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NHL Takeaways Leaders: New York Islanders
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 New York Islanders in 2020-21: Mathew Barzal (NYI), 28 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 | Mathew BarzalFNYI | NYI | 28 | 55 | 0.51 | 45 | 84%▲11 |
| 2 | Adam PelechDNYI | NYI | 25 | 56 | 0.45 | 46 | 3.2%▲3 |
| 3 | Travis ZajacFNJD/NYI | NJD/NYI | 25 | 46 | 0.54 | 14 | — |
| 4 | Brock NelsonFNYI | NYI | 22 | 56 | 0.39 | 26 | 88%▼3.6 |
| 5 | Kyle PalmieriFNJD/NYI | NJD/NYI | 22 | 51 | 0.43 | 24 | 19%▲10 |
| 6 | Josh BaileyFNYI | NYI | 19 | 54 | 0.35 | 39 | — |
| 7 | Cal ClutterbuckFNYI | NYI | 18 | 50 | 0.36 | 12 | — |
| 8 | Jean-Gabriel PageauFNYI | NYI | 17 | 54 | 0.31 | 19 | 12%▲11 |
| 9 | Jordan EberleFNYI | NYI | 15 | 55 | 0.27 | 15 | 30%▲2.7 |
| 10 | Anthony BeauvillierFNYI | NYI | 15 | 47 | 0.32 | 27 | 4.0%▲3.8 |
| 11 | Noah DobsonDNYI | NYI | 13 | 46 | 0.28 | 23 | 98%▼1.2 |
| 12 | Casey CizikasFNYI | NYI | 12 | 56 | 0.21 | 16 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Oliver WahlstromFNYI | NYI | 12 | 44 | 0.27 | 9 | — |
| 14 | Matt MartinFNYI | NYI | 11 | 54 | 0.20 | 6 | — |
| 15 | Leo KomarovFNYI | NYI | 10 | 33 | 0.30 | 8 | — |
| 16 | Ryan PulockDNYI | NYI | 9 | 56 | 0.16 | 32 | 10%▼1.4 |
| 17 | Anders LeeFNYI | NYI | 7 | 27 | 0.26 | 9 | 29%▼20 |
| 18 | Nick LeddyDNYI | NYI | 6 | 56 | 0.11 | 32 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Scott MayfieldDNYI | NYI | 6 | 56 | 0.11 | 37 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Andy GreeneDNYI | NYI | 6 | 55 | 0.11 | 19 | — |
| 21 | Michael Dal ColleFNYI | NYI | 4 | 26 | 0.15 | 5 | — |
| 22 | Braydon CoburnDOTT/NYI | OTT/NYI | 4 | 19 | 0.21 | 14 | — |
| 23 | Kieffer BellowsFNYI | NYI | 2 | 14 | 0.14 | 2 | — |
| 24 | Ross JohnstonFNYI | NYI | 1 | 12 | 0.08 | 1 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 25 | Austin CzarnikFNYI | NYI | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | — |
| 26 | Thomas HickeyDNYI | NYI | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 1 | — |
| 27 | Sebastian AhoDNYI | NYI | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 3 | — |
| 28 | Dmytro TimashovFNYI | NYI | 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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