Into the Numbers: Looking at the Face-offs

  GP D-Zone Neutral Zone O-Zone Total
Derek Roy 7 27-63 (42.9%) 18-35 (51.4%) 25-44 (56.8%) 70-142 (49.3%)
Jamie Benn 7 22-39 (56.4%) 16-41 (39%) 23-46 (50%) 61-126 (48.4%)
Vernon Fiddler 12 39-82 (47.6%) 26-38 (68.4%) 8-19 (42.1%) 73-139 (52.5%)
Cody Eakin 12 24-45 (53.3%) 22-46 (47.8%) 22-53 (41.5%) 68-144 (47.2%)
Ray Whitney 8 2-7 (28.6%) 5-8 (62.5%) 5-20 (25%) 12-35 (34.3%)
Loui Eriksson 12 0-3 (0%) 1-5 (20%) 1-3 (33.3%) 2-11 (18.2%)
Brenden Morrow 12 1-3 (33.3%) 0-1 (0%) 4-5 (80%) 5-9 (55.6%)
Antoine Roussel 5 3-4 (75%) 4-4 (100%) 1-3 (33.3%) 8-11 (72.7%)
Eric Nystrom 12 3-3 (100%) 1-3 (33%) 0-2 (0%) 4-8 (50%)
Ryan Garbutt 9 0-3 (0%) 1-3 (33%) 0-1 (0%) 1-7 (14.3%)
Colton Sceviour 1 1-3 (33.3%)     1-3 (33.3%)
Michael Ryder 12   1-2 (50%)   1-2 (50%)
Tomas Vincour 7     0-1 (0%) 0-1 (0%)
Tom Wandell 7 5-10 (50%) 8-21 (38.1%) 5-13 (38.5%) 18-44 (40.9%)

 

Through 12 games this season, the Stars rank 24th in the NHL with a 47.4 face-off percentage. Dallas has lost the fourth most face-offs in the NHL.

The face-off percentage rankings can be skewed a bit due to guys with good percentages while taking very few face-offs. I re-ranked the players in the NHL and only included guys that had taken at least 50 face-offs this season.

Of the four main guys for Dallas (Roy, Benn, Eakin, Fiddler) only Fiddler ranks in the top-50 in the league. Fiddler ranks 46th in the league, Roy at 76, Benn at 83 and Eakin at 93.

Dallas has won the face-off battle in four of the 12 games this season.

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