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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Washington Capitals
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 Washington Capitals in 2018-19: Lars Eller (WSH), 59 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 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | 59 | 81 | 0.73 | 63 | 0.2% |
| 2 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 55 | 80 | 0.69 | 87 | 99%▲2.4 |
| 3 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 53 | 82 | 0.65 | 80 | 35%▲21 |
| 4 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | 53 | 80 | 0.66 | 62 | — |
| 5 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 47 | 81 | 0.58 | 70 | 96%▲1.2 |
| 6 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 46 | 76 | 0.61 | 62 | — |
| 7 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 46 | 69 | 0.67 | 38 | — |
| 8 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 43 | 63 | 0.68 | 44 | 94%▲6.3 |
| 9 | Jakub VranaFWSH | WSH | 41 | 82 | 0.50 | 50 | — |
| 10 | Matt NiskanenDWSH | WSH | 40 | 80 | 0.50 | 73 | — |
| 11 | Brett ConnollyFWSH | WSH | 33 | 81 | 0.41 | 25 | — |
| 12 | Carl HagelinFLAK/WSH/PIT | LAK/WSH/PIT | 30 | 58 | 0.52 | 19 | — |
| 13 | Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 29 | 64 | 0.45 | 22 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 14 | Andre BurakovskyFWSH | WSH | 28 | 76 | 0.37 | 29 | 5.6%▲5.4 |
| 15 | Nick JensenDDET/WSH | DET/WSH | 27 | 80 | 0.34 | 61 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Michal KempnyDWSH | WSH | 21 | 71 | 0.30 | 47 | — |
| 17 | Chandler StephensonFWSH | WSH | 18 | 64 | 0.28 | 11 | 17%▲13 |
| 18 | Travis BoydFWSH | WSH | 14 | 53 | 0.26 | 15 | — |
| 19 | Dmitrij JaskinFWSH | WSH | 13 | 37 | 0.35 | 6 | — |
| 20 | Christian DjoosDWSH | WSH | 10 | 45 | 0.22 | 22 | — |
| 21 | Madison BoweyDWSH/DET | WSH/DET | 9 | 50 | 0.18 | 34 | — |
| 22 | Devante Smith-PellyFWSH | WSH | 7 | 54 | 0.13 | 9 | — |
| 23 | Brooks OrpikDWSH | WSH | 5 | 53 | 0.09 | 31 | — |
| 24 | Jonas SiegenthalerDWSH | WSH | 3 | 26 | 0.12 | 20 | 3.3%▲2.9 |
| 25 | Nathan WalkerFWSH | WSH | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 26 | Tyler LewingtonDWSH | WSH | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 3 | — |
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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