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Lars Eller or Valeri Nichushkin

Who Should I Start? - Week 29 • Start New
Lars Eller

Lars Eller

C • Pittsburgh Penguins PIT
Valeri Nichushkin

Valeri Nichushkin

RW • Colorado Avalanche COL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Eller over Nichushkin

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Nichushkin over Eller

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Lars Eller
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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
0224-103
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Valeri Nichushkin
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
2028022
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
41517-145
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Lars Eller
OWN
 
9%
+6.06 compared to last week
START
 
9%
+6.06 compared to last week
OWN/START Valeri Nichushkin
OWN
100%
+19.72 compared to last week
START
91%
+23.3 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Lars Eller
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Valeri Nichushkin
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Lars Eller

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 81st with 184.7 total points (2.25 avg).
  • He is currently 455.8 points behind the leader: Nathan MacKinnon

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Ranked 143rd in goals with 1.
  • Top 100 in assists with 3, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 86th among C.
  • Ranked 99th in +/- with 1.
  • Ranked 128th in shots on goal with 13.
  • Top 75 in time on ice with 17:12:32.7272, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 58th among C.
  • Top 15 in blocked shots with 12 and is currently ranked 14th among C.
  • Ranked 53rd in faceoffs won with 71.
  • Ranked 182nd in hits with 4.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 82 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.1829
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.1951
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +1.878
Breakdown Valeri Nichushkin

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 11th among RW's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 21st with 253.2 total points (3.96 avg).
  • He is currently 292.8 points behind the leader: Nikita Kucherov
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.7 PPG.

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 15 in goals with 4 and is currently ranked 13th among RW.
  • Top 75 in assists with 1, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 72nd among RW.
  • Ranked 117th in +/- with -4.
  • Top 50 in shots on goal with 19 and is currently ranked 41st among RW.
  • Top 75 in time on ice with 13:23:25.0000, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 52nd among RW.
  • Top 50 in total penalty minutes with 4 and is currently ranked 48th among RW.
  • Top 75 in blocked shots with 4, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 55th among RW.
  • Ranked 23rd in powerplay goals with 1.
  • Top 35 in hits with 15 and is currently ranked 34th among RW.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 64 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.4688
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.3906
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +2.5938
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Lars Eller

No Injury Reported

Injury Valeri Nichushkin

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Lars Eller
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
Week Today Home Away
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Valeri Nichushkin
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@WPGW 5-2
Apr 26VS WPG
Apr 28VS WPG
Week Today Home Away
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
21315-325
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Lars Eller
3.16
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Valeri Nichushkin
8.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Lars Eller
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
09-10 STL 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 10 0 0 0
10-11 MON 77 7 8 15 -5 48 78 11 0 0 0
11-12 MON 76 16 12 28 -4 66 124 15 0 0 0
13-14 MON 46 7 21 28 8 45 83 14 76 261 33
13-14 MON 77 12 13 25 -15 68 137 15 130 521 58
14-15 MON 78 14 12 26 -6 42 150 15 76 410 37
15-16 MON 79 13 13 26 -13 28 149 15 111 207 36
16-17 WAS 81 12 13 25 14 36 115 13 73 420 30
17-18 WAS 82 19 20 39 -5 38 166 15 72 477 70
18-19 WAS 81 13 22 35 1 37 163 16 69 543 47
19-20 WAS 70 16 23 39 2 48 153 17 65 541 45
21-22 WAS 51 7 14 21 -1 14 58 12 29 292 14
21-22 WAS 79 14 19 33 -2 40 119 15 97 524 36
22-23 WAS 94 10 14 24 2 46 149 14 105 598 43
23-24 PIT 82 15 16 31 -1 32 154 15 48 487 56
ON PACE 82 15 16 31 -1 32 154 15 48 487 56
3-YEAR AVG 81 11 17 28 -5 36 122 89 518 33
Totals 1074 178 224 402 -28 595 1840 14 987 5420 511
Career Valeri Nichushkin
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
13-14 DAL 80 13 20 33 20 8 124 14 85 0 27
14-15 DAL 8 0 1 1 -5 2 6 13 7 0 1
15-16 DAL 79 9 20 29 0 12 142 13 69 0 32
18-19 DAL 57 0 10 10 -4 0 65 11 71 3 32
19-20 COL 66 14 14 28 27 14 114 14 85 2 22
21-22 COL 49 9 10 19 8 4 87 13 52 1 25
21-22 COL 78 26 28 54 22 16 186 15 91 1 27
22-23 COL 75 17 30 47 13 2 159 14 54 1 37
23-24 COL 64 30 25 55 5 24 166 18 69 2 27
ON PACE 62 29 24 53 5 23 162 18 67 1 26
3-YEAR AVG 80 21 26 47 49 13 182 98 1 37
Totals 595 129 168 297 92 100 1163 14 680 10 253
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KC vs SF
SF vs KC
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ARI @SEA 09:40 EDT EST
ATL vs CLE 07:20 EDT EST
BAL vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST
BOS vs CHC 07:10 EDT EST
CHW vs TB 07:40 EDT EST
CIN @TEX 08:05 EDT EST
DET vs KC 01:10 EDT EST
LAA vs MIN 09:38 EDT EST
LAD @TOR 07:07 EDT EST
MIA vs WAS 07:10 EDT EST
MIL vs NYY 08:10 EDT EST
NYM vs STL 07:10 EDT EST
PHI @SD 09:40 EDT EST
PIT @SF 10:15 EDT EST
Matchup Time
DAL vs LAC 8:00 PM EST
IND vs MIL 5:30 PM EST
MIN @PHO 10:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
COL vs WPG 10:00 PM EST
EDM @LA 10:30 PM EST
NSH vs VAN 7:30 PM EST
NYR @WAS 7:00 PM EST