Colorado Avalanche faceoffs: who takes which dot
Every Avalanche 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. Avalanche team hub
Team win % by dot
Show as a table
| Dot | Draws | Won | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|
| OZ left | 1049 | 564 | 53.8% |
| OZ right | 733 | 381 | 52.0% |
| NZ left (att.) | 147 | 85 | 57.8% |
| NZ right (att.) | 153 | 73 | 47.7% |
| Centre | 871 | 451 | 51.8% |
| NZ left (def.) | 128 | 70 | 54.7% |
| NZ right (def.) | 128 | 49 | 38.3% |
| DZ left | 689 | 372 | 54.0% |
| DZ right | 911 | 418 | 45.9% |
Team splits
- Overall
- 51.2% 4809
- Even strength
- 50.9% 3803
- Power play
- 59.8% 520
- Penalty kill
- 44.4% 486
- Offensive zone
- 53.0% 1782
- Defensive zone
- 49.4% 1600
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock NelsonL | 1459 | 50.4% | 42% 53% | 12% 50% | 27% 57% | 23% 46% | 27% 52% | 31% 50% | 28% 31% | 37% 53% | 32% 45% |
| Nathan MacKinnonR | 1334 | 51.0% | 12% 52% | 62% 55% | 24% 42% | 29% 59% | 33% 49% | 22% 61% | 29% 51% | 14% 38% | 24% 50% |
| Jack DruryL | 969 | 58.1% | 15% 55% | 9% 51% | 20% 66% | 18% 61% | 21% 67% | 22% 61% | 17% 45% | 28% 67% | 28% 49% |
| Gabriel LandeskogL | 260 | 62.3% | 15% 64% | 2% 38% | 7% 100% | 2% — | 2% 65% | 5% 43% | 1% — | 5% 64% | 1% 57% |
| Parker KellyL | 191 | 36.1% | 4% 38% | 2% 28% | 5% 29% | 9% 36% | 3% 39% | 5% 83% | 6% 25% | 4% 38% | 5% 31% |
| Zakhar BardakovL | 172 | 42.4% | 4% 54% | 3% 42% | 4% 50% | 3% — | 5% 32% | 4% 40% | 5% 50% | 3% 43% | 3% 42% |
| Ross ColtonL | 108 | 47.2% | 3% 60% | 2% 60% | 3% 40% | 3% — | 2% 33% | 2% — | 2% — | 2% 50% | 2% 35% |
| Nazem KadriL | 96 | 39.6% | 2% 42% | 1% 50% | 4% 83% | 4% 17% | 2% 33% | 3% — | 3% — | 3% 45% | 1% 18% |
| Nicolas RoyR | 86 | 47.7% | 0% — | 3% 37% | 2% — | 2% — | 2% 71% | 3% — | 2% — | 2% 45% | 3% 42% |
| Gavin BrindleyR | 34 | 38.2% | 0% — | 2% 57% | — | 1% — | 0% — | 1% — | 2% — | — | 1% 33% |
| Ivan IvanL | 24 | 41.7% | 0% 100% | — | 1% — | 1% — | 1% 17% | 2% — | 1% — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Martin NecasR | 21 | 42.9% | 0% — | 1% 29% | — | 2% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | 0% — | 1% 43% |
| Artturi LehkonenL | 18 | 16.7% | 0% 20% | 0% — | 1% — | 1% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | 1% — | 0% — |
| T.J. TynanR | 10 | 40.0% | 0% — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Joel KivirantaL | 10 | 40.0% | 0% — | — | — | 1% — | 0% — | 1% — | 1% — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Victor OlofssonL | 8 | 37.5% | 0% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | — | 0% — |