For the purpose of this graph, a takeaway is described as any play made by a player that either removes puck-possession from the opposition, or acquires possession for his own team. Events used in this calculation include:
- blocked passes
- blocked shots
- successful stick-checks
- successful body-checks
- loose-puck recoveries
DEFENSEMEN
- PK Subban has produced the most takeaways in the defensive-zone per-minute played
- Francis Bouillon has produced the fewest takeaways in the d-zone
- Andrei Markov has the most neutral, and offensive-zone takeaways
- Bouillon has the fewest offensive-zone takeaways
- Douglas Murray has the fewest neutral-zone takeaways
CENTRES
- Lars Eller has produced the most offensive, and defensive-zone takeaways
- Tomas Plekanec has the most neutral-zone takeaways
- Ryan White has the fewest offensive-zone takeaways
- David Desharnais has contribute the fewest neutral and defensive-zone takeaways
WINGERS
- Max Pacioretty has the most offensive-zone takeaways per-minute played
- Michael Bournival and Brendan Gallagher have also contributed a substantial amount of offensive-zone takeaways
- Bournival and Pacioretty have the most neutral-zone takeaways per-minute
- Bournival and Brandon Prust have the most defensive-zone takeaways per-minute
- Daniel Briere and Travis Moen have produced the fewest offensive-zone takeaways
- Rene Bourque has the fewest defensive-zone takeaways
- Briere and Alex Galchenyuk have the fewest neutral-zone takeaways per-minute played
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