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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Washington Capitals
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by takeaways, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
A takeaway is a puck won from an opponent by a skater's own effort, as judged by the off-ice scorer. Smart two-way forwards with active sticks lead the league. Takeaways are a category in some deep leagues. Recording changed in 2024-25 (about a third fewer takeaways league-wide), so compare players within a season.
Leader for the Washington Capitals in 2017-18: John Carlson (WSH), 58 TK.
- Legacy recording: before 2024-25 turnovers and hits were recorded arena by arena with large scorer bias. Compare players within this season only.
Takeaways leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | TK | GP | Per game | GV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 58 | 82 | 0.71 | 97 | 99%▲2.4 |
| 2 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 54 | 82 | 0.66 | 51 | 35%▲21 |
| 3 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 51 | 74 | 0.69 | 39 | — |
| 4 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | 44 | 81 | 0.54 | 58 | — |
| 5 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 44 | 79 | 0.56 | 66 | — |
| 6 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 40 | 78 | 0.51 | 44 | 94%▲6.3 |
| 7 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | 39 | 81 | 0.48 | 47 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Alex ChiassonFWSH | WSH | 29 | 61 | 0.48 | 16 | — |
| 9 | Jakub VranaFWSH | WSH | 28 | 73 | 0.38 | 37 | — |
| 10 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 25 | 82 | 0.30 | 71 | 96%▲1.2 |
| 11 | Jay BeagleFWSH | WSH | 25 | 79 | 0.32 | 10 | — |
| 12 | Chandler StephensonFWSH | WSH | 24 | 67 | 0.36 | 16 | 17%▲13 |
| 13 | Andre BurakovskyFWSH | WSH | 23 | 56 | 0.41 | 34 | 5.6%▲5.4 |
| 14 | Matt NiskanenDWSH | WSH | 18 | 68 | 0.26 | 73 | — |
| 15 | Brooks OrpikDWSH | WSH | 17 | 81 | 0.21 | 44 | — |
| 16 | Brett ConnollyFWSH | WSH | 17 | 70 | 0.24 | 19 | — |
| 17 | Devante Smith-PellyFWSH | WSH | 16 | 75 | 0.21 | 18 | — |
| 18 | Christian DjoosDWSH | WSH | 13 | 63 | 0.21 | 33 | — |
| 19 | Madison BoweyDWSH | WSH | 11 | 51 | 0.22 | 38 | — |
| 20 | Michal KempnyDCHI/WSH | CHI/WSH | 9 | 53 | 0.17 | 41 | — |
| 21 | Jakub JerabekDMTL/WSH | MTL/WSH | 4 | 36 | 0.11 | 32 | — |
| 22 | Taylor ChorneyDWSH/CBJ | WSH/CBJ | 4 | 25 | 0.16 | 12 | — |
| 23 | Tyler GraovacFWSH | WSH | 3 | 5 | 0.60 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Shane GersichFWSH | WSH | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Aaron NessDWSH | WSH | 1 | 8 | 0.13 | 2 | — |
| 26 | Liam O'BrienFWSH | WSH | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 27 | Nathan WalkerFWSH/EDM | WSH/EDM | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 28 | Travis BoydFWSH | WSH | 0 | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Anthony PelusoFWSH | WSH | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | — |
How to read it
Pucks won from an opponent, as credited by the scorer.
How reliable is it?
Scorer judgment drives the totals: arena bias was large before 2024-25, when recording was centralised.
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