Minnesota Wild faceoffs: who takes which dot
Every Wild 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. Wild team hub
Team win % by dot
Show as a table
| Dot | Draws | Won | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|
| OZ left | 956 | 486 | 50.8% |
| OZ right | 656 | 254 | 38.7% |
| NZ left (att.) | 110 | 61 | 55.5% |
| NZ right (att.) | 175 | 69 | 39.4% |
| Centre | 881 | 410 | 46.5% |
| NZ left (def.) | 111 | 65 | 58.6% |
| NZ right (def.) | 141 | 64 | 45.4% |
| DZ left | 716 | 362 | 50.6% |
| DZ right | 954 | 421 | 44.1% |
Team splits
- Overall
- 46.6% 4700
- Even strength
- 46.3% 3766
- Power play
- 49.0% 496
- Penalty kill
- 46.6% 438
- Offensive zone
- 45.9% 1612
- Defensive zone
- 46.9% 1670
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Eriksson EkL | 1390 | 49.0% | 42% 56% | 16% 37% | 27% 67% | 25% 40% | 30% 47% | 13% 86% | 26% 51% | 29% 53% | 29% 41% |
| Ryan HartmanR | 1085 | 45.3% | 12% 47% | 42% 41% | 24% 54% | 22% 36% | 24% 46% | 23% 50% | 24% 53% | 17% 46% | 25% 48% |
| Danila YurovL | 742 | 39.2% | 17% 42% | 14% 35% | 18% 50% | 14% 32% | 19% 37% | 28% 58% | 17% 29% | 17% 41% | 10% 35% |
| Nico SturmL | 372 | 55.1% | 5% 58% | 3% 57% | 6% 57% | 5% 56% | 6% 53% | 7% 50% | 6% 67% | 15% 64% | 12% 46% |
| Marco RossiL | 220 | 48.6% | 7% 35% | 3% 50% | 5% 80% | 5% 44% | 5% 53% | 8% 56% | 5% 43% | 4% 67% | 4% 49% |
| Michael McCarronR | 183 | 51.4% | 1% 70% | 4% 44% | 1% — | 6% 40% | 4% 47% | 2% — | 1% — | 2% 24% | 9% 60% |
| Ben JonesL | 139 | 52.5% | 2% 60% | 1% 50% | 5% 67% | 5% 56% | 3% 67% | 4% — | 3% — | 6% 50% | 3% 34% |
| Matt BoldyL | 124 | 44.4% | 6% 48% | 5% 48% | 2% — | 3% 0% | 1% 60% | — | 2% — | 2% 55% | 1% 36% |
| Yakov TreninL | 120 | 38.3% | 2% 47% | 2% 43% | 5% 50% | 2% — | 2% 26% | 6% 29% | 8% 45% | 2% 27% | 3% 44% |
| Nick FolignoL | 85 | 49.4% | 3% 52% | 0% — | 4% — | 2% — | 1% 67% | 3% — | — | 4% 50% | 1% 13% |
| Hunter HaightR | 67 | 44.8% | 1% 50% | 3% 26% | 1% — | 2% — | 2% 75% | — | 2% — | 1% 50% | 1% 30% |
| Mats ZuccarelloL | 60 | 45.0% | 2% 68% | 3% 16% | — | 2% — | 1% 67% | 1% — | 1% — | 0% — | 1% 40% |
| Vinnie HinostrozaR | 40 | 50.0% | 0% — | 1% 40% | 1% — | 3% 50% | 2% 43% | 1% — | — | 1% — | 1% 60% |
| Marcus FolignoL | 20 | 45.0% | 0% — | 1% — | — | 1% — | 1% 80% | 1% — | 4% 0% | 0% — | — |
| Marcus JohanssonL | 16 | 37.5% | 1% 60% | 1% — | 1% — | — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Vladimir TarasenkoL | 13 | 46.2% | 0% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | 0% — | 3% — | — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Bobby BrinkR | 7 | 71.4% | — | 0% — | — | — | — | — | 1% — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 5 | 0.0% | — | 0% — | — | 1% — | 0% — | — | — | — | 0% — |