Vegas Golden Knights faceoffs: who takes which dot
Every Golden Knights 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. Golden Knights team hub
Team win % by dot
Show as a table
| Dot | Draws | Won | FO% |
|---|---|---|---|
| OZ left | 1043 | 574 | 55.0% |
| OZ right | 721 | 331 | 45.9% |
| NZ left (att.) | 116 | 53 | 45.7% |
| NZ right (att.) | 148 | 71 | 48.0% |
| Centre | 873 | 431 | 49.4% |
| NZ left (def.) | 146 | 71 | 48.6% |
| NZ right (def.) | 120 | 57 | 47.5% |
| DZ left | 619 | 366 | 59.1% |
| DZ right | 824 | 395 | 47.9% |
Team splits
- Overall
- 51.0% 4610
- Even strength
- 50.7% 3780
- Power play
- 56.1% 456
- Penalty kill
- 46.8% 374
- Offensive zone
- 51.3% 1764
- Defensive zone
- 52.7% 1443
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas HertlL | 1245 | 57.8% | 54% 61% | 13% 45% | 20% 61% | 18% 46% | 22% 58% | 27% 51% | 18% 52% | 29% 66% | 13% 41% |
| Jack EichelR | 1171 | 47.7% | 15% 49% | 45% 49% | 22% 48% | 20% 57% | 23% 45% | 26% 50% | 21% 44% | 20% 52% | 30% 44% |
| Colton SissonsR | 614 | 56.5% | 3% 41% | 10% 56% | 17% 40% | 11% 63% | 14% 60% | 14% 43% | 18% 48% | 13% 65% | 28% 57% |
| Brett HowdenL | 517 | 50.3% | 12% 52% | 5% 44% | 10% 50% | 14% 38% | 14% 53% | 9% 46% | 8% 50% | 19% 52% | 7% 46% |
| Mitch MarnerR | 372 | 40.3% | 5% 41% | 13% 39% | 9% 40% | 14% 50% | 9% 29% | 8% 55% | 13% 53% | 5% 47% | 7% 45% |
| Nic DowdR | 202 | 51.0% | 1% 44% | 3% 54% | 4% 40% | 3% 0% | 7% 50% | 4% 50% | 8% 30% | 4% 65% | 7% 55% |
| William KarlssonL | 158 | 57.6% | 3% 69% | 2% 27% | 4% 40% | 5% 50% | 3% 44% | 3% 80% | 5% 50% | 6% 68% | 3% 58% |
| Tanner LaczynskiR | 78 | 48.7% | 1% 29% | 2% 53% | 3% — | 3% — | 2% 41% | 2% — | 2% — | 2% 50% | 2% 47% |
| Ivan BarbashevL | 54 | 24.1% | 2% 33% | 2% 18% | 3% — | 2% — | 0% — | 1% — | 2% — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Reilly SmithL | 53 | 32.1% | 2% 41% | 1% 50% | 3% — | — | 2% 29% | 1% — | 3% — | 1% — | 0% — |
| Brandon SaadL | 31 | 29.0% | 1% 13% | 1% 20% | — | 2% — | 1% 43% | 1% — | 1% — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Keegan KolesarR | 31 | 38.7% | 0% — | 1% 25% | 1% — | 4% 50% | 0% — | — | 3% — | — | 1% 43% |
| Kai UchaczR | 28 | 46.4% | 0% 40% | 1% 50% | 3% — | — | 1% 33% | 1% — | 1% — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Mark StoneR | 14 | 28.6% | — | 1% 38% | — | 1% — | 0% — | 1% — | — | — | 0% — |
| Alexander HoltzR | 14 | 21.4% | 0% — | 1% 17% | — | 1% — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | 0% — |
| Braeden BowmanR | 12 | 25.0% | 0% — | 0% — | 1% — | 3% — | — | — | — | — | 0% — |
| Cole ReinhardtL | 10 | 60.0% | 0% — | — | 1% — | — | 0% — | 1% — | — | 0% — | — |