Nico Hischier has faced off the most times by a center this season, with 1,680 faceoffs.

Interpreted as:

best centers for faceoffs this regular season

	NAME	FO	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Nico Hischier N. Hischier	1,680	2025-26	NJD	76	26	36	62	-5	29	10	12	0	0	5	2	197	13.2	938	55.8	56	61	26	67	20:46
2	Jordan Staal J. Staal	1,463	2025-26	CAR	73	19	14	33	+3	29	4	0	0	1	3	0	101	18.8	806	55.1	161	45	16	44	16:08
3	Dylan Larkin D. Larkin	1,394	2025-26	DET	69	30	28	58	+4	48	12	9	0	0	8	4	213	14.1	730	52.4	42	33	17	63	20:13
4	Chandler Stephenson C. Stephenson	1,355	2025-26	SEA	73	15	30	45	-21	14	6	9	0	2	2	0	89	16.9	707	52.2	19	50	28	64	19:32
5	Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	1,350	2025-26	MTL	76	27	68	95	+36	28	11	30	1	0	2	1	171	15.8	678	50.2	58	60	27	68	20:50
6	Joel Eriksson Ek J. Eriksson Ek	1,349	2025-26	MIN	67	18	29	47	+14	30	7	9	0	0	3	0	185	9.7	660	48.9	102	31	19	40	19:11
7	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1,347	2025-26	PIT	65	28	41	69	-2	42	10	12	0	0	4	1	150	18.7	751	55.8	57	29	24	69	19:19
8	Brock Nelson B. Nelson	1,347	2025-26	COL	75	33	29	62	+12	32	10	7	0	0	9	1	178	18.5	681	50.6	37	55	20	58	19:41
9	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	1,344	2025-26	CGY	76	16	25	41	+11	16	1	2	1	4	3	0	174	9.2	671	49.9	23	27	28	77	17:59
10	Alexander Wennberg A. Wennberg	1,307	2025-26	SJS	74	18	34	52	-26	18	8	7	0	1	3	1	89	20.2	607	46.4	27	87	32	52	20:31
11	John Tavares J. Tavares	1,291	2025-26	TOR	77	30	38	68	-27	28	11	7	0	0	4	2	184	16.3	740	57.3	68	21	26	69	18:06
12	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	1,266	2025-26	NSH	75	25	44	69	+8	20	5	12	2	0	8	0	144	17.4	699	55.2	13	59	47	47	20:19
13	Dylan Strome D. Strome	1,264	2025-26	WSH	75	18	37	55	+2	44	6	14	0	0	1	0	138	13.0	737	58.3	10	49	17	69	18:09
14	Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	1,256	2025-26	COL	74	51	71	122	+57	35	11	18	0	0	7	1	327	15.6	642	51.1	60	34	23	152	22:14
15	Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	1,256	2025-26	VAN	68	15	33	48	-27	20	4	17	1	0	0	0	119	12.6	596	47.5	61	103	29	62	18:57
16	Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	1,236	2025-26	BUF	77	12	38	50	+19	14	0	7	5	1	1	0	87	13.8	586	47.4	16	33	36	91	17:40
17	Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	1,208	2025-26	VGK	77	24	31	55	-17	39	13	10	0	0	4	2	192	12.5	700	57.9	107	40	16	49	17:09
18	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	1,202	2025-26	WPG	76	34	60	94	+4	37	7	11	0	1	6	1	163	20.9	563	46.8	32	44	29	116	21:34
19	Macklin Celebrini M. Celebrini	1,188	2025-26	SJS	75	41	65	106	+4	40	7	24	0	0	4	2	265	15.5	575	48.4	48	47	40	136	21:25
20	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	1,182	2025-26	LAK	61	12	24	36	+17	10	5	7	0	0	1	0	89	13.5	676	57.2	31	56	18	52	19:01
21	Sean Monahan S. Monahan	1,166	2025-26	CBJ	73	12	23	35	0	12	1	9	2	0	3	0	121	9.9	611	52.4	41	34	25	57	17:15
22	Charlie Coyle C. Coyle	1,146	2025-26	CBJ	77	18	38	56	+6	14	6	6	0	0	3	0	131	13.7	576	50.3	100	51	32	50	17:56
23	Bo Horvat B. Horvat	1,141	2025-26	NYI	64	30	25	55	+9	40	7	9	1	0	7	2	217	13.8	648	56.8	51	38	17	66	20:45
24	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	1,126	2025-26	CAR	76	26	52	78	+11	42	7	20	2	4	4	2	186	14.0	574	51.0	63	21	31	106	19:41
25	Sean Couturier S. Couturier	1,122	2025-26	PHI	73	10	22	32	-7	30	0	1	0	0	2	0	112	8.9	605	53.9	89	39	31	64	16:47

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Team Leaders

26

Hischier

47

Bratt

+/-

+2

Hughes

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.78

27th

GA/GP

3.07

18th

PP%

22.7

10th

PK%

79.1

15th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	49	21	6	104	50
Penguins	39	22	16	94	27
Islanders	42	31	5	89	-3
Flyers	38	26	12	88	-4
Blue Jackets	38	27	12	88	3
Capitals	39	29	9	87	15
Devils	39	34	3	81	-19
Rangers	32	36	9	73	-16

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/5	NJD	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Tue 4/7	PHI	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Thu 4/9	PIT	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Sat 4/11	NJD	@	DET	5:00 PM
Sun 4/12	OTT	@	NJD	7:00 PM

Last Game

Canadiens

45 - 21 - 10

Final

Devils

39 - 34 - 3

Sat 4 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

51

MacKinnon

49

Caufield

43

McDavid

Assists Leaders

83

McDavid

83

Kucherov

71

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

126

McDavid

125

Kucherov

122

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

380

Trenin

304

Sherwood

281

Klapka

Blocks Leaders

183

Dobson

183

McCabe

171

Fehervary

Wins Leaders

37

Vasilevskiy

35

Vejmelka

31

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.13

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.34

DeSmith

Save Percentage Leaders

.918

Wedgewood

.913

Wallstedt

.913

Cooley

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.76

3.59

3.53

Goals Against Rankings

2.49

2.69

2.75

Power Play Rankings

29.7

28.9

25.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

83.8

83.6

82.3

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

49-27

49-28

46-29

46-31

44-31

Worst Record ATS

26-50

28-48

29-47

30-47

30-46

31-46

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - x	50	15	10	110	92
Stars - x	45	20	12	102	47
Wild - x	43	21	12	98	32
Mammoth	40	30	6	86	30
Predators	36	31	9	81	-22
Jets	33	31	12	78	-17
Blues	32	31	12	76	-34
Blackhawks - e	28	35	14	70	-53
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	39	29	9	87	8
Ducks	41	31	5	87	-14
Golden Knights	35	26	16	86	7
Kings	31	26	19	81	-26
Sharks	36	32	7	79	-36
Kraken	32	32	11	75	-27
Flames	32	36	8	72	-44
Canucks - e	22	46	8	52	-94

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning - x	48	22	6	102	66
Canadiens	45	21	10	100	30
Sabres - x	46	23	8	100	35
Bruins	43	26	8	94	20
Senators	39	27	10	88	17
Red Wings	40	28	8	88	-8
Maple Leafs - e	32	31	14	78	-33
Panthers - e	37	36	3	77	-29
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - x	49	21	6	104	50
Penguins	39	22	16	94	27
Islanders	42	31	5	89	-3
Flyers	38	26	12	88	-4
Blue Jackets	38	27	12	88	3
Capitals	39	29	9	87	15
Devils	39	34	3	81	-19
Rangers - e	32	36	9	73	-16