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Tage Thompson or Vladimir Tarasenko

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

Tage Thompson

RW • Buffalo Sabres BUF
Vladimir Tarasenko

Vladimir Tarasenko

RW • St. Louis Blues STL
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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 Vladimir Tarasenko
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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 Vladimir Tarasenko
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
83%
+1.13 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Tage Thompson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Vladimir Tarasenko
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 Vladimir Tarasenko

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 4th with 395.0 total points (4.29 avg).
  • He is currently 124.9 points behind the leader: Mikko Rantanen
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.3 PPG.

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 6 in +/- with 1 and is currently ranked 4th among RW.
  • Top 15 in shots on goal with 2 and is currently ranked 12th among RW.
  • Top 6 in time on ice with 14:44:00.0000 and is currently ranked 6th among RW.
  • Top 19 in hits with 1 and is currently ranked 17th among RW.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 92 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.4348
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.5543
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +2.8478
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Tage Thompson

No Injury Reported

Injury Vladimir Tarasenko

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Tage Thompson
DateOpponentResult
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
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Matchups Vladimir Tarasenko
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Tage Thompson
3.83
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Vladimir Tarasenko
8.57
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 Vladimir Tarasenko
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
13-14 STL 64 21 22 43 20 16 136 15 22 2 9
14-15 STL 78 38 40 78 25 31 264 17 31 1 18
15-16 STL 81 41 35 76 7 37 295 18 32 0 28
16-17 STL 81 38 35 73 -2 12 282 18 50 5 30
17-18 STL 81 34 34 68 17 19 311 19 90 1 38
18-19 STL 77 34 34 68 10 22 277 18 90 4 40
19-20 STL 10 3 7 10 -2 0 26 16 17 0 7
21-22 STL 85 36 49 85 9 32 236 15 85 4 45
3-YEAR AVG 70 26 34 60 2 18 204 75 3 37
Totals 646 265 281 546 68 179 2008 17 484 18 245
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ARI vs DET 4:10 PM EST
ATL vs LAD 7:00 PM EST
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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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