Who wins more faceoffs, Evgeni Malkin or Mike Santorelli?

Mike Santorelli leads the head-to-head 5-4 across 9 faceoffs.

What is Evgeni Malkin's faceoff record against Mike Santorelli?

Evgeni Malkin is 4-5 against Mike Santorelli in head-to-head faceoffs. Zone breakdown: Offensive 1-1, Defensive 0-2, Neutral 3-2.

Who is predicted to win the next faceoff, Evgeni Malkin or Mike Santorelli?

Evgeni Malkin is the predicted winner with a 52.7% win probability based on historical stats and XGBoost ML analysis.

Evgeni Malkin vs Mike Santorelli

Evgeni MalkinL vs Mike SantorelliR

All Seasons · Faceoff Head-to-Head

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Scouting Report

Mike Santorelli holds a +3.6% FO% edge overall. Look for Malkin on neutral-zone draws (60% H2H, 5 meetings). Malkin wins 43.0% vs right-shot opponents — Santorelli shoots right.

Prediction Breakdown

Model XGBoost ML Model

Overall FO% (Bayesian) Malkin 45.9% vs Santorelli 49.5% (-3.6%)

H2H factor Not applied (9 meetings, need 10+)

Offensive zone Malkin 71.1%

Defensive zone Santorelli 61.6%

Neutral zone Malkin 51.1%

Result Evgeni Malkin favored at 52.7%

52.7%

47.3%

Malkin Santorelli

Head-to-Head Record

4 - 5 (9 meetings)

Malkin Santorelli

Last 9: Malkin 4-5 Santorelli

Zone Breakdown

Offensive Zone

Even

Malkin Santorelli

2 total

Defensive Zone

Edge: Santorelli

Malkin Santorelli

2 total

Neutral Zone

Edge: Malkin

Malkin Santorelli

5 total

Situation Matchup

Situation

Malkin

Santorelli

Edge

Even Strength

45.6% (10,073)

48.4% (1,835)

-2.8%

Power Play

50.9% (643)

56.0% (298)

-5.1%

Penalty Kill

32.2% (59)

48.5% (132)

-16.3%

On penalty kill, Santorelli has a +16.3% edge.

Handedness & Splits

Handedness

Santorelli shoots right. Malkin is 43.0% vs right-shot opponents (3,544).

Malkin shoots left. Santorelli is 48.7% vs left-shot opponents (1,556).

Home / Away

Malkin

Santorelli

Home

47.6% (5,385)

50.4% (1,079)

Away

44.0% (5,413)

48.5% (1,199)

By Period

Malkin

Santorelli

45.9%

51.0%

46.2%

49.7%

45.2%

47.6%

49.0%

50.0%

Final 5 min

46.0%

49.9%

Recent Form

Player

Last 50

Last 200

Career

Malkin

48.0%▬

47.0%

45.8%

Santorelli

40.0%▼

46.5%

49.4%

Recent Faceoffs

Date	Period	Time	Zone	Winner
Nov 14, 2014	2	13:34	Defensive	Mike Santorelli
Jan 7, 2014	1	13:37	Neutral	Mike Santorelli
Oct 19, 2013	3	13:12	Neutral	Evgeni Malkin
Oct 19, 2013	2	09:55	Defensive	Mike Santorelli
Oct 19, 2013	2	04:21	Offensive	Mike Santorelli
Oct 19, 2013	2	00:43	Neutral	Mike Santorelli
Oct 19, 2013	1	15:44	Neutral	Evgeni Malkin
Jan 13, 2012	1	04:39	Neutral	Evgeni Malkin
Jan 13, 2012	1	02:15	Offensive	Evgeni Malkin

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