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NHL Faceoffs Lost Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2025-26All 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 Buffalo Sabres in 2025-26: Ryan McLeod (BUF), 672 FOL.
Faceoffs Lost leaderboard
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| # | Player | Team | FOL | GP | Per game | FOW | FO% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan McLeodFBUF | BUF | 672 | 81 | 8.30 | 612 | 47.7% | 26%▲20 |
| 2 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | 468 | 81 | 5.78 | 390 | 45.5% | 100%▲1.3 |
| 3 | Josh NorrisFBUF | BUF | 300 | 44 | 6.82 | 294 | 49.5% | 39%▲32 |
| 4 | Peyton KrebsFBUF | BUF | 267 | 82 | 3.26 | 210 | 44.0% | 19%▲17 |
| 5 | Sam CarrickFNYR/BUF | NYR/BUF | 244 | 73 | 3.34 | 296 | 54.8% | 0.1% |
| 6 | Tyson KozakFBUF | BUF | 200 | 46 | 4.35 | 187 | 48.3% | 3.2%▲3.2 |
| 7 | Noah OstlundFBUF | BUF | 187 | 60 | 3.12 | 86 | 31.5% | 25%▲24 |
| 8 | Jiri KulichFBUF | BUF | 95 | 12 | 7.92 | 68 | 41.7% | 26%▲25 |
| 9 | Jason ZuckerFBUF | BUF | 76 | 62 | 1.23 | 48 | 38.7% | 23%▲17 |
| 10 | Josh DunneFBUF | BUF | 56 | 34 | 1.65 | 66 | 54.1% | 0.0% |
| 11 | Alex TuchFBUF | BUF | 52 | 79 | 0.66 | 46 | 46.9% | 94%▼5.5 |
| 12 | Jordan GreenwayFBUF | BUF | 25 | 40 | 0.63 | 8 | 24.2% | 0.3% |
| 13 | Tanner PearsonFWPG/BUF | WPG/BUF | 16 | 56 | 0.29 | 4 | 20.0% | 0.0% |
| 14 | Beck MalenstynFBUF | BUF | 15 | 81 | 0.19 | 10 | 40.0% | 4.1%▲3.7 |
| 15 | Josh DoanFBUF | BUF | 14 | 82 | 0.17 | 4 | 22.2% | 61%▲44 |
| 16 | Konsta HeleniusFBUF | BUF | 14 | 9 | 1.56 | 10 | 41.7% | 40%▲37 |
| 17 | Justin DanforthFBUF | BUF | 14 | 4 | 3.50 | 17 | 54.8% | 0.0% |
| 18 | Jack QuinnFBUF | BUF | 9 | 82 | 0.11 | 3 | 25.0% | 45%▲29 |
| 19 | Zach BensonFBUF | BUF | 8 | 65 | 0.12 | 7 | 46.7% | 56%▲44 |
| 20 | Isak RosenFWPG/BUF | WPG/BUF | 2 | 37 | 0.05 | 1 | 33.3% | 14%▲14 |
| 21 | Bowen ByramDBUF | BUF | 0 | 82 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 96%▲6.5 |
| 22 | Owen PowerDBUF | BUF | 0 | 81 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 53%▲30 |
| 23 | Mattias SamuelssonDBUF | BUF | 0 | 78 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 79%▲9.3 |
| 24 | Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 0 | 77 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 100%▲1 |
| 25 | Logan StanleyDWPG/BUF | WPG/BUF | 0 | 76 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 6.6%▲5.9 |
| 26 | Luke SchennDWPG/BUF | WPG/BUF | 0 | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 7.3%▲6.9 |
| 27 | Jacob BrysonDBUF/WPG | BUF/WPG | 0 | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 0.0% |
| 28 | Zach MetsaDBUF | BUF | 0 | 43 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 0.1% |
| 29 | Conor TimminsDBUF | BUF | 0 | 39 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 30 | Michael KesselringDBUF | BUF | 0 | 34 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 8.9%▲8.3 |
| 31 | Mason GeertsenFBUF | BUF | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 0.0% |
| 32 | Ryan JohnsonDBUF | BUF | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 0.0% |
| 33 | Trevor KuntarFBUF | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 0.0% |
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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