Who wins more faceoffs, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare or Sidney Crosby?

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare leads the head-to-head 6-1 across 7 faceoffs.

What is Pierre-Edouard Bellemare's faceoff record against Sidney Crosby?

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare is 6-1 against Sidney Crosby in head-to-head faceoffs. Zone breakdown: Offensive 1-1, Defensive 4-0, Neutral 1-0.

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare vs Sidney Crosby

Pierre-Edouard BellemareL vs Sidney CrosbyL

2022-23 · Faceoff Head-to-Head

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

Scouting Report

These two are closely matched in overall FO% (52.3% vs 53.0%). Look for Bellemare on defensive-zone draws (100% H2H, 4 meetings). Bellemare wins 55.6% vs left-shot opponents — Crosby shoots left.

Prediction Breakdown

Model XGBoost ML Model

Overall FO% (Bayesian) Bellemare 52.0% vs Crosby 52.8% (-0.7%)

H2H factor Not applied (7 meetings, need 10+)

Offensive zone Crosby 89.5%

Defensive zone Bellemare 71.0%

Neutral zone Crosby 58.6%

Result Sidney Crosby favored at 50.5%

49.5%

50.5%

Bellemare Crosby

Head-to-Head Record

6 - 1 (7 meetings)

Bellemare Crosby

Last 7: Bellemare 6-1 Crosby

Zone Breakdown

Offensive Zone

Even

Bellemare Crosby

2 total

Defensive Zone

Edge: Bellemare

Bellemare Crosby

4 total

Neutral Zone

Edge: Bellemare

Bellemare Crosby

1 total

Situation Matchup

Situation

Bellemare

Crosby

Edge

Even Strength

53.8% (481)

52.5% (1,443)

+1.3%

Power Play

100.0% (1)

54.7% (369)

+45.3%

Penalty Kill

46.3% (134)

55.9% (34)

-9.6%

On power play, Bellemare has a +45.3% edge.

Handedness & Splits

Handedness

Crosby shoots left. Bellemare is 55.6% vs left-shot opponents (385).

Bellemare shoots left. Crosby is 53.8% vs left-shot opponents (1,199).

Home / Away

Bellemare

Crosby

Home

53.0% (315)

53.0% (931)

Away

51.5% (301)

53.0% (915)

By Period

Bellemare

Crosby

51.4%

50.3%

53.2%

55.4%

52.7%

53.3%

0.0%

47.4%

Final 5 min

49.0%

53.5%

Recent Form

Player

Last 50

Last 200

Career

Bellemare

58.0%▲

54.5%

52.3%

Crosby

64.0%▲

54.5%

53.0%

Recent Faceoffs

Date	Period	Time	Zone	Winner
Mar 2, 2023	3	13:39	Defensive	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Mar 2, 2023	3	01:41	Defensive	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Mar 2, 2023	1	14:30	Neutral	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Mar 2, 2023	1	14:21	Defensive	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Feb 26, 2023	3	12:55	Offensive	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Feb 26, 2023	2	15:06	Defensive	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Feb 26, 2023	1	02:24	Offensive	Sidney Crosby

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