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Nicklas Backstrom or Evgeny Kuznetsov

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

Nicklas Backstrom

CWashington Capitals WAS
Evgeny Kuznetsov

Evgeny Kuznetsov

CCarolina Hurricanes CAR
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Backstrom over Kuznetsov

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Nicklas Backstrom
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kuznetsov over Backstrom

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Evgeny Kuznetsov
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Performance Nicklas Backstrom
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Evgeny Kuznetsov
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
1123002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
1125-205
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nicklas Backstrom
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Evgeny Kuznetsov
OWN
14%
+2.79 compared to last week
START
 
8%
+2.02 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nicklas Backstrom
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Evgeny Kuznetsov
29th
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 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 Evgeny Kuznetsov

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 137th with 113.6 total points (1.65 avg).
  • He is currently 526.9 points behind the leader: Nathan MacKinnon
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Ranked 153rd in goals with 1.
  • Top 100 in assists with 3, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 90th among C.
  • Ranked 191st in +/- with -2.
  • Ranked 163rd in shots on goal with 10.
  • Ranked 116th in time on ice with 13:48:30.0000.
  • Top 100 in total penalty minutes with 4 and is currently ranked 85th among C.
  • Ranked 139th in blocked shots with 4.
  • Ranked 27th in powerplay goals with 1.
  • Ranked 42nd in powerplay assists with 1.
  • Ranked 86th in faceoffs won with 50.
  • Ranked 138th in hits with 8.
  • 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: +0.1304
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.2464
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +1.4348
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 Evgeny Kuznetsov

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nicklas Backstrom
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@NYRL 4-3
Apr 26VS NYR
Apr 28VS NYR
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Evgeny Kuznetsov
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS NYIW 5-3
Apr 25@NYI
Apr 27@NYI
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
1236-366
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nicklas Backstrom
0.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Evgeny Kuznetsov
1.97
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 Evgeny Kuznetsov
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
14-15 WAS 80 10 27 37 12 24 124 13 42 309 15
15-16 WAS 82 19 58 77 27 34 192 17 69 537 29
16-17 WAS 82 19 40 59 18 48 169 16 58 457 17
17-18 WAS 80 27 56 83 3 48 190 18 51 460 27
18-19 WAS 76 21 51 72 6 50 193 18 46 396 20
19-20 WAS 64 19 33 52 0 40 129 17 39 353 16
21-22 WAS 43 9 20 29 7 18 78 15 21 204 18
21-22 WAS 85 26 58 84 5 44 219 19 44 527 25
22-23 WAS 82 12 43 55 -26 56 172 17 43 508 29
23-24 WAS 69 9 17 26 -11 30 99 16 25 348 19
ON PACE 67 8 16 25 -11 29 96 16 24 339 18
3-YEAR AVG 76 16 42 58 -19 40 165 37 434 26
Totals 777 176 413 589 34 400 1609 17 449 4168 221
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