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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2021-22All situationsThrough 82 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 2021-22: Jeff Skinner (BUF), 51 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 | 51 | 80 | 0.64 | 52 | 0.1% |
| 2 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | 49 | 78 | 0.63 | 42 | 100%▲1.3 |
| 3 | Alex TuchFBUF | BUF | 40 | 50 | 0.80 | 25 | 94%▼5.5 |
| 4 | Dylan CozensFBUF | BUF | 33 | 79 | 0.42 | 30 | 90%▲3.9 |
| 5 | Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 27 | 80 | 0.34 | 51 | 100%▲1 |
| 6 | Kyle OkposoFBUF | BUF | 24 | 74 | 0.32 | 34 | — |
| 7 | Jacob BrysonDBUF | BUF | 24 | 73 | 0.33 | 25 | 0.0% |
| 8 | Zemgus GirgensonsFBUF | BUF | 24 | 56 | 0.43 | 10 | 3.2%▲3 |
| 9 | Cody EakinFBUF | BUF | 22 | 69 | 0.32 | 20 | — |
| 10 | Vinnie HinostrozaFBUF | BUF | 22 | 62 | 0.35 | 26 | 0.0% |
| 11 | Rasmus AsplundFBUF | BUF | 21 | 80 | 0.26 | 23 | — |
| 12 | Mark PysykDBUF | BUF | 21 | 68 | 0.31 | 20 | — |
| 13 | Victor OlofssonFBUF | BUF | 18 | 72 | 0.25 | 18 | 14%▲14 |
| 14 | Anders BjorkFBUF | BUF | 16 | 58 | 0.28 | 11 | — |
| 15 | Peyton KrebsFBUF/VGK | BUF/VGK | 15 | 57 | 0.26 | 35 | 19%▲17 |
| 16 | Casey MittelstadtFBUF | BUF | 13 | 40 | 0.33 | 17 | 14%▲12 |
| 17 | Casey FitzgeraldDBUF | BUF | 13 | 36 | 0.36 | 17 | — |
| 18 | Henri JokiharjuDBUF | BUF | 12 | 60 | 0.20 | 36 | 0.1% |
| 19 | John HaydenFBUF | BUF | 12 | 55 | 0.22 | 10 | — |
| 20 | Robert HaggDBUF/FLA | BUF/FLA | 10 | 64 | 0.16 | 23 | — |
| 21 | Mattias SamuelssonDBUF | BUF | 8 | 42 | 0.19 | 28 | 79%▲9.3 |
| 22 | Colin MillerDBUF | BUF | 6 | 38 | 0.16 | 13 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Drake CaggiulaFBUF | BUF | 6 | 18 | 0.33 | 2 | — |
| 24 | Christian WolaninDLAK/BUF | LAK/BUF | 6 | 9 | 0.67 | 3 | — |
| 25 | Owen PowerDBUF | BUF | 6 | 8 | 0.75 | 4 | 53%▲30 |
| 26 | Arttu RuotsalainenFBUF | BUF | 5 | 18 | 0.28 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Mark JankowskiFBUF | BUF | 4 | 19 | 0.21 | 10 | 0.2% |
| 28 | Brett MurrayFBUF | BUF | 4 | 19 | 0.21 | 5 | — |
| 29 | JJ PeterkaFBUF | BUF | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 75%▲37 |
| 30 | Will ButcherDBUF | BUF | 1 | 37 | 0.03 | 10 | — |
| 31 | Jack QuinnFBUF | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 45%▲29 |
| 32 | Ethan ProwDBUF | BUF | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 2 | — |
| 33 | Ryan MacInnisFBUF | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Brandon BiroFBUF | 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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