Evgeni Malkin and Mikael Backlund gave away the puck 56 times in 2023-24.

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NHL best giveaway takeaway by a player ratio 2024

	NAME	GVA	TKA	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TOI/GP
1	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	56	90	2023-24	PIT	82	27	40	67	+5	70	6	12	0	0	2	0	199	13.6	389	801	48.6	31	42	18:35
2	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	54	85	2023-24	TOR	81	69	38	107	+31	20	18	11	0	1	8	3	369	18.7	705	1,319	53.4	89	93	20:58
3	Mathew Barzal M. Barzal	90	84	2023-24	NYI	80	23	57	80	-4	34	5	20	0	0	4	2	240	9.6	49	114	43.0	54	52	20:08
4	Leon Draisaitl L. Draisaitl	92	82	2023-24	EDM	81	41	65	106	+26	76	21	18	0	2	7	2	217	18.9	826	1,451	56.9	58	26	20:42
5	Alex Tuch A. Tuch	31	82	2023-24	BUF	75	22	37	59	+9	54	2	9	1	0	7	0	192	11.5	42	105	40.0	71	82	19:30
6	Filip Forsberg F. Forsberg	80	76	2023-24	NSH	82	48	46	94	+16	43	13	19	0	0	11	3	347	13.8	11	22	50.0	140	44	18:54
7	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	57	73	2023-24	PIT	82	42	52	94	+7	40	10	13	0	0	3	0	278	15.1	1,090	1,872	58.2	101	37	20:05
8	Colton Parayko C. Parayko	48	73	2023-24	STL	82	10	16	26	+4	23	0	1	1	1	4	1	154	6.5	0	0		113	218	23:52
9	Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	32	71	2023-24	CAR	81	6	31	37	+21	8	0	0	2	1	1	0	151	4.0	0	0		55	120	20:56
10	Cale Makar C. Makar	42	70	2023-24	COL	77	21	69	90	+15	16	7	32	1	3	1	0	231	9.1	0	0		36	148	24:46
11	Robert Thomas R. Thomas	54	70	2023-24	STL	82	26	60	86	+9	48	8	19	1	2	3	0	170	15.3	876	1,649	53.1	16	47	20:58
12	Mathieu Joseph M. Joseph	36	69	2023-24	OTT	72	11	24	35	-4	51	0	0	1	1	3	0	124	8.9	22	66	33.3	105	49	16:28
13	Connor McDavid C. McDavid	84	68	2023-24	EDM	76	32	100	132	+35	30	7	37	1	0	5	1	263	12.2	442	865	51.1	118	39	21:22
14	William Nylander W. Nylander	45	68	2023-24	TOR	82	40	58	98	+1	24	11	24	3	1	7	2	316	12.7	56	119	47.1	32	29	19:55
15	Nick Schmaltz N. Schmaltz	53	66	2023-24	ARI	79	22	39	61	-16	10	10	11	1	0	3	1	158	13.9	164	400	41.0	16	41	19:11
16	Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	48	66	2023-24	EDM	81	12	18	30	+10	10	0	1	0	2	3	0	106	11.3	365	718	50.8	65	34	14:15
17	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	30	64	2023-24	NSH	82	26	43	69	+6	18	14	14	0	0	1	0	180	14.4	828	1,536	53.9	25	56	19:46
18	Jack Hughes J. Hughes	71	64	2023-24	NJD	62	27	47	74	-12	12	9	22	0	0	4	2	274	9.9	118	317	37.2	11	24	20:58
19	Oliver Bjorkstrand O. Bjorkstrand	24	63	2023-24	SEA	82	20	39	59	-20	12	8	17	0	0	3	0	186	10.8	9	28	32.1	67	29	16:11
20	Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	96	62	2023-24	TBL	81	44	100	144	+8	22	13	40	0	0	6	1	306	14.4	2	4	50.0	47	35	21:40
21	Mark Stone M. Stone	29	62	2023-24	VGK	56	16	37	53	+1	22	4	10	2	2	5	1	117	13.7	0	4	0.0	34	40	19:24
22	Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	25	62	2023-24	SEA	80	11	22	33	-11	62	0	2	2	1	1	0	156	7.1	519	1,085	47.8	156	52	17:27
23	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	56	61	2023-24	CGY	82	15	24	39	-4	24	2	1	1	1	2	0	209	7.2	778	1,547	50.3	70	33	19:14
24	Aleksander Barkov A. Barkov	31	61	2023-24	FLA	73	23	57	80	+33	24	5	24	0	2	4	0	193	11.9	630	1,100	57.3	103	50	19:38
25	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins R. Nugent-Hopkins	34	61	2023-24	EDM	80	18	49	67	+10	36	4	22	0	3	3	0	183	9.8	236	492	48.0	62	34	19:37

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