Who wins more faceoffs, Connor McDavid or Valtteri Filppula?

Connor McDavid leads the head-to-head 6-3 across 9 faceoffs.

What is Connor McDavid's faceoff record against Valtteri Filppula?

Connor McDavid is 6-3 against Valtteri Filppula in head-to-head faceoffs. Zone breakdown: Offensive 1-0, Neutral 5-3.

Who is predicted to win the next faceoff, Connor McDavid or Valtteri Filppula?

Valtteri Filppula is the predicted winner with a 67.6% win probability based on historical stats and XGBoost ML analysis.

Connor McDavid vs Valtteri Filppula

Connor McDavidL vs Valtteri FilppulaL

2016-17 · Faceoff Head-to-Head

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

Scouting Report

Valtteri Filppula holds a +4.6% FO% edge overall. Look for McDavid on neutral-zone draws (63% H2H, 8 meetings). McDavid wins 44.2% vs left-shot opponents — Filppula shoots left.

Prediction Breakdown

Model XGBoost ML Model

Overall FO% (Bayesian) McDavid 43.9% vs Filppula 48.0% (-4.6%)

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

Offensive zone Filppula 55.4%

Defensive zone Filppula 85.0%

Neutral zone Filppula 69.1%

Result Valtteri Filppula favored at 67.6%

32.4%

67.6%

McDavid Filppula

Head-to-Head Record

6 - 3 (9 meetings)

McDavid Filppula

Last 9: McDavid 6-3 Filppula

Zone Breakdown

Offensive Zone

Edge: McDavid

McDavid Filppula

1 total

Neutral Zone

Edge: McDavid

McDavid Filppula

8 total

Situation Matchup

Situation

McDavid

Filppula

Edge

Even Strength

43.3% (750)

48.3% (944)

-5.0%

Power Play

40.0% (25)

57.7% (78)

-17.7%

Penalty Kill

41.9% (31)

39.3% (140)

+2.6%

On power play, Filppula has a +17.7% edge.

Handedness & Splits

Handedness

Filppula shoots left. McDavid is 44.2% vs left-shot opponents (475).

McDavid shoots left. Filppula is 46.1% vs left-shot opponents (711).

Home / Away

McDavid

Filppula

Home

48.7% (413)

48.3% (601)

Away

37.4% (393)

47.4% (561)

By Period

McDavid

Filppula

38.8%

48.7%

46.8%

45.8%

44.2%

49.6%

45.5%

38.5%

Final 5 min

54.5%

50.8%

Recent Form

Player

Last 50

Last 200

Career

McDavid

50.0%▬

50.0%

43.2%

Filppula

52.0%▲

45.0%

47.8%

Recent Faceoffs

Date	Period	Time	Zone	Winner
Dec 17, 2016	3	16:41	Neutral	Connor McDavid
Dec 17, 2016	3	16:36	Neutral	Valtteri Filppula
Dec 17, 2016	3	14:33	Neutral	Valtteri Filppula
Dec 17, 2016	2	19:11	Neutral	Connor McDavid
Dec 17, 2016	2	19:06	Neutral	Connor McDavid
Dec 17, 2016	2	18:59	Neutral	Connor McDavid
Dec 17, 2016	2	03:58	Neutral	Valtteri Filppula
Dec 17, 2016	1	19:07	Neutral	Connor McDavid
Dec 17, 2016	1	09:41	Offensive	Connor McDavid

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