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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
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 Montreal Canadiens in 2020-21: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (MTL), 33 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 | Jesperi KotkaniemiFMTL | MTL | 33 | 56 | 0.59 | 24 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 2 | Nick SuzukiFMTL | MTL | 30 | 56 | 0.54 | 41 | 100%▲0.5 |
| 3 | Tyler ToffoliFMTL | MTL | 25 | 52 | 0.48 | 31 | 38%▼18 |
| 4 | Joel ArmiaFMTL | MTL | 18 | 41 | 0.44 | 18 | 3.3%▲3.1 |
| 5 | Eric StaalFBUF/MTL | BUF/MTL | 17 | 53 | 0.32 | 24 | — |
| 6 | Josh AndersonFMTL | MTL | 17 | 52 | 0.33 | 12 | 10%▲9.2 |
| 7 | Jonathan DrouinFMTL | MTL | 17 | 44 | 0.39 | 23 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Tomas TatarFMTL | MTL | 16 | 50 | 0.32 | 14 | — |
| 9 | Corey PerryFMTL | MTL | 15 | 49 | 0.31 | 16 | 7.4%▲5.9 |
| 10 | Phillip DanaultFMTL | MTL | 14 | 53 | 0.26 | 31 | 4.9%▲4.5 |
| 11 | Paul ByronFMTL | MTL | 13 | 46 | 0.28 | 14 | — |
| 12 | Jake EvansFMTL | MTL | 12 | 47 | 0.26 | 16 | 5.7%▲5.2 |
| 13 | Shea WeberDMTL | MTL | 11 | 48 | 0.23 | 53 | — |
| 14 | Jeff PetryDMTL | MTL | 10 | 55 | 0.18 | 75 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Ben ChiarotDMTL | MTL | 9 | 41 | 0.22 | 51 | 13%▲11 |
| 16 | Alexander RomanovDMTL | MTL | 8 | 54 | 0.15 | 49 | 15%▲15 |
| 17 | Brett KulakDMTL | MTL | 8 | 46 | 0.17 | 33 | 0.3% |
| 18 | Jon MerrillDDET/MTL | DET/MTL | 7 | 49 | 0.14 | 31 | — |
| 19 | Brendan GallagherFMTL | MTL | 7 | 35 | 0.20 | 9 | 3.3%▲2.8 |
| 20 | Erik GustafssonDPHI/MTL | PHI/MTL | 7 | 29 | 0.24 | 22 | 3.2%▲3.2 |
| 21 | Victor MeteDMTL/OTT | MTL/OTT | 7 | 28 | 0.25 | 10 | — |
| 22 | Joel EdmundsonDMTL | MTL | 6 | 55 | 0.11 | 69 | 4.0%▲3.9 |
| 23 | Artturi LehkonenFMTL | MTL | 3 | 47 | 0.06 | 13 | 57%▲40 |
| 24 | Cole CaufieldFMTL | MTL | 3 | 10 | 0.30 | 4 | 100%▲1.2 |
| 25 | Michael FrolikFMTL | MTL | 2 | 8 | 0.25 | 1 | — |
| 26 | Alex BelzileFMTL | MTL | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Xavier OuelletDMTL | MTL | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 3 | — |
| 28 | Jesse YlonenFMTL | MTL | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | — |
| 29 | Otto LeskinenDMTL | MTL | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2 | — |
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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