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Darnell Nurse or Nicklas Backstrom

Who Should I Start? - Week 29 • Start New
Darnell Nurse

Darnell Nurse

DEdmonton Oilers EDM
Nicklas Backstrom

Nicklas Backstrom

CWashington Capitals WAS
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Nurse over Backstrom

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Darnell Nurse
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Backstrom over Nurse

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Nicklas Backstrom
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Performance Darnell Nurse
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0004-203
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
14511007
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Darnell Nurse
OWN
100%
+5.56 compared to last week
START
91%
+8.97 compared to last week
OWN/START Nicklas Backstrom
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Darnell Nurse
25th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nicklas Backstrom
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Darnell Nurse

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 25th among D's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 28th with 260.0 total points (3.10 avg).
  • He is currently 184.5 points behind the leader: Cale Makar
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 100 in goals with 1, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 76th among D.
  • Top 35 in assists with 6 and is currently ranked 27th among D.
  • Ranked 106th in +/- with 1.
  • Top 10 in shots on goal with 34 and is currently ranked 8th among D.
  • Top 75 in time on ice with 19:54:56.0000, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 69th among D.
  • Top 10 in total penalty minutes with 19 and is currently ranked 10th among D.
  • Top 50 in blocked shots with 22 and is currently ranked 48th among D.
  • Top 28 in hits with 32 and is currently ranked 27th among D.
  • 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: +0.119
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.2619
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +2.1905
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
Next Up Health Check
Injury Darnell Nurse

No Injury Reported

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.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Darnell Nurse
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS LAW 7-4
Apr 24VS LAL 5-4
Apr 26@LA
Apr 28@LA
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0009-206
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
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
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Darnell Nurse
9.91
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nicklas Backstrom
0.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Darnell Nurse
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
14-15 EDM 2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 16 5 0 0
15-16 EDM 68 3 7 10 -13 60 120 20 160 0 102
16-17 EDM 44 5 6 11 0 33 85 17 107 0 53
17-18 EDM 82 6 18 24 13 69 195 22 162 0 150
18-19 EDM 82 10 31 41 -2 89 196 23 162 0 143
19-20 EDM 73 5 28 33 -3 50 176 23 177 0 143
21-22 EDM 49 15 16 31 25 48 135 25 111 0 86
21-22 EDM 80 9 29 38 17 56 214 23 205 0 134
22-23 EDM 87 12 33 45 29 66 210 23 159 0 184
23-24 EDM 84 10 22 32 3 79 184 21 165 0 176
ON PACE 82 9 21 31 3 77 179 21 161 0 171
3-YEAR AVG 82 13 29 43 79 68 206 176 0 153
Totals 686 79 201 280 69 600 1586 22 1487 0 1234
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
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