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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Washington Capitals
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 Washington Capitals in 2020-21: Nic Dowd (WSH), 38 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 | Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 38 | 56 | 0.68 | 15 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 2 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | 33 | 55 | 0.60 | 24 | — |
| 3 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 30 | 51 | 0.59 | 25 | 35%▲21 |
| 4 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 28 | 53 | 0.53 | 28 | — |
| 5 | Conor ShearyFWSH | WSH | 25 | 53 | 0.47 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 6 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 24 | 52 | 0.46 | 21 | 99%▲2.4 |
| 7 | Carl HagelinFWSH | WSH | 21 | 56 | 0.38 | 16 | — |
| 8 | Jakub VranaFWSH/DET | WSH/DET | 20 | 50 | 0.40 | 31 | — |
| 9 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 20 | 47 | 0.43 | 16 | 94%▲6.3 |
| 10 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | 19 | 44 | 0.43 | 20 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Richard PanikFWSH/DET | WSH/DET | 16 | 48 | 0.33 | 15 | — |
| 12 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 16 | 41 | 0.39 | 19 | — |
| 13 | Nick JensenDWSH | WSH | 15 | 53 | 0.28 | 29 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Zdeno CharaDWSH | WSH | 14 | 55 | 0.25 | 32 | — |
| 15 | Brenden DillonDWSH | WSH | 13 | 56 | 0.23 | 27 | 9.7%▲9.1 |
| 16 | Justin SchultzDWSH | WSH | 12 | 46 | 0.26 | 25 | — |
| 17 | Michael RafflFPHI/WSH | PHI/WSH | 12 | 44 | 0.27 | 8 | — |
| 18 | Anthony ManthaFDET/WSH | DET/WSH | 11 | 56 | 0.20 | 30 | 52%▲15 |
| 19 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 11 | 45 | 0.24 | 20 | 96%▲1.2 |
| 20 | Daniel SprongFWSH | WSH | 11 | 42 | 0.26 | 13 | — |
| 21 | Garnet HathawayFWSH | WSH | 10 | 56 | 0.18 | 10 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 22 | Michael SgarbossaFWSH | WSH | 4 | 5 | 0.80 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Jonas SiegenthalerDNJD/WSH | NJD/WSH | 3 | 15 | 0.20 | 10 | 3.3%▲2.9 |
| 24 | Trevor van RiemsdykDWSH | WSH | 2 | 21 | 0.10 | 7 | 0.8% |
| 25 | Daniel CarrFWSH | WSH | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 2 | — |
| 26 | Garrett PilonFWSH | WSH | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | — |
| 27 | Brian PinhoFWSH | WSH | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | — |
| 28 | Philippe MailletFWSH | WSH | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | — |
| 29 | Connor McMichaelFWSH | WSH | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 34%▲27 |
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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