Buffalo Sabres faceoffs: who takes which dot
Every Sabres 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. Sabres team hub
Team win % by dot
Show as a table
| Dot | Draws | Won | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|
| OZ left | 917 | 433 | 47.2% |
| OZ right | 610 | 246 | 40.3% |
| NZ left (att.) | 156 | 61 | 39.1% |
| NZ right (att.) | 161 | 71 | 44.1% |
| Centre | 887 | 435 | 49.0% |
| NZ left (def.) | 118 | 67 | 56.8% |
| NZ right (def.) | 137 | 50 | 36.5% |
| DZ left | 684 | 347 | 50.7% |
| DZ right | 1012 | 439 | 43.4% |
Team splits
- Overall
- 45.9% 4682
- Even strength
- 46.6% 3724
- Power play
- 44.2% 455
- Penalty kill
- 42.1% 503
- Offensive zone
- 44.5% 1527
- Defensive zone
- 46.3% 1696
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan McLeodL | 1284 | 47.7% | 29% 53% | 16% 41% | 24% 32% | 31% 46% | 22% 47% | 26% 68% | 29% 40% | 38% 49% | 31% 46% |
| Tage ThompsonR | 858 | 45.5% | 6% 40% | 42% 44% | 14% 55% | 20% 50% | 23% 47% | 13% 73% | 22% 40% | 6% 57% | 21% 42% |
| Josh NorrisL | 594 | 49.5% | 21% 58% | 7% 43% | 12% 44% | 11% 44% | 13% 47% | 13% 67% | 6% 25% | 14% 47% | 9% 41% |
| Peyton KrebsL | 477 | 44.0% | 13% 44% | 5% 31% | 13% 33% | 9% 36% | 11% 48% | 9% 27% | 7% 30% | 15% 53% | 7% 41% |
| Tyson KozakL | 387 | 48.3% | 3% 67% | 5% 36% | 8% 58% | 4% 33% | 10% 58% | 14% 50% | 8% 9% | 13% 55% | 10% 37% |
| Noah OstlundL | 273 | 31.5% | 9% 31% | 5% 9% | 8% 42% | 7% 27% | 8% 44% | 8% 33% | 9% 33% | 3% 42% | 3% 15% |
| Jiri KulichL | 163 | 41.7% | 5% 33% | 3% 44% | 6% 22% | 2% — | 3% 40% | 5% 50% | 1% — | 3% 35% | 3% 61% |
| Sam CarrickR | 143 | 57.3% | 1% 33% | 3% 67% | 1% — | 2% — | 3% 53% | 4% 20% | 4% 33% | 1% 67% | 6% 59% |
| Jason ZuckerL | 124 | 38.7% | 10% 35% | 2% 17% | 3% — | 2% — | 0% — | 2% — | 1% — | 0% — | 0% 40% |
| Josh DunneL | 122 | 54.1% | 1% 55% | 1% 33% | 4% 33% | 4% 67% | 4% 62% | 4% 80% | 1% — | 3% 50% | 3% 50% |
| Alex TuchR | 98 | 46.9% | 1% 43% | 4% 48% | 1% — | 2% — | 1% 60% | 1% — | 4% 40% | 1% 78% | 3% 32% |
| Jordan GreenwayL | 33 | 24.2% | 0% — | 0% — | 2% — | 1% — | 1% 29% | — | 4% 50% | 1% 0% | 0% — |
| Justin DanforthR | 31 | 54.8% | 0% — | 1% 67% | — | 1% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | — | 1% 47% |
| Beck MalenstynL | 25 | 40.0% | 0% — | 0% — | 1% — | 1% — | 1% 63% | — | 1% — | 1% 50% | 0% — |
| Konsta HeleniusR | 24 | 41.7% | — | 2% 45% | 1% — | 4% 17% | — | — | — | 0% — | 0% 60% |
| Josh DoanR | 18 | 22.2% | 0% — | 1% 11% | 1% — | — | 0% — | — | 1% — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Zach BensonL | 15 | 46.7% | 1% 38% | — | 1% — | — | 0% — | 2% — | — | 0% — | — |
| Jack QuinnR | 12 | 25.0% | 1% 33% | 0% — | 1% — | 1% — | 0% — | — | — | — | 0% — |