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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Pittsburgh Penguins
2023-24All 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 Pittsburgh Penguins in 2023-24: Evgeni Malkin (PIT), 90 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 | Evgeni MalkinFPIT | PIT | 90 | 82 | 1.10 | 56 | 82%▲11 |
| 2 | Sidney CrosbyFPIT | PIT | 73 | 82 | 0.89 | 57 | 100%▲2.4 |
| 3 | Lars EllerFPIT | PIT | 54 | 82 | 0.66 | 37 | 0.2% |
| 4 | Erik KarlssonDPIT | PIT | 50 | 82 | 0.61 | 71 | 95% |
| 5 | Kris LetangDPIT | PIT | 47 | 82 | 0.57 | 64 | 47%▼16 |
| 6 | Michael BuntingFCAR/PIT | CAR/PIT | 38 | 81 | 0.47 | 47 | 3.7%▲1 |
| 7 | Drew O'ConnorFPIT | PIT | 37 | 79 | 0.47 | 28 | 5.9%▲4.5 |
| 8 | Reilly SmithFPIT | PIT | 36 | 76 | 0.47 | 38 | — |
| 9 | Jake GuentzelFPIT/CAR | PIT/CAR | 33 | 67 | 0.49 | 26 | 100% |
| 10 | Bryan RustFPIT | PIT | 29 | 62 | 0.47 | 34 | 85%▲2.5 |
| 11 | Rickard RakellFPIT | PIT | 28 | 70 | 0.40 | 18 | 83%▲11 |
| 12 | Marcus PetterssonDPIT | PIT | 26 | 82 | 0.32 | 32 | 6.6%▲6.2 |
| 13 | Noel AcciariFPIT | PIT | 26 | 55 | 0.47 | 8 | 3.3%▲3.1 |
| 14 | Jeff CarterFPIT | PIT | 23 | 72 | 0.32 | 20 | — |
| 15 | Pierre-Olivier JosephDPIT | PIT | 22 | 52 | 0.42 | 20 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Ryan GravesDPIT | PIT | 19 | 70 | 0.27 | 40 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Valtteri PuustinenFPIT | PIT | 19 | 52 | 0.37 | 15 | — |
| 18 | Radim ZohornaFPIT | PIT | 14 | 33 | 0.42 | 7 | — |
| 19 | Chad RuhwedelDPIT/NYR | PIT/NYR | 13 | 52 | 0.25 | 6 | — |
| 20 | Emil BemstromFCBJ/PIT | CBJ/PIT | 10 | 56 | 0.18 | 13 | — |
| 21 | Jansen HarkinsFPIT | PIT | 9 | 45 | 0.20 | 9 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Colin WhiteFMTL/PIT | MTL/PIT | 9 | 28 | 0.32 | 9 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Ryan SheaDPIT | PIT | 8 | 31 | 0.26 | 8 | 16%▲11 |
| 24 | Vinnie HinostrozaFPIT | PIT | 7 | 14 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Alex NylanderFCBJ/PIT | CBJ/PIT | 6 | 28 | 0.21 | 9 | — |
| 26 | Jesse PuljujarviFPIT | PIT | 6 | 22 | 0.27 | 6 | — |
| 27 | Matthew PhillipsFWSH/PIT | WSH/PIT | 5 | 31 | 0.16 | 4 | — |
| 28 | Jack St. IvanyDPIT | PIT | 5 | 14 | 0.36 | 3 | 3.2%▲3.2 |
| 29 | Matt NietoFPIT | PIT | 4 | 22 | 0.18 | 4 | — |
| 30 | John LudvigDPIT | PIT | 3 | 33 | 0.09 | 9 | — |
| 31 | Jonathan GrudenFPIT | PIT | 3 | 13 | 0.23 | 3 | — |
| 32 | Joona KoppanenFPIT | PIT | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 33 | Sam PoulinFPIT | PIT | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.2%▲3.2 |
| 34 | Marc JohnstoneFPIT | PIT | 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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