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Nicklas Backstrom or Eric Staal

Who Should I Start? - Week 29 • Start New
Nicklas Backstrom

Nicklas Backstrom

C • Washington Capitals WAS
Eric Staal

Eric Staal

C • n/a
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Owners starting Backstrom over Staal

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Staal over Backstrom

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Nicklas Backstrom
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Performance Eric Staal
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nicklas Backstrom
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Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nicklas Backstrom
Not Ranked
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Expert Consensus Eric Staal
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 252nd with 7.5 total points (0.94 avg).
  • He is currently 626.5 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 Eric Staal

    Overview

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    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

    Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: EVEN
  • AVG Assists per game: EVEN
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: EVEN
Next Up ❱ Health Check
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 Eric Staal

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nicklas Backstrom
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@NYR
Apr 26VS NYR
Apr 28VS NYR
Week Today Home Away
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Matchups Eric Staal
DateOpponentResult
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Nicklas Backstrom
0.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Eric Staal
1.75
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 43 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 Eric Staal
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
09-10 CAR 69 29 40 69 4 68 268 20 0 0 0
10-11 CAR 81 35 42 77 -10 72 299 21 0 0 0
11-12 CAR 79 22 43 65 -21 44 247 21 0 0 0
13-14 CAR 48 18 35 53 7 54 151 20 30 517 24
13-14 CAR 79 21 40 61 -13 74 230 20 67 754 28
14-15 CAR 77 23 31 54 -14 41 244 18 65 343 27
15-16 CAR 84 13 26 39 -2 36 200 18 76 455 33
16-17 MIN 77 26 34 60 17 34 201 18 34 541 38
17-18 MIN 83 42 34 76 7 42 245 17 42 578 50
18-19 MIN 82 22 31 53 -6 34 217 18 41 650 29
19-20 MIN 68 19 29 48 -8 28 117 16 24 507 23
21-22 BUF 48 5 7 12 -30 10 76 14 21 246 12
22-23 FLA 79 15 16 31 -5 26 108 13 36 355 46
ON PACE 78 14 15 30 -5 25 106 13 35 350 45
3-YEAR AVG 48 9 14 23 -39 15 74 21 284 15
Totals 997 293 417 710 -79 581 2642 18 460 5076 326
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @STL 07:45 EDT EST
ATL vs MIA 07:20 EDT EST
BAL @LAA 09:38 EDT EST
BOS @CLE 06:10 EDT EST
CHC vs HOU 07:40 EDT EST
CHW @MIN 07:40 EDT EST
CIN vs PHI 06:40 EDT EST
COL vs SD 08:40 EDT EST
DET @TB 06:50 EDT EST
KC vs TOR 07:40 EDT EST
LAD @WAS 06:45 EDT EST
MIL @PIT 06:40 EDT EST
NYM @SF 09:45 EDT EST
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST
SEA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST
Matchup Time
DAL @LAC 10:00 PM EST
IND @MIL 8:30 PM EST
MIN vs PHO 7:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
COL @WPG 9:30 PM EST
FLA vs TB 7:30 PM EST
NSH @VAN 10:00 PM EST
NYR vs WAS 7:00 PM EST