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NHL Hits Leaders: Ottawa Senators
2022-23All situationsThrough 85 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 2022-23: Brady Tkachuk (OTT), 242 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 | 242 | 82 | 2.95 | 100%▲2 |
| 2 | Parker KellyFOTT | OTT | 172 | 55 | 3.13 | 11%▲5.6 |
| 3 | Patrick BrownFOTT | OTT | 167 | 61 | 2.74 | — |
| 4 | Austin WatsonFOTT | OTT | 165 | 75 | 2.20 | — |
| 5 | Mark KastelicFOTT | OTT | 154 | 65 | 2.37 | 13%▲12 |
| 6 | Artem ZubDOTT | OTT | 131 | 53 | 2.47 | 10%▲6.1 |
| 7 | Drake BathersonFOTT | OTT | 115 | 82 | 1.40 | 97%▲7.2 |
| 8 | Tim StützleFOTT | OTT | 114 | 78 | 1.46 | 99%▲0.8 |
| 9 | Alex DeBrincatFOTT | OTT | 109 | 82 | 1.33 | 100%▲2.5 |
| 10 | Travis HamonicDOTT | OTT | 109 | 75 | 1.45 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Julien GauthierFOTT | OTT | 105 | 57 | 1.84 | — |
| 12 | Derick BrassardFOTT | OTT | 90 | 62 | 1.45 | — |
| 13 | Mathieu JosephFOTT | OTT | 80 | 56 | 1.43 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Thomas ChabotDOTT | OTT | 79 | 68 | 1.16 | 83%▼12 |
| 15 | Nick HoldenDOTT | OTT | 79 | 65 | 1.22 | — |
| 16 | Claude GirouxFOTT | OTT | 75 | 82 | 0.91 | 30%▲20 |
| 17 | Shane PintoFOTT | OTT | 71 | 82 | 0.87 | 37%▲22 |
| 18 | Dylan GambrellFOTT | OTT | 60 | 60 | 1.00 | — |
| 19 | Jakob ChychrunDOTT | OTT | 55 | 48 | 1.15 | 99% |
| 20 | Erik BrannstromDOTT | OTT | 49 | 74 | 0.66 | — |
| 21 | Jake SandersonDOTT | OTT | 43 | 77 | 0.56 | 99%▲2.9 |
| 22 | Ridly GreigFOTT | OTT | 33 | 20 | 1.65 | 15%▲13 |
| 23 | Jacob Bernard-DockerDOTT | OTT | 23 | 19 | 1.21 | 0.1% |
| 24 | Jake LucchiniFOTT | OTT | 16 | 11 | 1.45 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Rourke ChartierFOTT | OTT | 10 | 6 | 1.67 | — |
| 26 | Tyler KlevenDOTT | OTT | 9 | 8 | 1.13 | 8.0%▲7.9 |
| 27 | Josh NorrisFOTT | OTT | 7 | 8 | 0.88 | 39%▲32 |
| 28 | Jacob LarssonDOTT | OTT | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | — |
| 29 | Egor SokolovFOTT | OTT | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | — |
| 30 | Dillon HeatheringtonDOTT | OTT | 2 | 3 | 0.67 | — |
| 31 | Lassi ThomsonDOTT | OTT | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | — |
| 32 | Maxence GuenetteDOTT | OTT | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0% |
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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