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NHL Takeaways Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2025-26All 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 2025-26: Josh Doan (BUF), 46 TK.
Takeaways leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | TK | GP | Per game | GV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh DoanFBUF | BUF | 46 | 82 | 0.56 | 64 | 61%▲44 |
| 2 | Alex TuchFBUF | BUF | 39 | 79 | 0.49 | 60 | 94%▼5.5 |
| 3 | Ryan McLeodFBUF | BUF | 37 | 81 | 0.46 | 97 | 26%▲20 |
| 4 | Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 32 | 77 | 0.42 | 115 | 100%▲1 |
| 5 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | 28 | 81 | 0.35 | 69 | 100%▲1.3 |
| 6 | Zach BensonFBUF | BUF | 25 | 65 | 0.38 | 46 | 56%▲44 |
| 7 | Peyton KrebsFBUF | BUF | 22 | 82 | 0.27 | 58 | 19%▲17 |
| 8 | Bowen ByramDBUF | BUF | 22 | 82 | 0.27 | 84 | 96%▲6.5 |
| 9 | Owen PowerDBUF | BUF | 22 | 81 | 0.27 | 79 | 53%▲30 |
| 10 | Mattias SamuelssonDBUF | BUF | 17 | 78 | 0.22 | 80 | 79%▲9.3 |
| 11 | Logan StanleyDWPG/BUF | WPG/BUF | 17 | 76 | 0.22 | 66 | 6.6%▲5.9 |
| 12 | Noah OstlundFBUF | BUF | 17 | 60 | 0.28 | 35 | 25%▲24 |
| 13 | Jack QuinnFBUF | BUF | 14 | 82 | 0.17 | 72 | 45%▲29 |
| 14 | Sam CarrickFNYR/BUF | NYR/BUF | 13 | 73 | 0.18 | 29 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Beck MalenstynFBUF | BUF | 12 | 81 | 0.15 | 35 | 4.1%▲3.7 |
| 16 | Tyson KozakFBUF | BUF | 12 | 46 | 0.26 | 29 | 3.2%▲3.2 |
| 17 | Josh NorrisFBUF | BUF | 9 | 44 | 0.20 | 20 | 39%▲32 |
| 18 | Jason ZuckerFBUF | BUF | 8 | 62 | 0.13 | 65 | 23%▲17 |
| 19 | Conor TimminsDBUF | BUF | 8 | 39 | 0.21 | 45 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 20 | Luke SchennDWPG/BUF | WPG/BUF | 7 | 50 | 0.14 | 44 | 7.3%▲6.9 |
| 21 | Michael KesselringDBUF | BUF | 7 | 34 | 0.21 | 38 | 8.9%▲8.3 |
| 22 | Tanner PearsonFWPG/BUF | WPG/BUF | 6 | 56 | 0.11 | 28 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Jordan GreenwayFBUF | BUF | 6 | 40 | 0.15 | 19 | 0.3% |
| 24 | Josh DunneFBUF | BUF | 6 | 34 | 0.18 | 16 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Jacob BrysonDBUF/WPG | BUF/WPG | 5 | 50 | 0.10 | 17 | 0.0% |
| 26 | Zach MetsaDBUF | BUF | 5 | 43 | 0.12 | 28 | 0.1% |
| 27 | Isak RosenFWPG/BUF | WPG/BUF | 5 | 37 | 0.14 | 18 | 14%▲14 |
| 28 | Ryan JohnsonDBUF | BUF | 2 | 3 | 0.67 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Jiri KulichFBUF | BUF | 1 | 12 | 0.08 | 10 | 26%▲25 |
| 30 | Konsta HeleniusFBUF | BUF | 1 | 9 | 0.11 | 6 | 40%▲37 |
| 31 | Mason GeertsenFBUF | BUF | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 32 | Justin DanforthFBUF | BUF | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 33 | Trevor KuntarFBUF | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.0% |
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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