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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
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 Montreal Canadiens in 2021-22: Nick Suzuki (MTL), 50 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 | Nick SuzukiFMTL | MTL | 50 | 82 | 0.61 | 71 | 100%▲0.5 |
| 2 | Jake EvansFMTL | MTL | 39 | 72 | 0.54 | 33 | 5.7%▲5.2 |
| 3 | Josh AndersonFMTL | MTL | 33 | 69 | 0.48 | 31 | 10%▲9.2 |
| 4 | Mike HoffmanFMTL | MTL | 32 | 67 | 0.48 | 46 | — |
| 5 | Cole CaufieldFMTL | MTL | 32 | 67 | 0.48 | 27 | 100%▲1.2 |
| 6 | Rem PitlickFMTL/MIN | MTL/MIN | 31 | 66 | 0.47 | 40 | — |
| 7 | Joel ArmiaFMTL | MTL | 30 | 60 | 0.50 | 28 | 3.3%▲3.1 |
| 8 | Tyler ToffoliFCGY/MTL | CGY/MTL | 27 | 74 | 0.36 | 35 | 38%▼18 |
| 9 | Alexander RomanovDMTL | MTL | 24 | 79 | 0.30 | 78 | 15%▲15 |
| 10 | Brett KulakDMTL/EDM | MTL/EDM | 21 | 74 | 0.28 | 55 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Ryan PoehlingFMTL | MTL | 21 | 57 | 0.37 | 24 | 6.7%▲5.1 |
| 12 | Ben ChiarotDMTL/FLA | MTL/FLA | 20 | 74 | 0.27 | 69 | 13%▲11 |
| 13 | Artturi LehkonenFMTL/COL | MTL/COL | 18 | 74 | 0.24 | 16 | 57%▲40 |
| 14 | Brendan GallagherFMTL | MTL | 17 | 56 | 0.30 | 20 | 3.3%▲2.8 |
| 15 | Laurent DauphinFMTL | MTL | 17 | 38 | 0.45 | 13 | — |
| 16 | Christian DvorakFMTL | MTL | 16 | 56 | 0.29 | 32 | 16%▲13 |
| 17 | Tyler PitlickFCGY/MTL | CGY/MTL | 14 | 39 | 0.36 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Chris WidemanDMTL | MTL | 13 | 64 | 0.20 | 57 | — |
| 19 | Jeff PetryDMTL | MTL | 12 | 68 | 0.18 | 107 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Mathieu PerreaultFMTL | MTL | 10 | 25 | 0.40 | 8 | — |
| 21 | Paul ByronFMTL | MTL | 9 | 27 | 0.33 | 15 | — |
| 22 | David SavardDMTL | MTL | 7 | 62 | 0.11 | 63 | — |
| 23 | Kale ClagueDMTL/LAK | MTL/LAK | 6 | 36 | 0.17 | 35 | — |
| 24 | Jonathan DrouinFMTL | MTL | 6 | 34 | 0.18 | 18 | 0.5% |
| 25 | Corey SchuenemanDMTL | MTL | 6 | 24 | 0.25 | 13 | 0.0% |
| 26 | William LagessonDEDM/MTL | EDM/MTL | 5 | 33 | 0.15 | 21 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Joel EdmundsonDMTL | MTL | 5 | 24 | 0.21 | 27 | 4.0%▲3.9 |
| 28 | Cedric PaquetteFMTL | MTL | 5 | 24 | 0.21 | 4 | — |
| 29 | Michael PezzettaFMTL | MTL | 4 | 51 | 0.08 | 24 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Lukas VejdemoFMTL | MTL | 4 | 6 | 0.67 | 3 | — |
| 31 | Adam BrooksFWPG/VGK/MTL | WPG/VGK/MTL | 3 | 25 | 0.12 | 3 | — |
| 32 | Alex BelzileFMTL | MTL | 3 | 11 | 0.27 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 33 | Jordan HarrisDMTL | MTL | 3 | 10 | 0.30 | 8 | 0.1% |
| 34 | Jesse YlonenFMTL | MTL | 2 | 14 | 0.14 | 3 | — |
| 35 | Sami NikuDMTL | MTL | 2 | 13 | 0.15 | 5 | — |
| 36 | Justin BarronDMTL/COL | MTL/COL | 2 | 7 | 0.29 | 3 | 0.1% |
| 37 | Rafael Harvey-PinardFMTL | MTL | 2 | 4 | 0.50 | 1 | — |
| 38 | Mattias NorlinderDMTL | MTL | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | — |
| 39 | Brandon BaddockFMTL | MTL | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | — |
| 40 | Cam HillisFMTL | MTL | 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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