Tampa Bay Lightning faceoffs: who takes which dot
Every Lightning 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. Lightning team hub
Team win % by dot
Show as a table
| Dot | Draws | Won | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|
| OZ left | 965 | 507 | 52.5% |
| OZ right | 638 | 267 | 41.8% |
| NZ left (att.) | 120 | 70 | 58.3% |
| NZ right (att.) | 143 | 63 | 44.1% |
| Centre | 880 | 444 | 50.5% |
| NZ left (def.) | 135 | 72 | 53.3% |
| NZ right (def.) | 148 | 55 | 37.2% |
| DZ left | 609 | 303 | 49.8% |
| DZ right | 901 | 370 | 41.1% |
Team splits
- Overall
- 47.4% 4539
- Even strength
- 48.0% 3580
- Power play
- 53.0% 481
- Penalty kill
- 37.2% 478
- Offensive zone
- 48.3% 1603
- Defensive zone
- 44.6% 1510
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony CirelliL | 1075 | 48.2% | 28% 58% | 14% 38% | 21% 72% | 15% 48% | 20% 47% | 31% 62% | 20% 30% | 30% 48% | 26% 39% |
| Yanni GourdeL | 881 | 44.9% | 12% 48% | 10% 28% | 18% 43% | 20% 48% | 26% 54% | 21% 36% | 22% 47% | 27% 46% | 21% 37% |
| Brayden PointR | 653 | 45.8% | 8% 49% | 39% 48% | 5% 67% | 18% 50% | 13% 46% | 7% 67% | 14% 33% | 1% 17% | 16% 41% |
| Nick PaulL | 557 | 53.9% | 16% 63% | 8% 42% | 5% 50% | 17% 36% | 11% 55% | 11% 60% | 11% 41% | 13% 58% | 12% 49% |
| Jake GuentzelL | 437 | 47.8% | 20% 46% | 9% 39% | 21% 60% | 3% 40% | 6% 45% | 12% 63% | 5% 38% | 8% 64% | 3% 40% |
| Dominic JamesL | 276 | 50.4% | 6% 56% | 4% 58% | 12% 43% | 5% 29% | 8% 45% | 8% 45% | 8% 42% | 7% 52% | 4% 54% |
| Zemgus GirgensonsL | 224 | 44.6% | 2% 53% | 3% 33% | 9% 64% | 4% 67% | 5% 48% | 4% 60% | 7% 27% | 6% 39% | 8% 43% |
| Jack FinleyR | 171 | 48.5% | 1% 42% | 5% 54% | 3% — | 6% 22% | 4% 58% | 2% — | 3% — | 2% 55% | 6% 43% |
| Conor GeekieL | 69 | 44.9% | 2% 47% | 1% 25% | 1% — | 2% — | 2% 60% | — | 2% — | 1% 63% | 1% 11% |
| Brandon HagelL | 63 | 41.3% | 1% 45% | 1% 11% | 2% — | 1% — | 1% 73% | 1% — | 1% — | 2% 54% | 1% 23% |
| Pontus HolmbergL | 52 | 36.5% | 1% 29% | 2% 9% | 2% — | 3% 40% | 1% 56% | 1% — | — | 1% 20% | 1% 60% |
| Gage GoncalvesL | 23 | 30.4% | 1% 50% | 1% — | 1% — | — | 0% — | 1% — | 1% — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Boris KatchoukL | 19 | 36.8% | 0% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | 0% — | 1% — | 1% — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Oliver BjorkstrandR | 16 | 43.8% | 0% — | 0% — | 1% — | 3% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | — | — |
| Mitchell ChaffeeR | 10 | 50.0% | — | 1% — | 2% — | — | 0% — | — | 1% — | 0% — | — |
| Curtis DouglasL | 5 | 60.0% | — | 0% — | — | 1% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | — | 0% — |