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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 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 2019-20: Jack Eichel (BUF), 44 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 | Jack EichelFBUF | BUF | 44 | 68 | 0.65 | 66 | 99%▲1.4 |
| 2 | Michael FrolikFCGY/BUF | CGY/BUF | 32 | 57 | 0.56 | 28 | — |
| 3 | Jeff SkinnerFBUF | BUF | 28 | 59 | 0.47 | 24 | 0.1% |
| 4 | Wayne SimmondsFNJD/BUF | NJD/BUF | 27 | 68 | 0.40 | 18 | — |
| 5 | Jimmy VeseyFBUF | BUF | 26 | 64 | 0.41 | 16 | — |
| 6 | Johan LarssonFBUF | BUF | 24 | 62 | 0.39 | 23 | — |
| 7 | Sam ReinhartFBUF | BUF | 21 | 69 | 0.30 | 33 | 99% |
| 8 | Jake McCabeDBUF | BUF | 19 | 66 | 0.29 | 21 | 34%▼15 |
| 9 | Conor ShearyFBUF/PIT | BUF/PIT | 19 | 63 | 0.30 | 18 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Marco ScandellaDBUF/MTL/STL | BUF/MTL/STL | 18 | 62 | 0.29 | 49 | — |
| 11 | Dominik KahunFPIT/BUF | PIT/BUF | 18 | 56 | 0.32 | 9 | — |
| 12 | Rasmus RistolainenDBUF | BUF | 17 | 69 | 0.25 | 24 | 8.3%▲7.7 |
| 13 | Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 16 | 59 | 0.27 | 43 | 100%▲1 |
| 14 | Marcus JohanssonFBUF | BUF | 15 | 60 | 0.25 | 24 | 0.7% |
| 15 | Kyle OkposoFBUF | BUF | 15 | 52 | 0.29 | 13 | — |
| 16 | Evan RodriguesFBUF/PIT | BUF/PIT | 14 | 45 | 0.31 | 13 | 8.3%▲6.5 |
| 17 | Zemgus GirgensonsFBUF | BUF | 13 | 69 | 0.19 | 11 | 3.2%▲3 |
| 18 | Curtis LazarFBUF | BUF | 13 | 38 | 0.34 | 10 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Brandon MontourDBUF | BUF | 12 | 54 | 0.22 | 27 | 83%▲10 |
| 20 | Victor OlofssonFBUF | BUF | 12 | 54 | 0.22 | 26 | 14%▲14 |
| 21 | Colin MillerDBUF | BUF | 9 | 51 | 0.18 | 29 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Henri JokiharjuDBUF | BUF | 7 | 69 | 0.10 | 30 | 0.1% |
| 23 | Casey MittelstadtFBUF | BUF | 6 | 31 | 0.19 | 9 | 14%▲12 |
| 24 | Rasmus AsplundFBUF | BUF | 5 | 29 | 0.17 | 7 | — |
| 25 | Scott WilsonFBUF | BUF | 5 | 6 | 0.83 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Zach BogosianDBUF/TBL | BUF/TBL | 4 | 27 | 0.15 | 11 | 0.4% |
| 27 | Vladimir SobotkaFBUF | BUF | 3 | 16 | 0.19 | 3 | — |
| 28 | Lawrence PilutDBUF | BUF | 2 | 13 | 0.15 | 4 | — |
| 29 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 100%▲1.3 |
| 30 | John GilmourDBUF | BUF | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 3 | — |
| 31 | Jean-Sebastien DeaFBUF | BUF | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Dalton SmithFBUF | 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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