which defenseman has the most takeaways in the nhl

Miro Heiskanen, Kevin Bahl and Jackson LaCombe are tied for the most takeaways by a defenseman this season, with 28 taken.

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Which defenseman has the most takeaways in the NHL this regular season?

	NAME	TKA	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	28	2025-26	DAL	42	7	29	36	+5	14	1	13	1	0	2	0	90	7.8	0	0		7	79	47	26:01
2	Kevin Bahl K. Bahl	28	2025-26	CGY	40	3	4	7	+12	31	0	0	0	0	2	0	33	9.1	0	0		58	58	51	21:17
3	Jackson LaCombe J. LaCombe	28	2025-26	ANA	41	6	17	23	-2	8	1	5	1	1	0	0	90	6.7	0	0		36	69	59	24:59
4	John Carlson J. Carlson	26	2025-26	WSH	38	8	21	29	+7	12	0	6	0	0	0	0	78	10.3	0	0		14	56	64	22:38
5	K'Andre Miller K. Miller	26	2025-26	CAR	34	2	14	16	-2	34	1	2	0	2	0	0	57	3.5	0	1	0.0	47	36	49	22:35
6	Cale Makar C. Makar	25	2025-26	COL	41	12	35	47	+32	18	2	14	0	0	3	0	117	10.3	0	0		20	68	40	25:03
7	Brock Faber B. Faber	23	2025-26	MIN	43	9	14	23	+10	10	0	7	1	0	1	0	93	9.7	0	0		16	98	57	24:24
8	Jake Sanderson J. Sanderson	23	2025-26	OTT	40	8	21	29	+6	4	2	9	0	0	1	0	82	9.8	0	0		14	73	45	25:13
9	Matthew Schaefer M. Schaefer	23	2025-26	NYI	42	12	16	28	+8	20	6	7	0	0	3	2	113	10.6	0	0		19	58	50	23:50
10	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	21	2025-26	PIT	41	3	28	31	-1	14	2	10	0	0	0	0	90	3.3	0	0		9	40	59	23:46
11	Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	21	2025-26	BOS	42	1	12	13	+8	111	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	2.0	0	0		108	67	49	21:48
12	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	21	2025-26	EDM	42	8	30	38	-1	16	5	9	0	1	1	1	107	7.5	0	0		12	59	63	24:26
13	Wyatt Kaiser W. Kaiser	21	2025-26	CHI	42	4	5	9	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	43	9.3	0	0		26	38	48	19:12
14	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	20	2025-26	CBJ	37	15	29	44	+8	6	1	9	0	1	0	0	139	10.8	0	0		18	53	65	26:40
15	Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	19	2025-26	MTL	42	1	9	10	-9	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	0	0		20	87	37	19:37
16	Colton Parayko C. Parayko	19	2025-26	STL	43	0	11	11	-7	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	0.0	0	0		42	104	52	22:39
17	Esa Lindell E. Lindell	19	2025-26	DAL	42	4	13	17	+19	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	40	10.0	0	0		19	90	69	23:46
18	Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	19	2025-26	PIT	41	2	13	15	+1	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	39	5.1	0	0		79	60	67	20:39
19	Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	18	2025-26	VGK	30	2	13	15	-9	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	75	2.7	0	0		16	46	40	23:41
20	Adam Pelech A. Pelech	18	2025-26	NYI	42	3	3	6	+6	20	0	0	0	0	2	0	61	4.9	0	0		27	71	39	20:42
21	Adam Fox A. Fox	18	2025-26	NYR	29	4	24	28	+5	12	2	7	0	1	1	0	53	7.5	0	0		15	45	36	23:34
22	Sean Walker S. Walker	18	2025-26	CAR	42	4	7	11	-9	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	97	4.1	0	0		63	67	42	22:52
23	Lane Hutson L. Hutson	18	2025-26	MTL	42	7	35	42	+13	8	1	10	0	0	2	1	71	9.9	0	0		20	63	51	23:48
24	Ben Chiarot B. Chiarot	17	2025-26	DET	43	4	5	9	-3	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	8.3	0	0		93	92	46	21:07
25	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	17	2025-26	MTL	39	4	14	18	+6	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	49	8.2	0	0		26	88	45	25:02

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+/-

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Team Rankings

G/GP

3.40

3rd

GA/GP

2.71

5th

PP%

29.1

3rd

PK%

82.1

7th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	31	3	7	69	72
Stars	25	9	8	58	29
Wild	25	10	8	58	23
Blues	17	18	8	42	-39
Predators	19	18	4	42	-18
Blackhawks	17	18	7	41	-16
Mammoth	19	20	3	41	5
Jets	15	21	4	34	-11

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 1/6	DAL	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Wed 1/7	DAL	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sat 1/10	DAL	@	SJS	4:00 PM
Mon 1/12	DAL	@	LAK	10:00 PM
Tue 1/13	DAL	@	ANA	10:00 PM

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Final

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25 - 9 - 8

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35

MacKinnon

26

Boldy

25

McDavid

Assists Leaders

47

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Rantanen

Points Leaders

74

MacKinnon

72

McDavid

63

Celebrini

Hits Leaders

209

Trenin

198

Sherwood

149

Dach

Blocks Leaders

104

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104

McCabe

102

Dobson

Wins Leaders

18

Wedgewood

17

Shesterkin

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Bobrovsky

Goals Against Leaders

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Wedgewood

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29.7

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Penalty Kill Rankings

85.6

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29-13

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Worst Record ATS

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Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	31	3	7	69	72
Stars	25	9	8	58	29
Wild	25	10	8	58	23
Predators	19	18	4	42	-18
Blues	17	18	8	42	-39
Mammoth	19	20	3	41	5
Blackhawks	17	18	7	41	-16
Jets	15	21	4	34	-11
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	17	11	12	46	-2
Oilers	20	16	6	46	-4
Ducks	21	17	3	45	-7
Kraken	18	14	7	43	-12
Kings	17	14	9	43	-4
Sharks	20	18	3	43	-19
Flames	18	19	4	40	-10
Canucks	16	20	5	37	-26

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	25	13	3	53	32
Canadiens	23	13	6	52	0
Red Wings	24	15	4	52	-7
Panthers	22	16	3	47	-1
Sabres	21	15	4	46	-1
Bruins	22	18	2	46	-3
Senators	20	15	5	45	4
Maple Leafs	19	15	7	45	-1
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	25	14	3	53	13
Islanders	23	15	4	50	0
Flyers	21	12	7	49	8
Penguins	20	12	9	49	4
Capitals	21	15	6	48	14
Devils	22	18	2	46	-10
Rangers	20	18	5	45	-3
Blue Jackets	18	16	7	43	-10

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 12/7	LAK	@	UTA	4-2
Mon 12/8	DET	@	VAN	4-0
Mon 12/8	BUF	@	CGY	4-7
Mon 12/8	TBL	@	TOR	0-2
Mon 12/8	SJS	@	PHI	1-4

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Mon 1/5	ANA	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Mon 1/5	UTA	@	NYR	7:00 PM
Mon 1/5	DET	@	OTT	7:30 PM
Mon 1/5	SEA	@	CGY	9:30 PM
Mon 1/5	MIN	@	LAK	10:30 PM

Miro Heiskanen, Kevin Bahl and Jackson LaCombe are tied for the most takeaways by a defenseman this season, with 28 taken.

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