Montreal Canadiens faceoffs: who takes which dot
Every Canadiens 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%.
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Team win % by dot
Show as a table
| Dot | Draws | Won | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|
| OZ left | 579 | 292 | 50.4% |
| OZ right | 942 | 460 | 48.8% |
| NZ left (att.) | 119 | 58 | 48.7% |
| NZ right (att.) | 139 | 74 | 53.2% |
| Centre | 893 | 469 | 52.5% |
| NZ left (def.) | 142 | 68 | 47.9% |
| NZ right (def.) | 118 | 63 | 53.4% |
| DZ left | 670 | 374 | 55.8% |
| DZ right | 894 | 434 | 48.5% |
Team splits
- Overall
- 51.0% 4496
- Even strength
- 51.3% 3519
- Power play
- 49.4% 480
- Penalty kill
- 50.5% 497
- Offensive zone
- 49.4% 1521
- Defensive zone
- 51.7% 1564
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick SuzukiR | 1449 | 50.4% | 22% 48% | 54% 51% | 30% 42% | 24% 45% | 36% 54% | 25% 53% | 28% 61% | 15% 50% | 28% 46% |
| Jake EvansR | 845 | 55.9% | 5% 48% | 9% 51% | 12% 43% | 24% 64% | 21% 57% | 17% 58% | 25% 67% | 16% 55% | 38% 56% |
| Oliver KapanenR | 672 | 45.5% | 11% 49% | 20% 48% | 11% 54% | 22% 50% | 15% 47% | 19% 41% | 21% 52% | 6% 32% | 17% 41% |
| Phillip DanaultL | 577 | 56.2% | 20% 60% | 3% 59% | 9% 36% | 7% 50% | 11% 59% | 14% 40% | 10% 33% | 31% 61% | 8% 41% |
| Joseph VelenoL | 316 | 51.6% | 13% 49% | 2% 27% | 12% 71% | 6% 44% | 6% 49% | 8% 58% | 5% 17% | 16% 60% | 2% 40% |
| Alex NewhookL | 265 | 47.5% | 19% 47% | 1% 60% | 17% 35% | 3% — | 4% 41% | 10% 43% | 2% — | 10% 53% | 1% 50% |
| Kirby DachR | 116 | 41.4% | 2% 36% | 2% 27% | 2% — | 6% 78% | 4% 36% | 2% — | 4% 40% | 1% 60% | 2% 44% |
| Owen BeckR | 75 | 58.7% | 1% — | 2% 52% | 1% — | 1% — | 2% 52% | 1% — | 2% — | 1% 83% | 2% 61% |
| Juraj SlafkovskýL | 61 | 32.8% | 2% 33% | 4% 29% | 1% — | 1% — | 1% 80% | — | — | 1% — | 0% — |
| Zachary BolducL | 38 | 50.0% | 2% 54% | 1% 40% | 2% — | 2% — | 0% — | 2% — | 1% — | 1% 86% | 0% — |
| Josh AndersonR | 33 | 69.7% | 1% 83% | 0% — | 2% — | 2% — | 0% — | 1% — | 1% — | 1% 67% | 1% 60% |
| Cole CaufieldR | 18 | 33.3% | — | 1% 30% | — | 1% — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Alexandre TexierL | 15 | 13.3% | 1% — | 0% — | 2% — | — | 0% — | — | — | — | 0% — |
| Brendan GallagherR | 10 | 60.0% | — | 1% 67% | — | — | 0% — | — | 1% — | — | 0% — |