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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Calgary Flames
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 Calgary Flames in 2020-21: Mikael Backlund (CGY), 48 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 | Mikael BacklundFCGY | CGY | 48 | 54 | 0.89 | 49 | 14%▲9.3 |
| 2 | Andrew MangiapaneFCGY | CGY | 40 | 56 | 0.71 | 18 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 3 | Elias LindholmFCGY | CGY | 30 | 56 | 0.54 | 26 | 43%▲4.7 |
| 4 | Sean MonahanFCGY | CGY | 28 | 50 | 0.56 | 35 | 19%▲13 |
| 5 | Chris TanevDCGY | CGY | 23 | 56 | 0.41 | 57 | 6.0%▲5 |
| 6 | Johnny GaudreauFCGY | CGY | 23 | 56 | 0.41 | 59 | — |
| 7 | Mark GiordanoDCGY | CGY | 21 | 56 | 0.38 | 41 | — |
| 8 | Matthew TkachukFCGY | CGY | 21 | 56 | 0.38 | 61 | 100%▲2.6 |
| 9 | Derek RyanFCGY | CGY | 20 | 43 | 0.47 | 16 | — |
| 10 | Milan LucicFCGY | CGY | 19 | 56 | 0.34 | 29 | — |
| 11 | Noah HanifinDCGY | CGY | 19 | 47 | 0.40 | 37 | 53%▼22 |
| 12 | Rasmus AnderssonDCGY | CGY | 16 | 56 | 0.29 | 39 | 94%▼3.9 |
| 13 | Sam BennettFCGY/FLA | CGY/FLA | 16 | 48 | 0.33 | 27 | 84%▲4.3 |
| 14 | Josh LeivoFCGY | CGY | 16 | 38 | 0.42 | 10 | — |
| 15 | Dillon DubeFCGY | CGY | 15 | 51 | 0.29 | 32 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Joakim NordstromFCGY | CGY | 10 | 44 | 0.23 | 11 | — |
| 17 | Juuso VälimäkiDCGY | CGY | 9 | 49 | 0.18 | 28 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Nikita NesterovDCGY | CGY | 7 | 38 | 0.18 | 25 | — |
| 19 | Brett RitchieFCGY | CGY | 6 | 32 | 0.19 | 9 | — |
| 20 | Michael StoneDCGY | CGY | 5 | 21 | 0.24 | 14 | — |
| 21 | Buddy RobinsonFCGY | CGY | 4 | 9 | 0.44 | 2 | — |
| 22 | Glenn GawdinFCGY | CGY | 3 | 7 | 0.43 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Oliver KylingtonDCGY | CGY | 2 | 8 | 0.25 | 4 | — |
| 24 | Byron FroeseFCGY | CGY | 2 | 6 | 0.33 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Zac RinaldoFCGY | CGY | 2 | 4 | 0.50 | 2 | — |
| 26 | Dominik SimonFCGY | CGY | 0 | 11 | 0.00 | 4 | — |
| 27 | Connor MackeyDCGY | CGY | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.2% |
| 28 | Adam RuzickaFCGY | CGY | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 1 | — |
| 29 | Matthew PhillipsFCGY | CGY | 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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