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NHL Faceoffs Lost Leaders: Washington Capitals
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 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 2019-20: Nicklas Backstrom (WSH), 532 FOL.
Faceoffs Lost leaderboard
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| # | Player | Team | FOL | GP | Per game | FOW | FO% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | 532 | 61 | 8.72 | 516 | 49.2% | — |
| 2 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | 497 | 69 | 7.20 | 536 | 51.9% | 0.2% |
| 3 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 455 | 63 | 7.22 | 348 | 43.3% | — |
| 4 | Chandler StephensonFVGK/WSH | VGK/WSH | 281 | 65 | 4.32 | 233 | 45.3% | 17%▲13 |
| 5 | Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 277 | 56 | 4.95 | 274 | 49.7% | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 6 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 119 | 69 | 1.72 | 119 | 50.0% | — |
| 7 | Travis BoydFWSH | WSH | 69 | 24 | 2.88 | 50 | 42.0% | — |
| 8 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 39 | 68 | 0.57 | 18 | 31.6% | 94%▲6.3 |
| 9 | Garnet HathawayFWSH | WSH | 20 | 66 | 0.30 | 9 | 31.0% | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 10 | Ilya KovalchukFMTL/LAK/WSH | MTL/LAK/WSH | 16 | 46 | 0.35 | 8 | 33.3% | — |
| 11 | Carl HagelinFWSH | WSH | 15 | 58 | 0.26 | 13 | 46.4% | — |
| 12 | Brendan LeipsicFWSH | WSH | 12 | 61 | 0.20 | 9 | 42.9% | — |
| 13 | Richard PanikFWSH | WSH | 8 | 59 | 0.14 | 11 | 57.9% | — |
| 14 | Jakub VranaFWSH | WSH | 5 | 69 | 0.07 | 6 | 54.5% | — |
| 15 | Michael SgarbossaFWSH | WSH | 3 | 2 | 1.50 | 3 | 50.0% | — |
| 16 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 1 | 69 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.0% | 99%▲2.4 |
| 17 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 0 | 69 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 35%▲21 |
| 18 | Brenden DillonDSJS/WSH | SJS/WSH | 0 | 69 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 9.7%▲9.1 |
| 19 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 0 | 68 | 0.00 | 1 | 100.0% | 96%▲1.2 |
| 20 | Nick JensenDWSH | WSH | 0 | 68 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 0.1% |
| 21 | Jonas SiegenthalerDWSH | WSH | 0 | 64 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 3.3%▲2.9 |
| 22 | Radko GudasDWSH | WSH | 0 | 63 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 25%▲22 |
| 23 | Michal KempnyDWSH | WSH | 0 | 58 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 24 | Christian DjoosDANA/WSH | ANA/WSH | 0 | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 25 | Tyler LewingtonDWSH | WSH | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 26 | Martin FehérváryDWSH | WSH | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 27%▼7.7 |
| 27 | Beck MalenstynFWSH | WSH | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 4.1%▲3.7 |
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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