Who wins more faceoffs, Blake Wheeler or Cedric Paquette?

Cedric Paquette leads the head-to-head 5-4 across 9 faceoffs.

What is Blake Wheeler's faceoff record against Cedric Paquette?

Blake Wheeler is 4-5 against Cedric Paquette in head-to-head faceoffs. Zone breakdown: Offensive 3-1, Defensive 1-1, Neutral 0-3.

Who is predicted to win the next faceoff, Blake Wheeler or Cedric Paquette?

Blake Wheeler is the predicted winner with a 54.6% win probability based on historical stats and XGBoost ML analysis.

Blake Wheeler vs Cedric Paquette

Blake WheelerR vs Cedric PaquetteL

All Seasons · Faceoff Head-to-Head

2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 All Seasons

Scouting Report

Cedric Paquette holds a +2.9% FO% edge overall. Look for Paquette on neutral-zone draws (100% H2H, 3 meetings).

Prediction Breakdown

Model XGBoost ML Model

Overall FO% (Bayesian) Wheeler 46.1% vs Paquette 48.8% (-2.9%)

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

Offensive zone Wheeler 75.5%

Defensive zone Paquette 77.7%

Neutral zone Paquette 51.6%

Result Blake Wheeler favored at 54.6%

54.6%

45.4%

Wheeler Paquette

Head-to-Head Record

4 - 5 (9 meetings)

Wheeler Paquette

Last 9: Wheeler 4-5 Paquette

Zone Breakdown

Offensive Zone

Edge: Wheeler

Wheeler Paquette

4 total

Defensive Zone

Even

Wheeler Paquette

2 total

Neutral Zone

Edge: Paquette

Wheeler Paquette

3 total

Situation Matchup

Situation

Wheeler

Paquette

Edge

Even Strength

46.7% (1,369)

49.7% (2,579)

-3.0%

Power Play

46.9% (207)

55.8% (43)

-8.9%

Penalty Kill

35.7% (129)

42.5% (426)

-6.8%

On power play, Paquette has a +8.9% edge.

Handedness & Splits

Handedness

Paquette shoots left. Wheeler is 48.4% vs left-shot opponents (1,172).

Wheeler shoots right. Paquette is 47.1% vs right-shot opponents (1,176).

Home / Away

Wheeler

Paquette

Home

47.5% (883)

50.2% (1,541)

Away

44.2% (822)

47.4% (1,507)

By Period

Wheeler

Paquette

45.0%

49.1%

48.2%

49.9%

44.5%

47.5%

37.5%

20.0%

Final 5 min

42.4%

47.4%

Recent Form

Player

Last 50

Last 200

Career

Wheeler

60.0%▲

53.0%

45.9%

Paquette

28.0%▼

38.5%

48.8%

Recent Faceoffs

Date	Period	Time	Zone	Winner
Jan 17, 2020	2	05:58	Defensive	Blake Wheeler
Nov 16, 2019	3	05:24	Offensive	Blake Wheeler
Jan 30, 2018	3	14:40	Offensive	Blake Wheeler
Jan 30, 2018	3	14:35	Neutral	Cedric Paquette
Jan 30, 2018	3	09:53	Neutral	Cedric Paquette
Jan 30, 2018	3	09:48	Offensive	Cedric Paquette
Jan 30, 2018	1	19:31	Neutral	Cedric Paquette
Jan 30, 2018	1	12:55	Offensive	Blake Wheeler
Jan 30, 2018	1	12:48	Defensive	Cedric Paquette

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