The Colorado Avalanche aren’t very good at taking faceoffs this season. In fact, they’re at dead last in the NHL with a win percentage of 43.9%. Now, winning faceoffs isn’t necessarily an indicator of success. Colorado was second in the NHL in faceoff win percentage with 53.6% but dead last by 21 points in the NHL standings.
The reason Colorado has seen such a marked decline in their faceoff win percentage is obvious — they lost their best faceoff player when they traded Matt Duchene. Say what you will of Duchene, he wins more faceoffs than he loses.