Nashville Predators faceoffs: who takes which dot
Every Predators 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. Predators team hub
Team win % by dot
Show as a table
| Dot | Draws | Won | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|
| OZ left | 914 | 472 | 51.6% |
| OZ right | 673 | 320 | 47.5% |
| NZ left (att.) | 131 | 73 | 55.7% |
| NZ right (att.) | 138 | 76 | 55.1% |
| Centre | 893 | 443 | 49.6% |
| NZ left (def.) | 162 | 82 | 50.6% |
| NZ right (def.) | 138 | 64 | 46.4% |
| DZ left | 712 | 398 | 55.9% |
| DZ right | 992 | 471 | 47.5% |
Team splits
- Overall
- 50.5% 4753
- Even strength
- 50.1% 3810
- Power play
- 54.4% 480
- Penalty kill
- 49.9% 463
- Offensive zone
- 49.9% 1587
- Defensive zone
- 51.0% 1704
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 O'ReillyL | 1342 | 55.1% | 45% 56% | 13% 50% | 31% 60% | 11% 67% | 30% 53% | 38% 60% | 14% 45% | 38% 61% | 17% 47% |
| Erik HaulaL | 1005 | 49.2% | 25% 52% | 12% 51% | 19% 72% | 19% 58% | 23% 50% | 24% 51% | 13% 28% | 27% 56% | 19% 35% |
| Michael McCarronR | 811 | 52.8% | 4% 48% | 11% 36% | 15% 42% | 15% 52% | 17% 54% | 14% 50% | 21% 55% | 18% 52% | 33% 58% |
| Steven StamkosR | 560 | 57.7% | 3% 50% | 35% 56% | 3% — | 27% 57% | 9% 57% | 2% — | 19% 65% | 1% 63% | 14% 61% |
| Fedor SvechkovL | 549 | 42.8% | 14% 47% | 9% 37% | 15% 58% | 13% 50% | 13% 40% | 13% 33% | 18% 40% | 11% 51% | 9% 35% |
| Matthew WoodR | 206 | 39.8% | 2% 50% | 11% 45% | 6% 63% | 7% 44% | 4% 28% | 4% 43% | 6% 63% | 0% — | 4% 23% |
| Tyson JostL | 112 | 40.2% | 3% 50% | 1% 33% | 3% — | 4% 20% | 2% 44% | 2% — | 6% 13% | 3% 39% | 2% 37% |
| Jonathan MarchessaultR | 43 | 41.9% | 1% 18% | 3% 47% | 2% — | 1% — | 1% 43% | — | 1% — | — | 0% — |
| Filip ForsbergR | 32 | 31.3% | 1% 33% | 2% 45% | 2% — | — | 1% 40% | — | — | 1% — | 0% — |
| Michael BuntingL | 28 | 32.1% | 1% 30% | 1% 25% | 2% — | — | 0% — | 1% — | — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Cole SmithL | 16 | 25.0% | 0% — | 0% — | 2% — | — | 0% — | 1% — | — | 1% — | 0% — |
| Brady MartinR | 16 | 31.3% | 0% — | 1% — | — | 2% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | — | 0% — |
| Joakim KemellR | 8 | 12.5% | — | 0% — | 1% — | — | — | — | 1% — | — | 0% — |
| Reid SchaeferL | 8 | 12.5% | 0% — | — | — | 1% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | — | — |
| Ozzy WiesblattR | 7 | 28.6% | — | 1% — | — | 1% — | 0% — | — | — | — | 0% — |
| Zachary L'HeureuxL | 7 | 42.9% | 0% — | — | — | — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | — |