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NHL Giveaways Leaders: Washington Capitals
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by giveaways, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
A giveaway is a puck lost to the opponent through a player's own error. Puck carriers who handle it most give it away most, so stars appear near the top of this list. Giveaways are a negative category in a few leagues. Since 2024-25 the league records about twice as many as before, so compare within a season only.
Leader for the Washington Capitals in 2019-20: John Carlson (WSH), 80 GV.
- Legacy recording: before 2024-25 turnovers and hits were recorded arena by arena with large scorer bias. Compare players within this season only.
Giveaways leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | GV | GP | Per game | TK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 80 | 69 | 1.16 | 42 | 99%▲2.4 |
| 2 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 65 | 69 | 0.94 | 49 | 35%▲21 |
| 3 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 48 | 68 | 0.71 | 28 | 96%▲1.2 |
| 4 | Nick JensenDWSH | WSH | 48 | 68 | 0.71 | 26 | 0.1% |
| 5 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 45 | 69 | 0.65 | 42 | — |
| 6 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 45 | 63 | 0.71 | 22 | — |
| 7 | Jakub VranaFWSH | WSH | 42 | 69 | 0.61 | 31 | — |
| 8 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | 42 | 61 | 0.69 | 34 | — |
| 9 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | 41 | 69 | 0.59 | 44 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 40 | 68 | 0.59 | 25 | 94%▲6.3 |
| 11 | Michal KempnyDWSH | WSH | 35 | 58 | 0.60 | 13 | — |
| 12 | Radko GudasDWSH | WSH | 34 | 63 | 0.54 | 23 | 25%▲22 |
| 13 | Jonas SiegenthalerDWSH | WSH | 32 | 64 | 0.50 | 13 | 3.3%▲2.9 |
| 14 | Richard PanikFWSH | WSH | 29 | 59 | 0.49 | 21 | — |
| 15 | Brenden DillonDSJS/WSH | SJS/WSH | 26 | 69 | 0.38 | 16 | 9.7%▲9.1 |
| 16 | Ilya KovalchukFMTL/LAK/WSH | MTL/LAK/WSH | 25 | 46 | 0.54 | 11 | — |
| 17 | Brendan LeipsicFWSH | WSH | 24 | 61 | 0.39 | 8 | — |
| 18 | Carl HagelinFWSH | WSH | 24 | 58 | 0.41 | 24 | — |
| 19 | Chandler StephensonFVGK/WSH | VGK/WSH | 22 | 65 | 0.34 | 37 | 17%▲13 |
| 20 | Garnet HathawayFWSH | WSH | 16 | 66 | 0.24 | 21 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 21 | Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 7 | 56 | 0.13 | 22 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 22 | Travis BoydFWSH | WSH | 6 | 24 | 0.25 | 7 | — |
| 23 | Christian DjoosDANA/WSH | ANA/WSH | 6 | 11 | 0.55 | 2 | — |
| 24 | Tyler LewingtonDWSH | WSH | 3 | 6 | 0.50 | 1 | — |
| 25 | Martin FehérváryDWSH | WSH | 2 | 6 | 0.33 | 2 | 27%▼7.7 |
| 26 | Michael SgarbossaFWSH | WSH | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 2 | — |
| 27 | Beck MalenstynFWSH | WSH | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 1 | 4.1%▲3.7 |
How to read it
Pucks given away by the player's own error, as credited by the scorer.
How reliable is it?
More touches mean more giveaways: the leaders are often the best puck carriers, not the worst.
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