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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2026-27All situationsThrough 3 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 2026-27: Beck Malenstyn (BUF), 1 TK.
- Early sample: teams have played at most 3 games in 2026-27. Expect big swings.
Takeaways leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | TK | GP | Per game | GV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beck MalenstynFBUF | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 4.1%▲3.7 |
| 2 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 4 | 100%▲1.3 |
| 3 | Mattias SamuelssonDBUF | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 4 | 79%▲9.3 |
| 4 | Louis CrevierDBUF | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 6 | 15%▲15 |
| 5 | Josh DoanFBUF | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 61%▲44 |
| 6 | Sam CarrickFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Josh NorrisFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 39%▲32 |
| 8 | Ryan McLeodFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 26%▲20 |
| 9 | Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 100%▲1 |
| 10 | Peyton KrebsFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 19%▲17 |
| 11 | Jack QuinnFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 3 | 45%▲29 |
| 12 | Owen PowerDBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 53%▲30 |
| 13 | Jiri KulichFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 26%▲25 |
| 14 | Noah OstlundFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 25%▲24 |
| 15 | Zach BensonFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 4 | 56%▲44 |
| 16 | Zach MetsaDBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Konsta HeleniusFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 4 | 40%▲37 |
| 18 | Matt GrzelcykDBUF | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Olen ZellwegerDBUF | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 31%▲28 |
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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