503	2399	6.4%			0	0	0.00%
36		Brian Leetch	1968	D	1205	247	781	1028	571	25					128	111	8	38	7	336	431	14	91	8	464	542	22	129	15	52.7%										0.205	0.648	0.853	3640	6.8%	28	91	0	1	0.00%
37		Brent Burns	1985	D	1497	261	649	910	855	10	22:22	17:40	2:48	1:52	170	88	3	42	16	401	234	14	106	16	571	322	17	148	32	35.4%	0.468	1.163	1.630	0.386	0.909	1.295	1.256	3.339	4.595	0.174	0.434	0.608	4051	6.4%	1523	1827	81	97	45.51%
38		Anton Volchenkov	1982	D	696	19	114	133	438	73	18:13	14:59	0:11	3:01	19	0	0	3	0	97	4	13	23	4	116	4	13	26	4	3.0%	0.090	0.539	0.629	0.109	0.558	0.667	0.000	1.815	1.815	0.027	0.164	0.191	719	2.6%	1407	1443	0	0	0.00%
39		Niklas Hjalmarsson	1987	D	821	25	147	172	332	106	20:10	17:29	0:07	2:34	24	0	1	3	0	131	3	13	20	3	155	3	14	23	3	1.7%	0.091	0.532	0.623	0.100	0.548	0.648	0.000	1.808	1.808	0.030	0.179	0.210	723	3.5%	425	1605	0	0	0.00%
40		Lee Fogolin	1955	D	924	44	194	238	1318	181					36	3	5	4	0	179	2	13	30	0	215	5	18	34	0	2.1%										0.048	0.210	0.258	885	5.0%
41		Charlie Huddy	1959	D	1017	99	354	453	785	235					65	31	3	8	1	238	103	13	36	3	303	134	16	44	4	29.6%										0.097	0.348	0.445	1810	5.5%
42		Sergei Zubov	1970	D	1068	152	619	771	337	148					66	81	5	22	3	279	327	13	123	13	345	408	18	145	16	52.9%										0.142	0.580	0.722	2266	6.7%	88	178	1	0	100.00%
43		Doug Bodger	1966	D	1071	106	422	528	1007	-35					44	61	1	10	1	173	236	13	49	5	217	297	14	59	6	56.3%										0.099	0.394	0.493	2037	5.2%			0	0	0.00%
44		Ed Jovanovski	1976	D	1128	137	363	500	1491	-86					78	57	2	26	5	201	149	13	56	4	279	206	15	82	9	41.2%										0.121	0.322	0.443	2193	6.3%	656	624	1	2	33.33%
45		Victor Hedman	1990	D	1131	171	623	794	772	193	23:26	18:32	2:40	2:13	135	35	1	29	8	360	250	13	109	16	495	285	14	138	24	35.9%	0.387	1.410	1.797	0.386	1.030	1.416	0.694	4.960	5.654	0.151	0.551	0.702	2422	7.1%	1171	1745	1	2	33.33%
46		Eric Desjardins	1969	D	1143	136	439	575	757	198					73	58	5	24	4	250	176	13	76	8	323	234	18	100	12	40.7%										0.119	0.384	0.503	2386	5.7%	10	76	4	4	50.00%
47		Adam Foote	1971	D	1154	66	242	308	1534	99					41	19	6	10	2	183	46	13	40	5	224	65	19	50	7	21.1%										0.057	0.210	0.267	1128	5.9%	489	604	0	0	0.00%
48		Sylvain Cote	1966	D	1171	122	313	435	545	39					81	35	6	20	3	195	105	13	30	2	276	140	19	50	5	32.2%										0.104	0.267	0.371	2237	5.5%			1	2	33.33%
49		Luke Richardson	1969	D	1417	35	166	201	2055	-119					28	3	4	3	1	140	13	13	12	0	168	16	17	15	1	8.0%										0.025	0.117	0.142	1160	3.0%	215	148	1	2	33.33%
50		Craig Muni	1962	D	819	28	119	147	775	159					24	0	4	6	0	104	3	12	18	1	128	3	16	24	1	2.0%										0.034	0.145	0.179	506	5.5%			0	0	0.00%

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