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NHL Faceoffs Lost Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2026-27All situationsThrough 3 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 Buffalo Sabres in 2026-27: Tage Thompson (BUF), 16 FOL.
- Early sample: teams have played at most 3 games in 2026-27. Expect big swings.
Faceoffs Lost leaderboard
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| # | Player | Team | FOL | GP | Per game | FOW | FO% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | 16 | 2 | 8.00 | 16 | 50.0% | 100%▲1.3 |
| 2 | Ryan McLeodFBUF | BUF | 13 | 2 | 6.50 | 12 | 48.0% | 26%▲20 |
| 3 | Noah OstlundFBUF | BUF | 13 | 2 | 6.50 | 9 | 40.9% | 25%▲24 |
| 4 | Sam CarrickFBUF | BUF | 7 | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 50.0% | 0.1% |
| 5 | Josh NorrisFBUF | BUF | 6 | 2 | 3.00 | 7 | 53.8% | 39%▲32 |
| 6 | Jiri KulichFBUF | BUF | 6 | 2 | 3.00 | 8 | 57.1% | 26%▲25 |
| 7 | Zach BensonFBUF | BUF | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 33.3% | 56%▲44 |
| 8 | Josh DoanFBUF | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 50.0% | 61%▲44 |
| 9 | Konsta HeleniusFBUF | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.0% | 40%▲37 |
| 10 | Beck MalenstynFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 4.1%▲3.7 |
| 11 | Mattias SamuelssonDBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 79%▲9.3 |
| 12 | Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 100%▲1 |
| 13 | Peyton KrebsFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 19%▲17 |
| 14 | Louis CrevierDBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 15%▲15 |
| 15 | Jack QuinnFBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 45%▲29 |
| 16 | Owen PowerDBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 53%▲30 |
| 17 | Zach MetsaDBUF | BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 0.1% |
| 18 | Matt GrzelcykDBUF | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 0.1% |
| 19 | Olen ZellwegerDBUF | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 31%▲28 |
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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