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Nicklas Backstrom or Connor McDavid

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

Nicklas Backstrom

CWashington Capitals WAS
Connor McDavid

Connor McDavid

CEdmonton Oilers EDM
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Backstrom over McDavid

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Nicklas Backstrom
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting McDavid over Backstrom

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Connor McDavid
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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 Connor McDavid
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0664023
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
1789127
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 Connor McDavid
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
91%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nicklas Backstrom
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Connor McDavid
1st
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 Connor McDavid

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 1st among C's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 3rd with 521.9 total points (6.21 avg).
  • He is currently 118.6 points behind the leader: Nathan MacKinnon
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.6 PPG.
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 20 in goals with 6 and is currently ranked 16th among C.
  • Top 3 in assists with 15 and is currently ranked 1st among C.
  • Top 15 in +/- with 6 and is currently ranked 12th among C.
  • Top 10 in shots on goal with 41 and is currently ranked 10th among C.
  • Top 100 in time on ice with 14:22:52.0000, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 100th among C.
  • Ranked 148th in total penalty minutes with 2.
  • Ranked 128th in blocked shots with 5.
  • Ranked 56th in powerplay goals with 1.
  • Tops in powerplay assists with 8 and is currently ranked 1st among C.
  • Ranked 70th in faceoffs won with 61.
  • Ranked 59th in hits with 20.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 84 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.381
  • AVG Assists per game: +1.2619
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +3.1905
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 Connor McDavid

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 Connor McDavid
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS LAW 7-4
Apr 24VS LAL 5-4
Apr 26@LA
Apr 28@LA
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
2111315326
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nicklas Backstrom
0.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Connor McDavid
18.10
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 Connor McDavid
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
15-16 EDM 45 16 32 48 -1 16 110 18 12 245 10
16-17 EDM 81 30 69 99 27 26 243 21 34 348 29
17-18 EDM 82 43 68 111 23 26 274 21 30 379 45
18-19 EDM 79 41 74 115 2 20 243 22 39 434 31
19-20 EDM 67 35 64 99 -5 28 219 21 39 326 18
21-22 EDM 49 29 58 87 22 18 178 22 56 280 19
21-22 EDM 87 46 83 129 27 47 329 21 77 579 26
22-23 EDM 87 66 94 160 19 36 373 22 103 554 43
23-24 EDM 84 32 106 138 35 32 268 19 112 456 40
ON PACE 82 31 103 134 35 31 261 19 109 445 39
3-YEAR AVG 84 52 92 144 79 38 325 99 522 33
Totals 696 358 694 1052 160 261 2357 21 578 3789 276
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