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Nicklas Backstrom or Riley Nash

Who Should I Start? - Week 28 • Start New
Nicklas Backstrom

Nicklas Backstrom

CWashington Capitals WAS
Riley Nash

Riley Nash

CNew York Rangers NYR
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Backstrom over Nash

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Nicklas Backstrom
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Nash over Backstrom

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

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

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Riley Nash
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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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nicklas Backstrom
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OWN/START Riley Nash
OWN
 
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Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nicklas Backstrom
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Riley Nash
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 619.5 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 Riley Nash

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 282nd with 0.5 total points (0.25 avg).
  • He is currently 626.5 points behind the leader: Nathan MacKinnon
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 2 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: EVEN
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +0.5
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 Riley Nash

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nicklas Backstrom
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS BOSW 2-0
Apr 16@PHIW 2-1
Apr 21@NYR
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Riley Nash
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS OTTW 4-0
Apr 21VS WAS
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
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Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nicklas Backstrom
0.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Riley Nash
0.00
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 8 0 1 1 -3 2 12 14 2 44 5
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 Riley Nash
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
11-12 OTT 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 8 0 0 0
13-14 CAR 32 4 5 9 -4 8 36 12 36 128 10
13-14 CAR 73 10 14 24 0 29 86 12 81 306 22
14-15 CAR 68 7 17 24 -9 12 93 16 88 488 46
15-16 CAR 65 9 14 23 -5 18 77 12 58 197 22
16-17 BOS 80 7 10 17 1 14 123 13 67 278 37
17-18 BOS 77 14 28 42 16 18 112 15 90 464 67
18-19 CLB 79 3 9 12 -8 19 79 10 72 151 43
19-20 CLB 65 5 9 14 6 10 65 11 71 250 36
21-22 CBJ 40 2 5 7 -1 4 40 11 33 162 21
21-22 WPG 71 0 4 4 -6 14 39 8 51 212 17
23-24 NYR 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 0
ON PACE 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 0
3-YEAR AVG 62 2 6 8 -1 9 49 53 212 25
Totals 687 61 116 177 -9 148 763 12 660 2652 325
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ATL vs TEX 07:20 EDT EST
BAL @KC 07:10 EDT EST
BOS @PIT 04:05 EDT EST
CHC vs MIA 07:40 EDT EST
CHW @PHI 06:05 EDT EST
CIN vs LAA 06:40 EDT EST
CLE vs OAK 06:10 EDT EST
COL vs SEA 08:10 EDT EST
DET @MIN 02:10 EDT EST
HOU @WAS 04:05 EDT EST
LAD vs NYM 04:05 EDT EST
MIL @STL 02:15 EDT EST
NYY vs TB 01:05 EDT EST
SD vs TOR 08:40 EDT EST
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CLE vs ORL 1:00 PM EST
DEN vs LAL 8:30 PM EST
MIN vs PHO 3:30 PM EST
NY vs PHI 6:00 PM EST
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