Boston Bruins faceoffs: who takes which dot
Every Bruins faceoff taker, how many draws he takes at each dot and how often he wins them. Coaches already deploy for handedness: left shots take most of their draws on their left-side dots, right shots on their right, because the strong side wins about 52.6% to 44.9%.
2025-26 regular season. Bruins team hub
Team win % by dot
Show as a table
| Dot | Draws | Won | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|
| OZ left | 791 | 427 | 54.0% |
| OZ right | 728 | 390 | 53.6% |
| NZ left (att.) | 132 | 70 | 53.0% |
| NZ right (att.) | 134 | 64 | 47.8% |
| Centre | 899 | 471 | 52.4% |
| NZ left (def.) | 152 | 86 | 56.6% |
| NZ right (def.) | 144 | 73 | 50.7% |
| DZ left | 770 | 405 | 52.6% |
| DZ right | 1020 | 545 | 53.4% |
Team splits
- Overall
- 53.1% 4770
- Even strength
- 53.0% 3761
- Power play
- 58.5% 446
- Penalty kill
- 49.0% 563
- Offensive zone
- 53.8% 1519
- Defensive zone
- 53.1% 1790
Who takes which dot
Each cell is the share of the team's draws at that dot he took, with his FO% there. Dots are in the team's attacking direction (OZ = offensive zone).
| Taker | Draws | FO% | OZ left | OZ right | NZ left (att.) | NZ right (att.) | Centre | NZ left (def.) | NZ right (def.) | DZ left | DZ right |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elias LindholmR | 1177 | 56.1% | 13% 51% | 52% 63% | 17% 48% | 18% 46% | 20% 52% | 19% 45% | 24% 62% | 15% 49% | 29% 56% |
| Pavel ZachaL | 983 | 53.3% | 31% 56% | 9% 40% | 25% 64% | 11% 40% | 21% 53% | 18% 52% | 19% 57% | 29% 54% | 16% 53% |
| Fraser MintenL | 839 | 49.3% | 28% 56% | 9% 36% | 23% 48% | 21% 43% | 21% 52% | 26% 56% | 25% 39% | 17% 49% | 10% 43% |
| Sean KuralyL | 662 | 51.1% | 10% 52% | 4% 35% | 17% 48% | 11% 53% | 17% 49% | 23% 74% | 6% 56% | 32% 53% | 7% 44% |
| Mark KastelicR | 564 | 60.8% | 0% — | 9% 58% | 2% — | 22% 69% | 12% 63% | 1% — | 16% 48% | 0% — | 32% 61% |
| Casey MittelstadtL | 186 | 48.9% | 8% 60% | 3% 25% | 6% 38% | 4% 17% | 3% 48% | 5% 29% | 4% 50% | 3% 71% | 2% 33% |
| Morgan GeekieR | 160 | 45.6% | 3% 50% | 9% 46% | 2% — | 7% 33% | 2% 44% | 3% — | 1% — | 1% 60% | 3% 41% |
| Marat KhusnutdinovL | 120 | 46.7% | 4% 32% | 1% 22% | 7% 67% | 1% — | 4% 55% | 5% 63% | 3% — | 2% 69% | 1% 25% |
| Tanner JeannotL | 18 | 44.4% | 1% 71% | — | 1% — | 1% — | 0% — | 1% — | — | 1% 29% | — |
| Matthew PoitrasR | 18 | 38.9% | — | 1% — | — | 2% — | 1% 30% | — | — | — | 0% — |
| Viktor ArvidssonR | 14 | 50.0% | — | 2% 54% | — | — | — | — | 1% — | — | — |
| David PastrnakR | 9 | 22.2% | 0% — | 1% — | — | 1% — | 0% — | — | — | — | 0% — |
| Alex SteevesL | 7 | 42.9% | 1% — | 0% — | — | — | — | — | 1% — | — | 0% — |
| Michael EyssimontL | 6 | 50.0% | 0% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | — | — | — | — | 0% — |