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NHL Hits Leaders: Vancouver Canucks
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 Vancouver Canucks in 2022-23: Dakota Joshua (VAN), 222 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 | Dakota JoshuaFVAN | VAN | 222 | 79 | 2.81 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 2 | J.T. MillerFVAN | VAN | 200 | 81 | 2.47 | 92%▲7.7 |
| 3 | Kyle BurroughsDVAN | VAN | 165 | 48 | 3.44 | 0.0% |
| 4 | Filip HronekDVAN | VAN | 102 | 64 | 1.59 | 91%▲14 |
| 5 | Tyler MyersDVAN | VAN | 93 | 78 | 1.19 | 4.1%▲3.7 |
| 6 | Sheldon DriesFVAN | VAN | 84 | 63 | 1.33 | 0.0% |
| 7 | Anthony BeauvillierFVAN | VAN | 78 | 82 | 0.95 | 4.0%▲3.8 |
| 8 | Elias PetterssonFVAN | VAN | 74 | 80 | 0.93 | 87%▼5.5 |
| 9 | Jack StudnickaFVAN | VAN | 61 | 48 | 1.27 | 0.0% |
| 10 | Oliver Ekman-LarssonDVAN | VAN | 58 | 54 | 1.07 | 43%▲32 |
| 11 | Vasily PodkolzinFVAN | VAN | 52 | 39 | 1.33 | 70%▲61 |
| 12 | Phillip Di GiuseppeFVAN | VAN | 52 | 30 | 1.73 | — |
| 13 | Brock BoeserFVAN | VAN | 49 | 74 | 0.66 | 64%▼4.5 |
| 14 | Conor GarlandFVAN | VAN | 47 | 81 | 0.58 | 10%▲7.4 |
| 15 | Nils AmanFVAN | VAN | 44 | 68 | 0.65 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Noah JuulsenDVAN | VAN | 43 | 12 | 3.58 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Ethan BearDVAN | VAN | 39 | 61 | 0.64 | 0.0% |
| 18 | William LockwoodFVAN | VAN | 37 | 13 | 2.85 | — |
| 19 | Quinn HughesDVAN | VAN | 29 | 78 | 0.37 | 100% |
| 20 | Vitali KravtsovFVAN | VAN | 28 | 44 | 0.64 | — |
| 21 | Nils HoglanderFVAN | VAN | 21 | 25 | 0.84 | 4.0%▲3.9 |
| 22 | Tanner PearsonFVAN | VAN | 20 | 14 | 1.43 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Aatu RätyFVAN | VAN | 19 | 15 | 1.27 | 10%▲10 |
| 24 | Andrei KuzmenkoFVAN | VAN | 13 | 81 | 0.16 | 11%▲9.8 |
| 25 | Ilya MikheyevFVAN | VAN | 13 | 46 | 0.28 | 8.3%▲6.8 |
| 26 | Guillaume BriseboisDVAN | VAN | 11 | 17 | 0.65 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Travis DermottDVAN | VAN | 10 | 11 | 0.91 | — |
| 28 | Jack RathboneDVAN | VAN | 7 | 11 | 0.64 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Aidan McDonoughFVAN | VAN | 7 | 6 | 1.17 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Akito HiroseDVAN | VAN | 6 | 7 | 0.86 | — |
| 31 | Cole McWardDVAN | VAN | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 0.1% |
| 32 | Christian WolaninDVAN | VAN | 4 | 16 | 0.25 | — |
| 33 | Tucker PoolmanDVAN | VAN | 2 | 3 | 0.67 | — |
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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