which players had the best faceoff percentage since 2005

Since 2004-05, Sidney Crosby has faced off the most times, with 31,163 faceoffs.

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	NAME	FO	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	31,163	1,426	654	1,109	1,763	+193	898	194	416	4	7	104	26	4,475	14.6	16,506	53.0	1,246	695	797	1,188	20:36
2	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	28,453	1,521	452	864	1,316	+127	358	129	328	14	14	79	9	3,429	13.2	15,237	53.6	1,296	1,091	854	993	20:43
3	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	25,507	1,223	411	590	1,001	+284	474	124	187	22	26	79	9	3,841	10.7	14,837	58.2	972	847	811	448	18:49
4	Jordan Staal J. Staal	23,738	1,409	318	429	747	+65	644	50	68	21	23	49	6	2,723	11.7	12,720	53.6	2,674	676	713	681	17:55
5	Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	22,821	1,238	329	572	901	-19	220	102	166	13	11	49	13	2,701	12.2	12,692	55.6	473	740	1,075	514	19:37
6	John Tavares J. Tavares	22,468	1,271	526	662	1,188	-53	553	167	225	3	3	86	20	3,955	13.3	12,154	54.1	965	537	880	1,137	19:13
7	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	21,937	1,149	383	529	912	+128	645	98	139	17	15	70	16	2,800	13.7	12,623	57.5	646	418	860	526	19:14
8	Claude Giroux C. Giroux	21,602	1,350	379	789	1,168	+38	520	101	324	9	12	60	13	3,329	11.4	12,225	56.6	1,166	531	672	714	19:17
9	Eric Staal E. Staal	20,225	1,284	444	588	1,032	-76	814	131	179	20	8	69	4	3,877	11.5	9,775	48.3	924	529	830	677	19:16
10	Mikko Koivu M. Koivu	19,359	1,035	206	505	711	+68	594	60	191	10	15	33	5	2,273	9.1	10,385	53.6	627	558	702	482	19:08
11	Paul Stastny P. Stastny	18,658	1,145	293	529	822	+54	500	78	166	2	6	55	5	2,326	12.6	10,040	53.8	627	580	647	351	18:27
12	Tomas Plekanec T. Plekanec	17,941	999	233	375	608	+55	543	53	125	20	11	36	3	2,360	9.9	8,945	49.9	615	548	497	515	18:02
13	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	17,776	1,105	271	762	1,033	+83	504	86	335	2	0	39	9	2,264	12.0	8,912	50.1	771	652	759	615	19:23
14	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	17,696	1,153	233	374	607	+70	503	37	71	19	17	41	8	2,780	8.4	8,684	49.1	821	518	855	758	17:21
15	Ryan Getzlaf R. Getzlaf	17,591	1,157	282	737	1,019	+102	960	86	255	8	6	57	11	2,559	11.0	8,672	49.3	1,980	1,006	732	1,086	19:29
16	Jeff Carter J. Carter	17,546	1,321	442	409	851	+9	635	125	113	21	6	92	16	3,967	11.1	9,045	51.6	1,166	663	585	682	17:27
17	Bo Horvat B. Horvat	17,088	886	304	320	624	-68	303	91	75	16	4	46	13	2,257	13.5	9,309	54.5	798	559	327	438	19:02
18	Ryan Kesler R. Kesler	16,892	973	256	312	568	+12	904	82	93	12	9	38	5	2,253	11.4	9,222	54.6	1,480	855	601	336	19:04
19	Jason Spezza J. Spezza	16,818	1,137	334	585	919	-14	525	109	232	3	2	52	3	2,659	12.6	9,028	53.7	296	339	645	975	16:42
20	Travis Zajac T. Zajac	16,790	1,037	203	349	552	-20	344	53	95	12	10	24	4	1,811	11.2	8,977	53.5	824	423	651	326	18:40
21	Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	16,495	1,012	196	728	924	+126	536	50	269	6	2	33	6	1,500	13.1	8,105	49.1	266	217	373	556	18:44
22	Joe Thornton J. Thornton	15,817	1,205	270	848	1,118	+157	661	93	328	3	6	43	5	2,019	13.4	8,476	53.6	786	406	962	1,249	18:38
23	Antoine Vermette A. Vermette	15,713	989	221	280	501	-54	606	52	67	21	7	31	3	1,773	12.5	8,904	56.7	935	550	404	392	17:07
24	Mika Zibanejad M. Zibanejad	15,601	1,017	349	474	823	+5	271	137	150	15	20	45	8	2,635	13.2	7,809	50.1	1,198	622	587	730	18:35
25	Mark Scheifele M. Scheifele	15,444	966	372	538	910	+76	464	96	130	2	7	65	18	2,137	17.4	7,227	46.8	704	576	652	690	20:10

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Blue Jackets	2	2	0	4	-1
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Mon 10/19	PIT	@	UTA	9:00 PM
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Mammoth	4	2	0	8	7
Wild	3	1	1	7	6
Jets	3	1	1	7	-2
Avalanche	3	2	0	6	9
Predators	2	1	2	6	0
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Senators	4	1	0	8	4
Bruins	4	2	0	8	7
Maple Leafs	3	2	1	7	2
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