Pittsburgh Penguins faceoffs: who takes which dot
Every Penguins 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. Penguins team hub
Team win % by dot
Show as a table
| Dot | Draws | Won | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|
| OZ left | 864 | 449 | 52.0% |
| OZ right | 697 | 310 | 44.5% |
| NZ left (att.) | 133 | 51 | 38.3% |
| NZ right (att.) | 132 | 62 | 47.0% |
| Centre | 919 | 441 | 48.0% |
| NZ left (def.) | 124 | 67 | 54.0% |
| NZ right (def.) | 119 | 64 | 53.8% |
| DZ left | 615 | 295 | 48.0% |
| DZ right | 921 | 442 | 48.0% |
Team splits
- Overall
- 48.2% 4524
- Even strength
- 47.8% 3612
- Power play
- 55.4% 466
- Penalty kill
- 44.4% 446
- Offensive zone
- 48.6% 1561
- Defensive zone
- 48.0% 1536
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney CrosbyL | 1401 | 55.2% | 48% 59% | 31% 54% | 35% 53% | 32% 48% | 35% 52% | 19% 61% | 24% 61% | 21% 57% | 19% 53% |
| Ben KindelR | 649 | 43.6% | 7% 46% | 24% 46% | 12% 38% | 19% 44% | 17% 42% | 10% 38% | 18% 50% | 6% 29% | 17% 45% |
| Noel AcciariR | 594 | 52.0% | 1% 29% | 7% 51% | 2% — | 11% 57% | 7% 52% | 5% 33% | 16% 53% | 9% 45% | 41% 54% |
| Tommy NovakL | 504 | 42.9% | 20% 51% | 10% 34% | 17% 23% | 12% 38% | 11% 38% | 18% 45% | 8% 50% | 9% 50% | 4% 35% |
| Blake LizotteL | 476 | 50.0% | 4% 50% | 2% 27% | 8% 30% | 6% 63% | 11% 50% | 23% 69% | 8% 78% | 31% 53% | 8% 38% |
| Evgeni MalkinL | 245 | 44.5% | 9% 47% | 7% 43% | 6% 38% | 7% 33% | 5% 40% | 10% 54% | 6% 43% | 3% 50% | 2% 45% |
| Rickard RakellR | 225 | 36.0% | 3% 19% | 10% 34% | 4% 40% | 5% 43% | 6% 51% | 6% 29% | 8% 44% | 2% 8% | 4% 38% |
| Kevin HayesL | 139 | 40.3% | 4% 35% | 2% 31% | 8% 20% | 4% 80% | 3% 54% | 2% — | 3% — | 4% 42% | 2% 20% |
| Connor DewarL | 116 | 47.4% | 1% 63% | 0% — | 2% — | 1% — | 2% 64% | 2% — | 3% — | 9% 48% | 2% 33% |
| Joona KoppanenL | 48 | 41.7% | 1% 60% | 0% — | 2% — | 2% — | 1% 38% | 2% — | 2% — | 2% 15% | 1% 42% |
| Anthony ManthaL | 46 | 30.4% | 1% 42% | 2% 6% | 2% — | 2% — | 0% — | 1% — | 3% — | 1% — | 0% — |
| Rutger McGroartyL | 17 | 47.1% | 1% 60% | 1% — | 2% — | — | 0% — | 1% — | — | 0% — | — |
| Danton HeinenL | 16 | 31.3% | 0% — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | — | 1% — | 1% 22% | 0% — |
| Bryan RustR | 15 | 13.3% | 0% — | 1% — | — | — | 1% 17% | — | — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Egor ChinakhovL | 9 | 33.3% | 0% — | 1% — | — | — | 0% — | 1% — | — | — | — |
| Tristan BrozL | 6 | 50.0% | — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | — | — | — | 0% — |
| Avery HayesR | 5 | 20.0% | — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | — | 1% — | — | — |