Sidney Crosby and Faceoffs: Part 3

So for the last part, I thought I'd take a look at which players Sid had the most success against (or lack thereof).

With the linesman, we couldn't be certain who had dropped the puck, so we couldn't say for sure what the actual success rate was. With the players, it's obviously very specific and certain.

These numbers speak for themselves. I'm not showing anyone he faced less than 10 times, because I think the sample size is too small. That leaves us with 58 players Sid faces 10 times or more in 2009-2010.

Here are the top 10 guys that Sid dominated in the faceoff circle:

Player	Wins	Losses	Total	Win %
23 DRURY	29	7	36	80.56%
17 CARTER	16	4	20	80.00%
19 CONNOLLY	12	4	16	75.00%
26 CHRISTENSEN	8	3	11	72.73%
19 THORNTON	8	3	11	72.73%
91 STAMKOS	13	5	18	72.22%
27 REINPRECHT	14	6	20	70.00%
47 PEVERLEY	14	6	20	70.00%
9 WEISS	23	10	33	69.70%
11 BETTS	18	8	26	69.23%

Poor Chris Drury - he really had a hard time against Sid this season. Jeff Carter isn't far behind (just for reference, Sid was 33-21 against Mike Richards too).

And on the other end of the spectrum:

Player	Wins	Losses	Total	Win %
9 MORRISON	3	9	12	25.00%
42 ANISIMOV	5	12	17	29.41%
28 GAUSTAD	8	18	26	30.77%
91 GOMEZ	5	10	15	33.33%
37 BERGERON	17	28	45	37.78%
50 VERMETTE	4	6	10	40.00%
46 KREJCI	7	10	17	41.18%
14 PLEKANEC	12	17	29	41.38%
23 SLATER	5	7	12	41.67%
9 ROY	5	7	12	41.67%

Gaustad, Bergeron and Plekanec were easily his toughest challenges all year, because he faced them with regularity and wasn't terribly good against them. I don't have time to do it now, but it would be interesting to know if he struggles against right-handed players more than left...