Washington Capitals faceoffs: who takes which dot
Every Capitals 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 | 822 | 431 | 52.4% |
| OZ right | 692 | 359 | 51.9% |
| NZ left (att.) | 120 | 69 | 57.5% |
| NZ right (att.) | 116 | 54 | 46.6% |
| Centre | 850 | 392 | 46.1% |
| NZ left (def.) | 124 | 57 | 46.0% |
| NZ right (def.) | 112 | 48 | 42.9% |
| DZ left | 653 | 326 | 49.9% |
| DZ right | 931 | 444 | 47.7% |
Team splits
- Overall
- 49.3% 4420
- Even strength
- 48.6% 3471
- Power play
- 62.6% 484
- Penalty kill
- 41.1% 465
- Offensive zone
- 52.2% 1514
- Defensive zone
- 48.6% 1584
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan StromeL | 1334 | 58.2% | 52% 59% | 46% 58% | 30% 75% | 29% 47% | 26% 51% | 26% 56% | 21% 63% | 18% 67% | 14% 57% |
| Nic DowdR | 766 | 48.7% | 4% 50% | 8% 50% | 18% 50% | 13% 47% | 17% 51% | 19% 43% | 17% 32% | 23% 48% | 32% 49% |
| Justin SourdifR | 688 | 45.9% | 6% 44% | 19% 47% | 9% 45% | 16% 39% | 19% 44% | 22% 33% | 21% 33% | 14% 48% | 18% 51% |
| Connor McMichaelL | 618 | 42.9% | 13% 38% | 10% 42% | 11% 38% | 16% 53% | 14% 40% | 15% 50% | 15% 53% | 19% 45% | 14% 45% |
| Pierre-Luc DuboisL | 383 | 47.3% | 10% 48% | 8% 54% | 7% 50% | 7% 50% | 9% 51% | 7% 56% | 9% 40% | 10% 45% | 8% 37% |
| Hendrix LapierreL | 301 | 39.9% | 7% 50% | 3% 30% | 12% 57% | 9% 50% | 10% 34% | 6% 14% | 9% 20% | 7% 32% | 6% 49% |
| Anthony BeauvillierL | 87 | 50.6% | 3% 57% | 1% 25% | 3% — | 2% — | 1% 30% | 3% — | 2% — | 3% 63% | 2% 39% |
| Aliaksei ProtasL | 67 | 44.8% | 1% 22% | 1% 86% | 3% — | 1% — | 1% 43% | 2% — | 1% — | 4% 39% | 2% 36% |
| Brandon DuhaimeL | 43 | 32.6% | 1% 25% | 1% — | 4% 60% | 3% — | 1% 17% | 1% — | 1% — | 1% 60% | 1% 22% |
| Ilya ProtasL | 42 | 45.2% | 1% 55% | — | 2% — | — | 1% 40% | 1% — | 2% — | 1% 75% | 1% 38% |
| Tom WilsonR | 38 | 44.7% | 1% 33% | 2% 55% | — | 2% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | 0% — | 2% 40% |
| David KampfL | 14 | 35.7% | 0% — | 0% — | 1% — | — | 1% 60% | — | — | — | 1% 33% |
| Sonny MilanoL | 12 | 66.7% | 0% — | 1% — | 1% — | 1% — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | — |
| Ryan LeonardR | 11 | 54.5% | 0% — | 0% — | 1% — | 1% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | — | 0% — |
| Ethen FrankR | 6 | 16.7% | 0% — | 0% — | — | 1% — | — | — | — | — | 0% — |
| Brett LeasonR | 5 | 40.0% | — | 0% — | — | — | 0% — | — | — | — | 0% — |