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NHL Faceoffs Lost Leaders: Washington Capitals
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 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 2020-21: Nicklas Backstrom (WSH), 378 FOL.
Faceoffs Lost leaderboard
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| # | Player | Team | FOL | GP | Per game | FOW | FO% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | 378 | 55 | 6.87 | 353 | 48.3% | — |
| 2 | Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 336 | 56 | 6.00 | 432 | 56.3% | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 3 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | 327 | 44 | 7.43 | 332 | 50.4% | 0.2% |
| 4 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 289 | 41 | 7.05 | 204 | 41.4% | — |
| 5 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 151 | 53 | 2.85 | 139 | 47.9% | — |
| 6 | Michael RafflFPHI/WSH | PHI/WSH | 28 | 44 | 0.64 | 32 | 53.3% | — |
| 7 | Anthony ManthaFDET/WSH | DET/WSH | 23 | 56 | 0.41 | 18 | 43.9% | 52%▲15 |
| 8 | Michael SgarbossaFWSH | WSH | 19 | 5 | 3.80 | 10 | 34.5% | — |
| 9 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 15 | 47 | 0.32 | 11 | 42.3% | 94%▲6.3 |
| 10 | Garnet HathawayFWSH | WSH | 14 | 56 | 0.25 | 10 | 41.7% | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 11 | Carl HagelinFWSH | WSH | 10 | 56 | 0.18 | 3 | 23.1% | — |
| 12 | Richard PanikFWSH/DET | WSH/DET | 8 | 48 | 0.17 | 6 | 42.9% | — |
| 13 | Conor ShearyFWSH | WSH | 7 | 53 | 0.13 | 3 | 30.0% | 0.1% |
| 14 | Brian PinhoFWSH | WSH | 6 | 2 | 3.00 | 8 | 57.1% | — |
| 15 | Philippe MailletFWSH | WSH | 6 | 2 | 3.00 | 6 | 50.0% | — |
| 16 | Jakub VranaFWSH/DET | WSH/DET | 5 | 50 | 0.10 | 4 | 44.4% | — |
| 17 | Daniel SprongFWSH | WSH | 4 | 42 | 0.10 | 4 | 50.0% | — |
| 18 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 2 | 45 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.0% | 96%▲1.2 |
| 19 | Brenden DillonDWSH | WSH | 0 | 56 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 9.7%▲9.1 |
| 20 | Zdeno CharaDWSH | WSH | 0 | 55 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 21 | Nick JensenDWSH | WSH | 0 | 53 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 0.1% |
| 22 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 0 | 52 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 99%▲2.4 |
| 23 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 0 | 51 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 35%▲21 |
| 24 | Justin SchultzDWSH | WSH | 0 | 46 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 25 | Trevor van RiemsdykDWSH | WSH | 0 | 21 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 0.8% |
| 26 | Jonas SiegenthalerDNJD/WSH | NJD/WSH | 0 | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 3.3%▲2.9 |
| 27 | Daniel CarrFWSH | WSH | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 28 | Garrett PilonFWSH | WSH | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | — | — |
| 29 | Connor McMichaelFWSH | WSH | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 100.0% | 34%▲27 |
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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