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NHL Hits Leaders: Ottawa Senators
2020-21All situationsThrough 57 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by total hits this season, regular season only.
Hits are body checks credited by the off-ice scorer. Physical third-liners and stay-at-home defensemen lead the league, often while their team spends long stretches without the puck. Hits are a category in most banger leagues, and the leaders are often cheap depth players. Recording varies by arena, so compare players across the league rather than reading too much into one building.
Leader for the Ottawa Senators in 2020-21: Brady Tkachuk (OTT), 248 HIT.
- Legacy recording: before 2024-25 turnovers and hits were recorded arena by arena with large scorer bias. Compare players within this season only.
Hits leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | HIT | GP | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brady TkachukFOTT | OTT | 248 | 56 | 4.43 | 100%▲2 |
| 2 | Nikita ZaitsevDOTT | OTT | 114 | 55 | 2.07 | — |
| 3 | Drake BathersonFOTT | OTT | 102 | 56 | 1.82 | 97%▲7.2 |
| 4 | Austin WatsonFOTT | OTT | 100 | 34 | 2.94 | — |
| 5 | Artem ZubDOTT | OTT | 89 | 47 | 1.89 | 10%▲6.1 |
| 6 | Nick PaulFOTT | OTT | 74 | 56 | 1.32 | 8.1%▲7.7 |
| 7 | Josh NorrisFOTT | OTT | 72 | 56 | 1.29 | 39%▲32 |
| 8 | Joshua BrownDOTT | OTT | 71 | 26 | 2.73 | 0.0% |
| 9 | Thomas ChabotDOTT | OTT | 68 | 49 | 1.39 | 83%▼12 |
| 10 | Colin WhiteFOTT | OTT | 58 | 45 | 1.29 | 0.0% |
| 11 | Tim StützleFOTT | OTT | 50 | 53 | 0.94 | 99%▲0.8 |
| 12 | Ryan DzingelFOTT | OTT | 44 | 40 | 1.10 | — |
| 13 | Evgenii DadonovFOTT | OTT | 38 | 55 | 0.69 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Braydon CoburnDOTT | OTT | 27 | 19 | 1.42 | — |
| 15 | Erik BrannstromDOTT | OTT | 26 | 30 | 0.87 | — |
| 16 | Derek StepanFOTT | OTT | 25 | 20 | 1.25 | — |
| 17 | Chris TierneyFOTT | OTT | 23 | 55 | 0.42 | — |
| 18 | Alex FormentonFOTT | OTT | 23 | 20 | 1.15 | 9.6%▲9.6 |
| 19 | Clark BishopFOTT | OTT | 23 | 13 | 1.77 | — |
| 20 | Connor BrownFOTT | OTT | 22 | 56 | 0.39 | 6.6%▲5.1 |
| 21 | Victor MeteDOTT | OTT | 19 | 28 | 0.68 | — |
| 22 | Shane PintoFOTT | OTT | 11 | 12 | 0.92 | 37%▲22 |
| 23 | Micheal HaleyFOTT | OTT | 10 | 4 | 2.50 | — |
| 24 | Artem AnisimovFOTT | OTT | 9 | 19 | 0.47 | — |
| 25 | Matthew PecaFOTT | OTT | 9 | 5 | 1.80 | — |
| 26 | Michael AmadioFOTT | OTT | 8 | 25 | 0.32 | 3.3%▲2.6 |
| 27 | Olle AlsingDOTT | OTT | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | — |
| 28 | Parker KellyFOTT | OTT | 4 | 1 | 4.00 | 11%▲5.6 |
| 29 | Jacob Bernard-DockerDOTT | OTT | 3 | 5 | 0.60 | 0.1% |
| 30 | Filip ChlapikFOTT | OTT | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | — |
| 31 | Vitaly AbramovFOTT | OTT | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | — |
| 32 | Logan BrownFOTT | OTT | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | — |
How to read it
Total hits this season, all situations.
How reliable is it?
Totals reward games and ice time. Hit counts also depend on the arena's scorer, so a home-heavy schedule can inflate them.
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