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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2018-19All 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 Buffalo Sabres in 2018-19: Jeff Skinner (BUF), 56 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 | Jeff SkinnerFBUF | BUF | 56 | 82 | 0.68 | 39 | 0.1% |
| 2 | Sam ReinhartFBUF | BUF | 39 | 82 | 0.48 | 46 | 99% |
| 3 | Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 38 | 82 | 0.46 | 79 | 100%▲1 |
| 4 | Jack EichelFBUF | BUF | 38 | 77 | 0.49 | 76 | 99%▲1.4 |
| 5 | Conor ShearyFBUF | BUF | 35 | 78 | 0.45 | 31 | 0.1% |
| 6 | Evan RodriguesFBUF | BUF | 34 | 74 | 0.46 | 39 | 8.3%▲6.5 |
| 7 | Brandon MontourDANA/BUF | ANA/BUF | 31 | 82 | 0.38 | 74 | 83%▲10 |
| 8 | Casey MittelstadtFBUF | BUF | 31 | 77 | 0.40 | 39 | 14%▲12 |
| 9 | Johan LarssonFBUF | BUF | 29 | 73 | 0.40 | 22 | — |
| 10 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | 24 | 65 | 0.37 | 32 | 100%▲1.3 |
| 11 | Rasmus RistolainenDBUF | BUF | 23 | 78 | 0.29 | 44 | 8.3%▲7.7 |
| 12 | Zemgus GirgensonsFBUF | BUF | 21 | 72 | 0.29 | 11 | 3.2%▲3 |
| 13 | Jake McCabeDBUF | BUF | 20 | 59 | 0.34 | 32 | 34%▼15 |
| 14 | Kyle OkposoFBUF | BUF | 17 | 78 | 0.22 | 27 | — |
| 15 | Zach BogosianDBUF | BUF | 17 | 65 | 0.26 | 46 | 0.4% |
| 16 | Marco ScandellaDBUF | BUF | 16 | 63 | 0.25 | 41 | — |
| 17 | Jason PominvilleFBUF | BUF | 13 | 73 | 0.18 | 20 | — |
| 18 | Vladimir SobotkaFBUF | BUF | 12 | 69 | 0.17 | 14 | — |
| 19 | Nathan BeaulieuDBUF/WPG | BUF/WPG | 9 | 48 | 0.19 | 22 | — |
| 20 | Lawrence PilutDBUF | BUF | 7 | 33 | 0.21 | 14 | — |
| 21 | Patrik BerglundFBUF | BUF | 6 | 23 | 0.26 | 5 | — |
| 22 | Casey NelsonDBUF | BUF | 5 | 38 | 0.13 | 19 | — |
| 23 | Scott WilsonFBUF | BUF | 4 | 15 | 0.27 | 4 | — |
| 24 | Remi ElieFBUF | BUF | 3 | 16 | 0.19 | 4 | — |
| 25 | Matt HunwickDBUF | BUF | 2 | 14 | 0.14 | 5 | — |
| 26 | C.J. SmithFBUF | BUF | 2 | 11 | 0.18 | 3 | — |
| 27 | Alex NylanderFBUF | BUF | 1 | 12 | 0.08 | 4 | — |
| 28 | Brendan GuhleDANA/BUF | ANA/BUF | 1 | 8 | 0.13 | 1 | — |
| 29 | Victor OlofssonFBUF | BUF | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 3 | 14%▲14 |
| 30 | Matt TennysonDBUF | BUF | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 3 | — |
| 31 | Will BorgenDBUF | BUF | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 4.1%▲3.8 |
| 32 | Danny O'ReganFBUF | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | — |
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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