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Nicklas Backstrom or Drew Doughty

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

Nicklas Backstrom

CWashington Capitals WAS
Drew Doughty

Drew Doughty

DLos Angeles Kings LA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Backstrom over Doughty

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nicklas Backstrom
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Doughty over Backstrom

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Drew Doughty
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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 Drew Doughty
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0113-102
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0338125
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 Drew Doughty
OWN
95%
-5.13 compared to last week
START
74%
-0.98 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nicklas Backstrom
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Drew Doughty
18th
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 Drew Doughty

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 18th among D's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 20th with 280.5 total points (3.38 avg).
  • He is currently 164 points behind the leader: Cale Makar
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 75 in goals with 1, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 71st among D.
  • Top 35 in assists with 6 and is currently ranked 32nd among D.
  • Ranked 222nd in +/- with -3.
  • Top 75 in shots on goal with 17, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 59th among D.
  • Top 3 in time on ice with 25:50:23.0769 and is currently ranked 2nd among D.
  • Ranked 123rd in total penalty minutes with 4.
  • Top 100 in blocked shots with 18 and is currently ranked 86th among D.
  • Ranked 17th in powerplay goals with 1.
  • Top 31 in powerplay assists with 2 and is currently ranked 31st among D.
  • Ranked 58th in hits with 21.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 83 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.1807
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.4337
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +1.6506
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 Drew Doughty

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 Drew Doughty
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@EDML 7-4
Apr 24@EDM
Apr 26VS EDM
Apr 28VS EDM
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0228-725
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nicklas Backstrom
0.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Drew Doughty
9.03
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 Drew Doughty
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
09-10 LA 80 14 34 48 14 46 103 20 0 0 0
10-11 LA 76 9 31 40 11 72 138 25 0 0 0
11-12 LA 73 8 25 33 1 67 163 24 0 0 0
13-14 LA 48 6 16 22 2 36 114 26 109 0 46
13-14 LA 78 10 27 37 18 64 175 25 178 0 89
14-15 LA 84 7 39 46 5 56 224 28 152 0 148
15-16 LA 82 14 36 50 22 52 192 27 124 0 105
16-17 LA 81 11 31 42 8 46 175 27 126 1 108
17-18 LA 82 11 49 60 20 54 207 26 125 0 125
18-19 LA 82 8 37 45 -35 44 154 26 168 0 120
19-20 LA 68 7 29 36 -14 36 144 25 106 0 89
21-22 LA 49 8 24 32 -6 24 88 26 76 0 73
21-22 LA 47 7 24 31 1 34 107 22 64 0 57
22-23 LA 86 8 45 53 7 34 145 26 130 0 117
23-24 LA 83 15 36 51 13 44 137 25 101 0 144
ON PACE 82 14 35 50 13 43 135 25 99 0 142
3-YEAR AVG 64 8 31 39 -6 31 118 95 0 86
Totals 1109 143 484 627 59 711 2279 25 1474 1 1231
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ARI @STL 01:15 EDT EST
ATL vs MIA 07:20 EDT EST
BAL @LAA 04:07 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 03:45 EDT EST
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST
SEA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST
Matchup Time
BOS vs MIA 7:00 PM EST
NO @OKC 9:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS @TOR 7:00 PM EST
DAL vs VGK 9:30 PM EST
EDM vs LA 10:00 PM EST