nhl top faceoff percentage 2026

Joel Eriksson Ek has faced off the most times this season, with 907 faceoffs.

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NHL top faceoff by a player percentage 2026
NAMEFOSEASONTMGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Joel Eriksson Ek
J. Eriksson Ek
907
2025-26
MIN MIN
43
11
21
32
+13
20
3
7
0
0
2
0
125
8.8
448
49.4
68
19
11
31
19:48
2Nico Hischier
N. Hischier
888
2025-26
NJD NJD
42
12
20
32
-5
19
4
7
0
0
1
0
109
11.0
484
54.5
34
39
17
40
20:53
3Dylan Larkin
D. Larkin
882
2025-26
DET DET
43
21
17
38
+3
32
6
4
0
0
5
2
122
17.2
471
53.4
21
26
11
39
20:36
4Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
854
2025-26
PIT PIT
41
24
23
47
0
30
9
7
0
0
3
1
99
24.2
478
56.0
35
17
13
46
19:41
5Nathan MacKinnon
N. MacKinnon
773
2025-26
COL COL
41
35
39
74
+50
14
7
11
0
0
5
1
187
18.7
384
49.7
35
23
11
82
21:55
6Jordan Staal
J. Staal
771
2025-26
CAR CAR
39
10
6
16
-1
25
2
0
0
0
0
0
49
20.4
427
55.4
70
21
7
27
15:38
7Chandler Stephenson
C. Stephenson
756
2025-26
SEA SEA
39
11
14
25
-6
6
5
5
0
1
1
0
60
18.3
390
51.6
11
31
16
33
20:00
8Nick Suzuki
N. Suzuki
740
2025-26
MTL MTL
42
14
32
46
+14
8
8
14
0
0
1
1
92
15.2
361
48.8
33
36
12
35
20:58
9Anton Lundell
A. Lundell
732
2025-26
FLA FLA
41
13
18
31
-4
18
3
5
1
2
3
0
91
14.3
375
51.2
48
28
8
43
19:09
10Mikael Backlund
M. Backlund
731
2025-26
CGY CGY
41
10
16
26
+18
8
0
0
0
2
1
0
95
10.5
376
51.4
17
14
13
33
17:12
11Brock Nelson
B. Nelson
730
2025-26
COL COL
41
18
15
33
+13
16
6
3
0
0
5
0
87
20.7
364
49.9
22
33
12
31
18:56
12Elias Pettersson
E. Pettersson
709
2025-26
VAN VAN
33
10
15
25
-9
14
2
7
1
0
0
0
66
15.2
337
47.5
32
55
18
33
20:31
13Anze Kopitar
A. Kopitar
692
2025-26
LAK LAK
36
6
15
21
+12
8
3
4
0
0
1
0
49
12.2
396
57.2
19
34
11
35
18:54
14Dylan Strome
D. Strome
689
2025-26
WSH WSH
40
10
23
33
+10
22
2
7
0
0
1
0
72
13.9
403
58.5
8
28
10
29
18:20
15Alexander Wennberg
A. Wennberg
688
2025-26
SJS SJS
41
7
19
26
-12
10
3
3
0
0
2
1
47
14.9
312
45.3
12
52
19
33
20:34
16Ryan O'Reilly
R. O'Reilly
686
2025-26
NSH NSH
41
11
24
35
+1
8
2
6
1
0
5
0
71
15.5
383
55.8
9
30
29
23
19:47
17Robert Thomas
R. Thomas
675
2025-26
STL STL
39
10
20
30
-1
10
3
5
2
0
0
0
57
17.5
361
53.5
7
23
21
58
19:08
18Sean 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
19Leon Draisaitl
L. Draisaitl
668
2025-26
EDM EDM
42
20
37
57
+3
20
11
17
1
0
2
1
117
17.1
376
56.3
20
11
15
67
21:59
20Sebastian Aho
S. Aho
666
2025-26
CAR CAR
42
17
25
42
+4
16
4
8
1
1
2
1
100
17.0
324
48.6
37
16
18
51
19:56
21Sean Couturier
S. Couturier
654
2025-26
PHI PHI
39
5
18
23
+2
16
0
0
0
0
1
0
65
7.7
360
55.0
39
26
16
38
17:29
22Bo Horvat
B. Horvat
654
2025-26
NYI NYI
36
21
12
33
+4
32
6
6
1
0
3
0
122
17.2
377
57.6
26
19
8
42
20:30
23John Tavares
J. Tavares
651
2025-26
TOR TOR
41
15
22
37
-6
20
2
3
0
0
1
1
107
14.0
387
59.4
38
8
18
39
18:06
24Leo Carlsson
L. Carlsson
636
2025-26
ANA ANA
40
17
25
42
+4
25
3
9
2
1
3
1
98
17.3
292
45.9
7
15
17
43
19:34
25Mark Scheifele
M. Scheifele
634
2025-26
WPG WPG
40
20
28
48
+6
22
5
4
0
1
2
0
90
22.2
301
47.5
16
18
11
53
20:47
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7
69
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Stars Stars
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9
8
58
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Wild Wild
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8
58
23
Predators Predators
19
18
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42
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Blues Blues
17
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8
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41
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11
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46
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16
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46
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Ducks Ducks
21
17
3
45
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Kraken Kraken
18
14
7
43
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Kings Kings
17
14
9
43
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Sharks Sharks
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18
3
43
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Flames Flames
18
19
4
40
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Canucks Canucks
16
20
5
37
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13
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32
Canadiens Canadiens
23
13
6
52
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15
4
52
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47
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Sabres Sabres
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15
4
46
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22
18
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46
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15
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45
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15
7
45
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14
3
53
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23
15
4
50
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12
7
49
8
Penguins Penguins
20
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9
49
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15
6
48
14
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18
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5
45
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UTA UTA
4-2
Mon
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DET DET
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TOR TOR
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Mon
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PHI PHI
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Mon
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Mon
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NYR NYR
7:00 PM
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