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Nicklas Backstrom or Evgeni Malkin

Who Should I Draft? • Start New
Nicklas Backstrom

Nicklas Backstrom

CWashington Capitals WAS
Evgeni Malkin

Evgeni Malkin

CPittsburgh Penguins PIT
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Next Up ADP Trends
ADP Trends Nicklas Backstrom
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ADP 212
+154 since last week.
ADP Trends Evgeni Malkin
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ADP 99.9
+102 since last week.
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nicklas Backstrom
OWN
0.00%
No change since last week.
START
0.00%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Evgeni Malkin
OWN
85.00%
-2.67 compared to last week
START
56.25%
+0.09 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nicklas Backstrom
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Evgeni Malkin
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nicklas Backstrom

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 251st with 7.5 total points (0.94 avg).
  • He is currently 633 points behind the leader: Nathan MacKinnon
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 8 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: EVEN
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.125
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +1.5
Breakdown Evgeni Malkin

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 33rd with 296.5 total points (3.62 avg).
  • He is currently 344 points behind the leader: Nathan MacKinnon
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.8 PPG.
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 10 in goals with 8 and is currently ranked 7th among C.
  • Top 50 in assists with 6 and is currently ranked 37th among C.
  • Top 20 in +/- with 5 and is currently ranked 18th among C.
  • Top 25 in shots on goal with 32 and is currently ranked 25th among C.
  • Top 50 in time on ice with 18:12:05.0000 and is currently ranked 39th among C.
  • Top 20 in total penalty minutes with 14 and is currently ranked 18th among C.
  • Top 75 in blocked shots with 7, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 65th among C.
  • Top 6 in powerplay goals with 3 and is currently ranked 6th among C.
  • Top 25 in powerplay assists with 2, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 23rd among C.
  • Ranked 70th in faceoffs won with 60.
  • Ranked 145th in hits with 7.
  • 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: +0.3293
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.4878
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +2.4512
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Injury Nicklas Backstrom

HIP - Since Nov 1, 2023

Backstorm is dealing with lingering issues from a hip injury and has been placed on the long-term injured reserve list. He will miss the remainder of the 2023-2024 season.
Injury Evgeni Malkin

No Injury Reported

Next Up Similar Draft Picks
Similar Picks Nicklas Backstrom

Similar C to consider drafting instead of Nicklas Backstrom

NameO/SAVG Pick
Philip Tomasino nsh  205.43
Pavel Zacha bos  208.26
Matt Duchene dal  210.77
Nicklas Backstrom was  212.00
Casey Mittelstadt buf  216.83
Kirby Dach mon  217.00
Leo Carlsson ana  218.29
Nick Schmaltz ari  221.06

Similar based on overall ADP to draft instead of Nicklas Backstrom

NameO/SAVG Pick
Tom Wilson WAS RW  209.05
Matt Roy LA D  209.72
Rasmus Sandin WAS D  209.80
Jack Campbell EDM G  210.67
Matt Duchene DAL C  210.77
Cam Fowler ANA D  211.20
Nicklas Backstrom WAS C  212.00
Lucas Raymond DET LW  212.14
Andrew Peeke CBJ D  214.59
Cam Talbot LA G  214.82
Casey Mittelstadt BUF C  216.83
Similar Picks Evgeni Malkin

Similar C to consider drafting instead of Evgeni Malkin

NameO/SAVG Pick
Sam Reinhart fla  86.21
Dylan Cozens buf  87.84
Nick Suzuki mon  89.23
Mark Scheifele wpg  99.82
Evgeni Malkin pit  99.94
Joe Pavelski dal  111.97

Similar based on overall ADP to draft instead of Evgeni Malkin

NameO/SAVG Pick
Brandon Hagel TB LW  98.05
Jeremy Swayman BOS G  98.52
Bowen Byram COL D  98.74
Justin Faulk STL D  99.08
Owen Tippett PHI RW  99.67
Mark Scheifele WPG C  99.82
Evgeni Malkin PIT C  99.94
Johnny Gaudreau CBJ LW  99.94
Vladimir Tarasenko OTT RW  100.54
Matthew Boldy   102.60
Vince Dunn SEA D  103.90
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nicklas Backstrom
0.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Evgeni Malkin
11.49
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Nicklas Backstrom
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
09-10 WAS 82 32 67 99 33 50 214 19 0 0 0
10-11 WAS 76 18 46 64 26 40 197 20 0 0 0
11-12 WAS 42 14 31 45 -4 24 95 19 0 0 0
13-14 WAS 48 8 36 44 7 20 81 19 27 422 34
13-14 WAS 82 18 61 79 -18 54 195 19 89 712 54
14-15 WAS 82 17 59 76 3 40 153 20 91 866 52
15-16 WAS 75 20 51 71 16 36 125 19 51 652 50
16-17 WAS 82 22 64 86 17 38 162 18 45 688 33
17-18 WAS 82 22 49 71 7 46 167 19 38 710 51
18-19 WAS 80 22 52 74 3 30 169 19 54 700 30
19-20 WAS 62 13 43 56 2 14 135 18 31 522 45
21-22 WAS 51 14 37 51 0 14 84 18 21 327 23
21-22 WAS 55 6 24 30 -8 12 68 14 16 301 16
23-24 WAS 40 7 14 21 -25 14 59 16 24 259 23
23-24 WAS 8 0 1 1 -3 2 12 14 2 44 5
ON PACE 7 0 0 0 -3 1 11 14 1 42 4
3-YEAR AVG 60 11 35 47 -8 13 101 27 405 30
Totals 965 236 641 877 55 438 1948 19 508 6293 426
Career Evgeni Malkin
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
09-10 PIT 67 27 50 77 -6 98 266 20 0 0 0
10-11 PIT 44 15 22 37 -4 18 182 19 0 0 0
11-12 PIT 73 48 60 108 18 68 327 20 0 0 0
13-14 PIT 31 9 23 32 5 36 99 19 8 195 11
13-14 PIT 60 23 49 72 12 62 191 20 27 303 18
14-15 PIT 69 28 42 70 -2 60 213 19 24 318 17
15-16 PIT 55 27 31 58 2 59 159 19 26 306 18
16-17 PIT 62 32 39 71 18 73 194 18 40 369 27
17-18 PIT 78 40 56 96 14 89 238 19 52 462 32
18-19 PIT 69 21 52 73 -28 89 190 18 58 389 34
19-20 PIT 57 27 49 76 3 62 179 19 40 451 22
21-22 PIT 30 8 16 24 -2 22 64 17 17 133 12
21-22 PIT 51 20 22 42 -10 24 129 14 21 164 18
22-23 PIT 80 25 56 81 -12 82 231 18 51 410 33
23-24 PIT 82 27 40 67 5 70 201 18 26 389 42
ON PACE 82 27 40 67 5 70 201 18 26 389 42
3-YEAR AVG 60 19 35 54 -26 48 154 35 262 23
Totals 926 381 618 999 11 928 2901 18 405 3968 290

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KC vs SF
SF vs KC
Matchup Time Pitchers
BOS @CLE 01:10 EDT EST
CHC vs HOU 02:20 EDT EST
CHW @MIN 01:10 EDT EST
CIN vs PHI 01:10 EDT EST
COL vs SD 03:10 EDT EST
KC vs TOR 02:10 EDT EST
LAD @WAS 04:05 EDT EST
MIL @PIT 12:35 EDT EST
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST
SEA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST
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CLE @ORL 7:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 10:00 PM EST
NY @PHI 7:30 PM EST
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CAR @NYI 7:30 PM EST
FLA @TB 7:00 PM EST