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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 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 2020-21: Jeff Skinner (BUF), 30 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 | 30 | 53 | 0.57 | 30 | 0.1% |
| 2 | Anders BjorkFBOS/BUF | BOS/BUF | 25 | 45 | 0.56 | 13 | — |
| 3 | Victor OlofssonFBUF | BUF | 23 | 56 | 0.41 | 25 | 14%▲14 |
| 4 | Taylor HallFBUF/BOS | BUF/BOS | 19 | 53 | 0.36 | 31 | 28%▲20 |
| 5 | Curtis LazarFBUF/BOS | BUF/BOS | 18 | 50 | 0.36 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 6 | Tobias RiederFBUF | BUF | 18 | 44 | 0.41 | 2 | — |
| 7 | Casey MittelstadtFBUF | BUF | 18 | 41 | 0.44 | 18 | 14%▲12 |
| 8 | Sam ReinhartFBUF | BUF | 17 | 54 | 0.31 | 22 | 99% |
| 9 | Eric StaalFBUF/MTL | BUF/MTL | 17 | 53 | 0.32 | 24 | — |
| 10 | Cody EakinFBUF | BUF | 16 | 46 | 0.35 | 14 | — |
| 11 | Brandon MontourDBUF/FLA | BUF/FLA | 15 | 50 | 0.30 | 22 | 83%▲10 |
| 12 | Colin MillerDBUF | BUF | 14 | 48 | 0.29 | 25 | 0.0% |
| 13 | Rasmus AsplundFBUF | BUF | 14 | 28 | 0.50 | 3 | — |
| 14 | Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 13 | 56 | 0.23 | 36 | 100%▲1 |
| 15 | Dylan CozensFBUF | BUF | 13 | 41 | 0.32 | 20 | 90%▲3.9 |
| 16 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | 13 | 38 | 0.34 | 10 | 100%▲1.3 |
| 17 | Rasmus RistolainenDBUF | BUF | 12 | 49 | 0.24 | 11 | 8.3%▲7.7 |
| 18 | Riley SheahanFBUF | BUF | 11 | 53 | 0.21 | 9 | — |
| 19 | Kyle OkposoFBUF | BUF | 10 | 35 | 0.29 | 9 | — |
| 20 | Henri JokiharjuDBUF | BUF | 9 | 46 | 0.20 | 12 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Drake CaggiulaFARI/BUF | ARI/BUF | 9 | 38 | 0.24 | 10 | — |
| 22 | Matt IrwinDBUF | BUF | 7 | 24 | 0.29 | 7 | — |
| 23 | Jake McCabeDBUF | BUF | 6 | 13 | 0.46 | 4 | 34%▼15 |
| 24 | Steven FogartyFBUF | BUF | 5 | 9 | 0.56 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Jack EichelFBUF | BUF | 4 | 21 | 0.19 | 11 | 99%▲1.4 |
| 26 | Arttu RuotsalainenFBUF | BUF | 4 | 17 | 0.24 | 5 | — |
| 27 | Brandon DavidsonDBUF | BUF | 4 | 6 | 0.67 | 0 | — |
| 28 | Jacob BrysonDBUF | BUF | 2 | 38 | 0.05 | 17 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Mattias SamuelssonDBUF | BUF | 2 | 12 | 0.17 | 4 | 79%▲9.3 |
| 30 | Will BorgenDBUF | BUF | 0 | 10 | 0.00 | 1 | 4.1%▲3.8 |
| 31 | Brett MurrayFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Jean-Sebastien DeaFBUF | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | — |
| 33 | C.J. 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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