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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Washington Capitals
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 Washington Capitals in 2019-20: Dmitry Orlov (WSH), 49 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 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 49 | 69 | 0.71 | 65 | 35%▲21 |
| 2 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | 44 | 69 | 0.64 | 41 | 0.2% |
| 3 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 42 | 69 | 0.61 | 45 | — |
| 4 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 42 | 69 | 0.61 | 80 | 99%▲2.4 |
| 5 | Chandler StephensonFVGK/WSH | VGK/WSH | 37 | 65 | 0.57 | 22 | 17%▲13 |
| 6 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | 34 | 61 | 0.56 | 42 | — |
| 7 | Jakub VranaFWSH | WSH | 31 | 69 | 0.45 | 42 | — |
| 8 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 28 | 68 | 0.41 | 48 | 96%▲1.2 |
| 9 | Nick JensenDWSH | WSH | 26 | 68 | 0.38 | 48 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 25 | 68 | 0.37 | 40 | 94%▲6.3 |
| 11 | Carl HagelinFWSH | WSH | 24 | 58 | 0.41 | 24 | — |
| 12 | Radko GudasDWSH | WSH | 23 | 63 | 0.37 | 34 | 25%▲22 |
| 13 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 22 | 63 | 0.35 | 45 | — |
| 14 | Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 22 | 56 | 0.39 | 7 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 15 | Garnet HathawayFWSH | WSH | 21 | 66 | 0.32 | 16 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 16 | Richard PanikFWSH | WSH | 21 | 59 | 0.36 | 29 | — |
| 17 | Brenden DillonDSJS/WSH | SJS/WSH | 16 | 69 | 0.23 | 26 | 9.7%▲9.1 |
| 18 | Jonas SiegenthalerDWSH | WSH | 13 | 64 | 0.20 | 32 | 3.3%▲2.9 |
| 19 | Michal KempnyDWSH | WSH | 13 | 58 | 0.22 | 35 | — |
| 20 | Ilya KovalchukFMTL/LAK/WSH | MTL/LAK/WSH | 11 | 46 | 0.24 | 25 | — |
| 21 | Brendan LeipsicFWSH | WSH | 8 | 61 | 0.13 | 24 | — |
| 22 | Travis BoydFWSH | WSH | 7 | 24 | 0.29 | 6 | — |
| 23 | Christian DjoosDANA/WSH | ANA/WSH | 2 | 11 | 0.18 | 6 | — |
| 24 | Martin FehérváryDWSH | WSH | 2 | 6 | 0.33 | 2 | 27%▼7.7 |
| 25 | Michael SgarbossaFWSH | WSH | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | — |
| 26 | Tyler LewingtonDWSH | WSH | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 3 | — |
| 27 | Beck MalenstynFWSH | WSH | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 4.1%▲3.7 |
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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