best faceoffs nhl

Joel Eriksson Ek has faced off the most times this season, with 836 faceoffs.

Interpreted as:
best faceoffs by a player NHL this regular season
NAMEFOSEASONTMGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Joel Eriksson Ek
J. Eriksson Ek
836
2025-26
MIN MIN
39
9
18
27
+8
18
2
6
0
0
2
0
114
7.9
414
49.5
63
18
11
28
19:49
2Dylan Larkin
D. Larkin
826
2025-26
DET DET
40
20
16
36
+5
28
5
3
0
0
5
2
118
16.9
444
53.8
20
25
11
35
20:35
3Nico Hischier
N. Hischier
799
2025-26
NJD NJD
38
10
20
30
-3
14
2
7
0
0
1
0
94
10.6
434
54.3
29
39
16
36
20:53
4Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
767
2025-26
PIT PIT
37
20
19
39
-7
28
8
7
0
0
2
0
88
22.7
427
55.7
34
15
11
43
19:39
5Nathan MacKinnon
N. MacKinnon
724
2025-26
COL COL
37
31
33
64
+47
14
7
8
0
0
4
1
171
18.1
352
48.6
32
21
10
70
22:05
6Chandler Stephenson
C. Stephenson
718
2025-26
SEA SEA
36
10
14
24
-6
6
4
5
0
1
1
0
58
17.2
373
51.9
9
28
15
29
20:04
7Jordan Staal
J. Staal
695
2025-26
CAR CAR
34
10
6
16
+3
23
2
0
0
0
0
0
47
21.3
391
56.3
56
18
5
24
15:38
8Mikael Backlund
M. Backlund
692
2025-26
CGY CGY
38
9
14
23
+14
8
0
0
0
2
1
0
90
10.0
354
51.2
16
13
12
31
17:14
9Sean Monahan
S. Monahan
669
2025-26
CBJ CBJ
37
5
14
19
-3
8
1
7
0
0
2
0
65
7.7
358
53.5
24
16
10
29
18:13
10Nick Suzuki
N. Suzuki
665
2025-26
MTL MTL
38
11
31
42
+12
6
7
13
0
0
0
0
76
14.5
328
49.3
28
35
10
30
20:49
11Anton Lundell
A. Lundell
665
2025-26
FLA FLA
37
12
16
28
-6
18
3
5
1
2
3
0
82
14.6
344
51.7
43
28
6
37
19:02
12Anze Kopitar
A. Kopitar
646
2025-26
LAK LAK
33
6
14
20
+14
6
3
4
0
0
1
0
48
12.5
373
57.7
18
28
10
32
18:57
13Brock Nelson
B. Nelson
646
2025-26
COL COL
37
14
12
26
+11
16
3
3
0
0
3
0
74
18.9
319
49.4
20
31
10
26
18:41
14Elias Pettersson
E. Pettersson
644
2025-26
VAN VAN
29
8
14
22
-11
10
2
6
1
0
0
0
57
14.0
309
48.0
29
52
15
29
20:38
15Alexander Wennberg
A. Wennberg
629
2025-26
SJS SJS
38
7
17
24
-13
10
3
3
0
0
2
1
47
14.9
284
45.2
12
47
18
27
20:35
16Ryan O'Reilly
R. O'Reilly
621
2025-26
NSH NSH
37
11
21
32
+2
8
2
4
1
0
5
0
62
17.7
347
55.9
9
24
28
20
19:39
17Bo Horvat
B. Horvat
618
2025-26
NYI NYI
34
20
12
32
+5
28
5
6
1
0
3
0
117
17.1
357
57.8
22
18
8
40
20:33
18Dylan Strome
D. Strome
611
2025-26
WSH WSH
36
7
21
28
+14
20
1
6
0
0
1
0
62
11.3
352
57.6
8
26
7
28
18:11
19Leo Carlsson
L. Carlsson
610
2025-26
ANA ANA
37
17
25
42
+8
25
3
9
2
1
3
1
92
18.5
281
46.1
5
14
17
39
19:42
20Leon Draisaitl
L. Draisaitl
607
2025-26
EDM EDM
39
20
36
56
+8
18
11
17
1
0
2
1
107
18.7
342
56.3
19
10
11
61
21:59
21Sean Couturier
S. Couturier
604
2025-26
PHI PHI
36
5
16
21
+3
16
0
0
0
0
1
0
55
9.1
328
54.3
37
26
13
36
17:40
22John Tavares
J. Tavares
600
2025-26
TOR TOR
38
15
20
35
-5
16
2
3
0
0
1
1
103
14.6
357
59.5
36
7
18
37
18:09
23Robert Thomas
R. Thomas
600
2025-26
STL STL
35
9
20
29
+2
10
3
5
1
0
0
0
54
16.7
322
53.7
7
21
19
52
19:03
24Kevin Stenlund
K. Stenlund
587
2025-26
UTA UTA
39
3
7
10
-4
16
0
0
0
1
0
0
36
8.3
313
53.3
24
29
9
27
14:43
25Ryan McLeod
R. McLeod
585
2025-26
BUF BUF
37
7
14
21
+5
2
0
3
2
0
1
0
45
15.6
253
43.2
9
14
15
35
17:54
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