best centers for faceoffs

Joel Eriksson Ek has faced off the most times by a center this season, with 282 faceoffs.

Interpreted as:
best centers for faceoffs this regular season
NAMEFOSEASONTMGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Joel Eriksson Ek
J. Eriksson Ek
282
2025-26
MIN MIN
13
2
7
9
-7
8
1
4
0
0
0
0
39
5.1
148
52.5
27
9
4
5
19:37
2Nathan MacKinnon
N. MacKinnon
278
2025-26
COL COL
13
10
9
19
+10
8
4
1
0
0
1
0
55
18.2
144
51.8
13
9
3
23
21:44
3Nico Hischier
N. Hischier
267
2025-26
NJD NJD
13
3
8
11
+3
4
0
3
0
0
0
0
27
11.1
140
52.4
7
16
6
13
20:13
4Elias Pettersson
E. Pettersson
263
2025-26
VAN VAN
13
3
5
8
-1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
20
15.0
119
45.2
17
26
6
12
19:43
5Dylan Larkin
D. Larkin
261
2025-26
DET DET
13
8
10
18
+7
8
3
2
0
0
3
1
37
21.6
148
56.7
6
6
1
14
20:37
6Mikael Backlund
M. Backlund
254
2025-26
CGY CGY
14
2
4
6
-3
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
31
6.5
124
48.8
10
3
4
9
17:00
7Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
248
2025-26
PIT PIT
13
9
7
16
+4
22
4
1
0
0
1
0
27
33.3
132
53.2
13
7
5
14
18:46
8Macklin Celebrini
M. Celebrini
243
2025-26
SJS SJS
13
7
11
18
+2
6
2
4
0
0
1
1
38
18.4
123
50.6
10
7
5
17
21:08
9Chandler Stephenson
C. Stephenson
242
2025-26
SEA SEA
11
3
4
7
-2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
18
16.7
118
48.8
2
11
4
13
20:51
10Anthony Cirelli
A. Cirelli
241
2025-26
TBL TBL
12
7
4
11
+7
6
2
0
0
0
2
1
20
35.0
120
49.8
8
9
5
7
19:31
11Brock Nelson
B. Nelson
237
2025-26
COL COL
13
3
1
4
+4
8
0
1
0
0
1
0
19
15.8
117
49.4
9
10
4
8
19:14
12Sean Monahan
S. Monahan
233
2025-26
CBJ CBJ
12
1
5
6
+8
2
1
2
0
0
1
0
26
3.8
122
52.4
8
1
3
11
18:31
13Bo Horvat
B. Horvat
228
2025-26
NYI NYI
12
7
6
13
+5
6
2
3
1
0
2
0
40
17.5
136
59.6
6
3
2
11
20:58
14Elias Lindholm
E. Lindholm
228
2025-26
BOS BOS
13
4
5
9
-3
8
4
3
0
0
1
0
22
18.2
131
57.5
19
14
3
12
17:42
15Ryan O'Reilly
R. O'Reilly
223
2025-26
NSH NSH
13
5
4
9
-4
0
1
1
1
0
2
0
19
26.3
132
59.2
6
14
10
8
19:22
16Kevin Stenlund
K. Stenlund
221
2025-26
UTA UTA
12
1
1
2
-1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
10.0
113
51.1
8
13
5
9
15:39
17Jordan Staal
J. Staal
220
2025-26
CAR CAR
11
3
1
4
+6
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
27.3
126
57.3
19
6
3
9
15:25
18Auston Matthews
A. Matthews
214
2025-26
TOR TOR
12
6
3
9
+6
6
1
0
0
0
2
1
51
11.8
127
59.3
11
23
6
18
21:50
19Nick Suzuki
N. Suzuki
214
2025-26
MTL MTL
12
2
16
18
+9
2
2
6
0
0
0
0
27
7.4
108
50.5
5
8
2
6
20:12
20Phillip Danault
P. Danault
205
2025-26
LAK LAK
13
0
3
3
+2
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
17
0.0
112
54.6
12
2
1
13
17:04
21Alexander Wennberg
A. Wennberg
200
2025-26
SJS SJS
13
3
5
8
-4
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
13
23.1
94
47.0
3
16
6
14
20:44
22Ryan McLeod
R. McLeod
200
2025-26
BUF BUF
12
3
4
7
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
14
21.4
76
38.0
3
6
2
12
17:51
23Jack Eichel
J. Eichel
198
2025-26
VGK VGK
11
8
11
19
+5
0
0
9
0
0
2
0
47
17.0
98
49.5
4
6
8
24
20:57
24Mark Scheifele
M. Scheifele
196
2025-26
WPG WPG
12
9
11
20
+9
4
3
2
0
1
2
0
30
30.0
96
49.0
3
2
1
17
19:48
25John Tavares
J. Tavares
196
2025-26
TOR TOR
12
6
10
16
+1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
35
17.1
112
57.1
13
2
2
7
17:23
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18
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18
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