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Tage Thompson or Nicklas Backstrom

Who Should I Start? - Week 38 • Start New
Tage Thompson

Tage Thompson

RW • Buffalo Sabres BUF
Nicklas Backstrom

Nicklas Backstrom

C • Washington Capitals WAS
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Tage Thompson
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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 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
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Tage Thompson
OWN
87%
+3.09 compared to last week
START
70%
+1.83 compared to last week
OWN/START Nicklas Backstrom
OWN
63%
-1.56 compared to last week
START
44%
-0.72 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Tage Thompson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nicklas Backstrom
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Tage Thompson

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 14th with 305.8 total points (3.82 avg).
  • He is currently 214.1 points behind the leader: Mikko Rantanen
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.8 PPG.

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 80 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.475
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.375
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +3.1625
Breakdown Nicklas Backstrom

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 123rd with 132.5 total points (2.32 avg).
  • He is currently 497.6 points behind the leader: Connor McDavid
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.3 PPG.

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 57 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.1404
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.4912
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +1.4737
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Tage Thompson

No Injury Reported

Injury Nicklas Backstrom

HIP - Indefinitely

Hip
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Tage Thompson
DateOpponentResult
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Week Today Home Away
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
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Matchups Nicklas Backstrom
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
Week Today Home Away
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Tage Thompson
3.83
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nicklas Backstrom
2.22
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Tage Thompson
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
17-18 STL 42 3 7 10 -12 12 55 11 41 1 9
18-19 BUF 65 7 5 12 -22 20 108 12 66 10 9
19-20 BUF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0
21-22 BUF 84 39 32 71 -19 37 263 17 67 413 27
3-YEAR AVG 69 18 14 32 -48 25 156 54 142 15
Totals 250 57 50 107 -60 86 524 13 203 428 53
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
3-YEAR AVG 60 11 35 47 -8 13 101 27 405 30
Totals 917 229 626 855 83 422 1877 19 482 5990 398
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Matchups

Week 1
ARI vs KC
ATL vs NO
BAL @NYJ
BUF @LAR
CAR vs CLE
CHI vs SF
CIN vs PIT
DAL vs TB
DEN @SEA
DET vs PHI
GB @MIN
HOU vs IND
JAC @WAS
LAC vs LV
MIA vs NE
NYG @TEN
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs DET 4:10 PM EST
ATL vs LAD 7:00 PM EST
BAL @CHW 2:10 PM EST
BOS @CLE 1:40 PM EST
CHC @STL 2:15 PM EST
CIN @SF 4:05 PM EST
COL @MIN 2:10 PM EST
HOU @NYY 1:35 PM EST
KC vs OAK 2:10 PM EST
LAA vs SEA 4:07 PM EST
MIA vs NYM 12:05 PM EST
MIL vs TOR 2:10 PM EST
PHI @SD 4:10 PM EST
PIT @TB 1:40 PM EST
TEX vs WAS 2:35 PM EST
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