Defensive Zone Faceoff Leaders — 2025-26

Top defensive zone faceoff win percentage (minimum 100 zone faceoffs)

Noel Acciari leads defensive zone faceoffs at 89.1% in 2025-26, ahead of Mark Kastelic (87.4%) and Scott Laughton (86.6%).

Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Defensive FO%	Defensive FO
1	Noel Acciari	PIT	C	89.1%	256
2	Mark Kastelic	BOS	C	87.4%	231
3	Scott Laughton	TOR, LAK	C	86.6%	292
4	Curtis Lazar	EDM	C	85.5%	124
5	Morgan Barron	WPG	C	84.5%	187
6	Blake Lizotte	PIT	C	83.0%	159
7	Radek Faksa	DAL	C	82.4%	148
8	Jake Evans	MTL	C	82.0%	305
9	Nico Sturm	MIN	C	81.3%	150
10	Nic Dowd	WSH, VGK	C	81.2%	329
11	Ty Dellandrea	SJS	C	79.5%	200
12	Ben Meyers	SEA	C	79.3%	111
13	Colton Sissons	VGK	C	79.2%	231
14	Tim Washe	ANA	C	79.0%	138
15	Michael McCarron	NSH, MIN	R	78.9%	393
16	Kevin Stenlund	UTA	C	78.4%	482
17	Shane Pinto	OTT	C	77.3%	225
18	Jason Dickinson	CHI, EDM	C	76.2%	303
19	Mikael Backlund	CGY	C	75.8%	500
20	Sam Carrick	NYR, BUF	C	75.6%	197
21	Tyson Kozak	BUF	C	75.4%	114
22	Luke Glendening	NJD, PHI	C	74.9%	239
23	Frederick Gaudreau	SEA	C	74.6%	260
24	Adam Lowry	WPG	C	73.5%	294
25	Ridly Greig	OTT	C	73.4%	192
26	Aatu Raty	VAN	C	73.3%	329
27	Sean Kuraly	BOS	C	73.2%	220
28	Jack Finley	STL, TBL	C	71.7%	138
29	Lars Eller	OTT	C	71.6%	197
30	Adam Henrique	EDM	C	71.5%	235
31	Oskar Sundqvist	STL	C	71.1%	135
32	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	NYI	C	70.7%	417
33	Sean Couturier	PHI	C	70.5%	448
34	Jack Drury	COL	C	70.3%	360
35	David Kampf	VAN, WSH	C	70.0%	190
36	Nicolas Roy	TOR, COL	C	69.3%	251
37	Charlie Coyle	CBJ	C	68.2%	440
38	Phillip Danault	MTL, LAK	C	67.9%	346
39	Claude Giroux	OTT	R	67.4%	365
40	Ryan Poehling	ANA	C	67.1%	346
41	Zack Ostapchuk	SJS	C	66.9%	139
42	Teddy Blueger	VAN	C	65.8%	117
43	Cody Glass	NJD	C	62.6%	326
44	J.T. Compher	DET	L	62.0%	342
45	Jordan Staal	CAR	C	61.4%	505
46	Nick Bjugstad	STL, NJD	C	61.1%	113
47	Auston Matthews	TOR	C	61.1%	321
48	Nick Foligno	CHI, MIN	L	60.9%	128
49	Justin Hryckowian	DAL	C	60.7%	107
50	Chandler Stephenson	SEA	C	60.5%	489