Who wins more faceoffs, Valtteri Filppula or William Karlsson?

Valtteri Filppula leads the head-to-head 6-2 across 8 faceoffs.

What is Valtteri Filppula's faceoff record against William Karlsson?

Valtteri Filppula is 6-2 against William Karlsson in head-to-head faceoffs. Zone breakdown: Offensive 3-0, Defensive 2-2, Neutral 1-0.

Who is predicted to win the next faceoff, Valtteri Filppula or William Karlsson?

Valtteri Filppula is the predicted winner with a 70.9% win probability based on historical stats and XGBoost ML analysis.

Valtteri Filppula vs William Karlsson

Valtteri FilppulaL vs William KarlssonL

2015-16 · Faceoff Head-to-Head

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

Scouting Report

Valtteri Filppula holds a +6.3% FO% edge overall. Look for Filppula on offensive-zone draws (100% H2H, 3 meetings). Filppula wins 53.9% vs left-shot opponents — Karlsson shoots left.

Prediction Breakdown

Model XGBoost ML Model

Overall FO% (Bayesian) Filppula 51.8% vs Karlsson 46.1% (+6.3%)

H2H factor Not applied (8 meetings, need 10+)

Offensive zone Filppula 87.9%

Defensive zone Filppula 57.6%

Neutral zone Filppula 73.2%

Result Valtteri Filppula favored at 70.9%

70.9%

29.1%

Filppula Karlsson

Head-to-Head Record

6 - 2 (8 meetings)

Filppula Karlsson

Last 8: Filppula 6-2 Karlsson

Zone Breakdown

Offensive Zone

Edge: Filppula

Filppula Karlsson

3 total

Defensive Zone

Even

Filppula Karlsson

4 total

Neutral Zone

Edge: Filppula

Filppula Karlsson

1 total

Situation Matchup

Situation

Filppula

Karlsson

Edge

Even Strength

54.4% (895)

46.5% (744)

+7.9%

Power Play

46.0% (163)

16.7% (18)

+29.3%

Penalty Kill

44.3% (158)

45.0% (149)

-0.7%

On power play, Filppula has a +29.3% edge.

Handedness & Splits

Handedness

Karlsson shoots left. Filppula is 53.9% vs left-shot opponents (675).

Filppula shoots left. Karlsson is 46.1% vs left-shot opponents (566).

Home / Away

Filppula

Karlsson

Home

52.1% (651)

44.0% (425)

Away

51.9% (565)

47.1% (486)

By Period

Filppula

Karlsson

51.3%

49.7%

49.5%

41.4%

54.1%

46.7%

84.6%

22.2%

Final 5 min

50.2%

47.2%

Recent Form

Player

Last 50

Last 200

Career

Filppula

52.0%▲

45.0%

52.0%

Karlsson

64.0%▲

57.5%

45.7%

Recent Faceoffs

Date	Period	Time	Zone	Winner
Mar 13, 2016	1	10:39	Defensive	Valtteri Filppula
Mar 13, 2016	1	00:46	Offensive	Valtteri Filppula
Mar 13, 2016	1	00:00	Neutral	Valtteri Filppula
Dec 26, 2015	3	00:46	Defensive	Valtteri Filppula
Dec 26, 2015	2	18:06	Defensive	William Karlsson
Dec 26, 2015	2	11:04	Offensive	Valtteri Filppula
Dec 26, 2015	2	04:59	Defensive	William Karlsson
Dec 14, 2015	1	01:21	Offensive	Valtteri Filppula

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