Who wins more faceoffs, Frans Nielsen or Pierre-Edouard Bellemare?

Frans Nielsen leads the head-to-head 7-2 across 9 faceoffs.

What is Frans Nielsen's faceoff record against Pierre-Edouard Bellemare?

Frans Nielsen is 7-2 against Pierre-Edouard Bellemare in head-to-head faceoffs. Zone breakdown: Offensive 2-2, Defensive 2-0, Neutral 3-0.

Who is predicted to win the next faceoff, Frans Nielsen or Pierre-Edouard Bellemare?

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare is the predicted winner with a 53.7% win probability based on historical stats and XGBoost ML analysis.

Frans Nielsen vs Pierre-Edouard Bellemare

Frans NielsenL vs Pierre-Edouard BellemareL

2014-15 · Faceoff Head-to-Head

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Scouting Report

These two are closely matched in overall FO% (48.2% vs 47.3%). Look for Nielsen on neutral-zone draws (100% H2H, 3 meetings).

Prediction Breakdown

Model XGBoost ML Model

Overall FO% (Bayesian) Nielsen 48.3% vs Bellemare 47.6% (+0.9%)

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

Offensive zone Bellemare 53.6%

Defensive zone Nielsen 50.3%

Neutral zone Bellemare 56.6%

Result Pierre-Edouard Bellemare favored at 53.7%

46.3%

53.7%

Nielsen Bellemare

Head-to-Head Record

7 - 2 (9 meetings)

Nielsen Bellemare

Last 9: Nielsen 7-2 Bellemare

Zone Breakdown

Offensive Zone

Even

Nielsen Bellemare

4 total

Defensive Zone

Edge: Nielsen

Nielsen Bellemare

2 total

Neutral Zone

Edge: Nielsen

Nielsen Bellemare

3 total

Situation Matchup

Situation

Nielsen

Bellemare

Edge

Even Strength

49.5% (841)

47.9% (616)

+1.6%

Power Play

54.1% (37)

58.3% (12)

-4.2%

Penalty Kill

40.7% (172)

43.6% (133)

-2.9%

On power play, Bellemare has a +4.2% edge.

Handedness & Splits

Handedness

Bellemare shoots left. Nielsen is 51.4% vs left-shot opponents (662).

Nielsen shoots left. Bellemare is 48.4% vs left-shot opponents (488).

Home / Away

Nielsen

Bellemare

Home

51.2% (510)

47.4% (397)

Away

45.4% (540)

47.3% (364)

By Period

Nielsen

Bellemare

48.6%

46.8%

47.4%

46.0%

48.9%

49.0%

40.0%

66.7%

Final 5 min

51.5%

46.1%

Recent Form

Player

Last 50

Last 200

Career

Nielsen

50.0%▬

50.0%

48.2%

Bellemare

58.0%▲

54.5%

47.3%

Recent Faceoffs

Date	Period	Time	Zone	Winner
Feb 5, 2015	3	01:01	Offensive	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Feb 5, 2015	2	16:33	Neutral	Frans Nielsen
Feb 5, 2015	2	11:23	Neutral	Frans Nielsen
Feb 5, 2015	1	13:41	Neutral	Frans Nielsen
Feb 5, 2015	1	10:37	Offensive	Frans Nielsen
Feb 5, 2015	1	10:29	Offensive	Frans Nielsen
Feb 5, 2015	1	06:48	Defensive	Frans Nielsen
Jan 19, 2015	1	18:13	Defensive	Frans Nielsen
Nov 24, 2014	1	09:49	Offensive	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare

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