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NHL Faceoffs Lost Leaders: Washington Capitals
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by faceoffs lost, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
Faceoffs lost counts every draw a player loses. Because volume drives it, busy centres lead this board as well as the faceoffs won board. A few leagues score FOL as a negative. It mostly measures how many draws a centre takes; read it next to faceoff percentage.
Leader for the Washington Capitals in 2017-18: Nicklas Backstrom (WSH), 669 FOL.
Faceoffs Lost leaderboard
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| # | Player | Team | FOL | GP | Per game | FOW | FO% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | 669 | 81 | 8.26 | 702 | 51.2% | — |
| 2 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 568 | 79 | 7.19 | 450 | 44.2% | — |
| 3 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | 485 | 81 | 5.99 | 471 | 49.3% | 0.2% |
| 4 | Jay BeagleFWSH | WSH | 414 | 79 | 5.24 | 584 | 58.5% | — |
| 5 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 110 | 74 | 1.49 | 101 | 47.9% | — |
| 6 | Chandler StephensonFWSH | WSH | 33 | 67 | 0.49 | 40 | 54.8% | 17%▲13 |
| 7 | Alex ChiassonFWSH | WSH | 30 | 61 | 0.49 | 11 | 26.8% | — |
| 8 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 29 | 78 | 0.37 | 25 | 46.3% | 94%▲6.3 |
| 9 | Travis BoydFWSH | WSH | 18 | 8 | 2.25 | 18 | 50.0% | — |
| 10 | Devante Smith-PellyFWSH | WSH | 17 | 75 | 0.23 | 16 | 48.5% | — |
| 11 | Brett ConnollyFWSH | WSH | 17 | 70 | 0.24 | 14 | 45.2% | — |
| 12 | Andre BurakovskyFWSH | WSH | 15 | 56 | 0.27 | 18 | 54.5% | 5.6%▲5.4 |
| 13 | Jakub VranaFWSH | WSH | 12 | 73 | 0.16 | 13 | 52.0% | — |
| 14 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 5 | 82 | 0.06 | 3 | 37.5% | 96%▲1.2 |
| 15 | Tyler GraovacFWSH | WSH | 2 | 5 | 0.40 | 1 | 33.3% | — |
| 16 | Liam O'BrienFWSH | WSH | 2 | 3 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 17 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 1 | 82 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.0% | 99%▲2.4 |
| 18 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 0 | 82 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 35%▲21 |
| 19 | Brooks OrpikDWSH | WSH | 0 | 81 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 20 | Matt NiskanenDWSH | WSH | 0 | 68 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 21 | Christian DjoosDWSH | WSH | 0 | 63 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 22 | Michal KempnyDCHI/WSH | CHI/WSH | 0 | 53 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 23 | Madison BoweyDWSH | WSH | 0 | 51 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 24 | Jakub JerabekDMTL/WSH | MTL/WSH | 0 | 36 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 25 | Taylor ChorneyDWSH/CBJ | WSH/CBJ | 0 | 25 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 26 | Nathan WalkerFWSH/EDM | WSH/EDM | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 0.1% |
| 27 | Aaron NessDWSH | WSH | 0 | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 28 | Shane GersichFWSH | WSH | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 29 | Anthony PelusoFWSH | WSH | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
How to read it
Total faceoffs lost, all situations.
How reliable is it?
Mostly a volume stat: the centres who take the most draws lose the most.
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