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Nick Bjugstad or Bryan Rust

Who Should I Start? - Week 28 • Start New
Nick Bjugstad

Nick Bjugstad

CArizona Coyotes ARI
Bryan Rust

Bryan Rust

RWPittsburgh Penguins PIT
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Performance Nick Bjugstad
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0000003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
1014207
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Bryan Rust
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
11216-323
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
24627-226
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nick Bjugstad
OWN
20%
+3.42 compared to last week
START
12%
+1.64 compared to last week
OWN/START Bryan Rust
OWN
75%
+2.46 compared to last week
START
48%
+2.67 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nick Bjugstad
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Bryan Rust
13th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nick Bjugstad

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 47th with 233.4 total points (2.85 avg).
  • He is currently 387.6 points behind the leader: Nathan MacKinnon
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.8 PPG.
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 35 in goals with 5 and is currently ranked 29th among C.
  • Top 100 in assists with 3, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 81st among C.
  • Ranked 67th in +/- with 2.
  • Top 100 in shots on goal with 22, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 81st among C.
  • Ranked 146th in time on ice with 11:41:34.2857.
  • Top 75 in total penalty minutes with 8, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 56th among C.
  • Ranked 198th in blocked shots with 2.
  • Ranked 62nd in powerplay assists with 1.
  • Ranked 50th in faceoffs won with 81.
  • Ranked 117th in hits with 10.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 82 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.2683
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.2805
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +2.0122
Breakdown Bryan Rust

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 13th among RW's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 15th with 278.5 total points (4.04 avg).
  • He is currently 258 points behind the leader: Nikita Kucherov
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.9 PPG.
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 6 in goals with 7 and is currently ranked 4th among RW.
  • Top 6 in assists with 8 and is currently ranked 6th among RW.
  • Ranked 72nd in +/- with -1.
  • Top 10 in shots on goal with 45 and is currently ranked 8th among RW.
  • Top 3 in time on ice with 20:44:25.7142 and is currently ranked 3rd among RW.
  • Top 75 in total penalty minutes with 2, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 70th among RW.
  • Top 3 in blocked shots with 16 and is currently ranked 3rd among RW.
  • Top 10 in powerplay assists with 3 and is currently ranked 9th among RW.
  • Ranked 53rd in faceoffs won with 1.
  • Ranked 79th in hits with 6.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 69 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.4058
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.4058
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +2.8406
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nick Bjugstad

No Injury Reported

Injury Bryan Rust

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nick Bjugstad
DateOpponentResult
Apr 17VS EDMW 5-2
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
2024123
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Bryan Rust
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS NSHW 4-2
Apr 17@NYIL 5-4
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
11215-224
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nick Bjugstad
3.39
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Bryan Rust
13.98
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Nick Bjugstad
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
13-14 FLA 76 16 22 38 -14 16 185 16 117 542 23
14-15 FLA 73 24 19 43 -9 38 204 16 153 482 29
15-16 FLA 67 15 20 35 -7 41 167 15 86 453 28
16-17 FLA 53 7 7 14 -19 22 90 13 68 180 9
17-18 FLA 82 19 28 47 3 34 230 15 94 153 19
18-19 FLA 65 14 12 26 7 30 156 15 126 265 28
19-20 PIT 14 1 1 2 3 8 18 12 19 39 8
21-22 MIN 50 6 9 15 7 17 70 9 43 118 19
21-22 MIN 82 7 6 13 -2 20 86 7 100 147 15
22-23 ARI 86 19 12 31 15 36 151 15 186 573 47
23-24 ARI 82 22 23 45 11 59 165 16 108 617 48
ON PACE 82 22 23 45 11 59 165 16 108 617 48
3-YEAR AVG 80 11 10 21 18 25 109 119 287 30
Totals 768 153 161 314 -19 339 1570 13 1171 3680 289
Career Bryan Rust
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
14-15 PIT 14 1 1 2 -3 4 34 12 21 0 3
15-16 PIT 41 4 7 11 1 12 68 12 62 1 23
16-17 PIT 56 14 13 27 3 8 107 13 100 2 29
17-18 PIT 68 12 24 36 10 26 117 16 97 8 40
18-19 PIT 73 18 17 35 10 24 143 15 120 8 59
19-20 PIT 57 27 28 55 12 30 155 19 71 2 37
21-22 PIT 52 22 19 41 10 18 150 19 61 3 28
21-22 PIT 68 25 37 62 11 14 192 17 43 1 25
22-23 PIT 80 19 26 45 -4 31 202 17 97 5 50
23-24 PIT 69 28 28 56 10 20 196 17 41 2 51
ON PACE 69 28 28 56 10 20 196 17 41 2 51
3-YEAR AVG 73 23 30 53 14 24 197 75 3 37
Totals 596 174 208 382 57 195 1411 16 738 32 354
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