Los Angeles Kings faceoffs: who takes which dot
Every Kings 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. Kings team hub
Team win % by dot
Show as a table
| Dot | Draws | Won | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|
| OZ left | 998 | 526 | 52.7% |
| OZ right | 582 | 255 | 43.8% |
| NZ left (att.) | 134 | 71 | 53.0% |
| NZ right (att.) | 152 | 79 | 52.0% |
| Centre | 850 | 431 | 50.7% |
| NZ left (def.) | 154 | 80 | 51.9% |
| NZ right (def.) | 139 | 61 | 43.9% |
| DZ left | 661 | 377 | 57.0% |
| DZ right | 1013 | 450 | 44.4% |
Team splits
- Overall
- 49.8% 4683
- Even strength
- 49.9% 3758
- Power play
- 55.7% 415
- Penalty kill
- 43.9% 510
- Offensive zone
- 49.4% 1580
- Defensive zone
- 49.4% 1674
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anze KopitarL | 1307 | 56.9% | 41% 62% | 29% 55% | 22% 67% | 20% 52% | 21% 48% | 22% 59% | 18% 60% | 24% 63% | 27% 52% |
| Quinton ByfieldL | 1117 | 45.5% | 20% 50% | 15% 36% | 22% 50% | 20% 39% | 27% 48% | 24% 62% | 23% 38% | 31% 50% | 25% 39% |
| Alex TurcotteL | 475 | 54.1% | 13% 52% | 9% 49% | 11% 47% | 15% 52% | 10% 55% | 9% 43% | 17% 52% | 9% 78% | 7% 45% |
| Alex LaferriereR | 468 | 42.3% | 2% 26% | 21% 37% | 4% 50% | 16% 54% | 12% 52% | 10% 38% | 11% 33% | 4% 48% | 14% 41% |
| Phillip DanaultL | 414 | 52.9% | 7% 65% | 8% 38% | 8% 73% | 9% 71% | 10% 56% | 14% 50% | 13% 28% | 11% 63% | 8% 40% |
| Scott LaughtonL | 276 | 59.4% | 2% 48% | 4% 62% | 6% 63% | 6% 89% | 5% 70% | 3% 20% | 5% 71% | 10% 59% | 9% 54% |
| Samuel HeleniusL | 252 | 45.2% | 3% 35% | 3% 50% | 10% 71% | 6% 44% | 7% 54% | 9% 57% | 10% 36% | 6% 39% | 6% 36% |
| Adrian KempeL | 149 | 36.2% | 7% 36% | 2% 36% | 7% 0% | — | 3% 35% | 3% — | — | 3% 39% | 0% 80% |
| Joel ArmiaR | 91 | 37.4% | 1% 43% | 5% 37% | 2% — | 5% 25% | 2% 35% | 3% — | 1% — | 1% 50% | 1% 29% |
| Corey PerryR | 29 | 24.1% | 1% 9% | 2% 18% | — | 1% — | 0% — | 1% — | — | — | 0% — |
| Kevin FialaL | 25 | 28.0% | 1% 23% | 1% — | 1% — | — | 0% — | — | 1% — | — | 0% 40% |
| Warren FoegeleL | 24 | 37.5% | 1% 43% | 1% — | — | 1% — | 0% — | 1% — | 1% — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Trevor MooreL | 19 | 21.1% | 0% — | 1% 0% | 2% — | 1% — | 0% — | 1% — | — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Jeff MalottL | 14 | 28.6% | 1% 20% | — | 1% — | — | 0% — | 1% — | — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Taylor WardR | 10 | 40.0% | — | 1% 40% | 1% — | — | 0% — | — | — | — | 0% — |
| Kenny ConnorsL | 7 | 28.6% | 0% — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Mathieu JosephL | 5 | 20.0% | 0% — | — | — | — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | 0% — |