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Esa Lindell or Mikael Backlund

Who Should I Start? - Week 37 • Start New
Esa Lindell

Esa Lindell

D • Dallas Stars DAL
Mikael Backlund

Mikael Backlund

C • Calgary Flames CGY
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Esa Lindell
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Performance Mikael Backlund
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Esa Lindell
OWN
26%
+6.09 compared to last week
START
20%
+2.9 compared to last week
OWN/START Mikael Backlund
OWN
28%
+11.59 compared to last week
START
24%
+13.91 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Esa Lindell
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Expert Consensus Mikael Backlund
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Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Esa Lindell

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 50th with 224.5 total points (2.52 avg).
  • He is currently 366.7 points behind the leader: Cale Makar
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.5 PPG.

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 89 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.0449
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.2584
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +1.7191
Breakdown Mikael Backlund

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 38th with 274.2 total points (2.95 avg).
  • He is currently 355.9 points behind the leader: Connor McDavid
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3 PPG.

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 93 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.1828
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.3226
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +2.6237
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Esa Lindell

No Injury Reported

Injury Mikael Backlund

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Esa Lindell
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Matchups Mikael Backlund
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Esa Lindell
2.33
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Mikael Backlund
3.51
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Esa Lindell
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
16-17 DAL 73 6 12 18 9 22 99 21 93 0 119
17-18 DAL 80 7 20 27 18 24 137 22 92 0 123
18-19 DAL 83 11 23 34 15 33 134 24 145 0 162
19-20 DAL 70 3 19 22 2 12 98 23 94 0 129
21-22 DAL 51 5 11 16 11 17 91 23 99 0 95
21-22 DAL 87 4 21 25 0 14 144 20 113 0 151
3-YEAR AVG 72 4 17 21 14 15 114 107 0 128
Totals 462 36 108 144 53 124 731 22 661 0 816
Career Mikael Backlund
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
10-11 CGY 72 10 14 24 3 18 142 12 0 0 0
11-12 CGY 38 4 6 10 -10 16 81 15 0 0 0
13-14 CGY 32 8 8 16 -5 29 86 14 28 187 17
13-14 CGY 76 18 22 40 5 32 178 18 64 626 62
14-15 CGY 52 10 16 26 4 14 103 17 41 423 32
15-16 CGY 81 21 26 47 9 26 152 16 66 537 51
16-17 CGY 80 23 31 54 8 32 201 17 55 709 41
17-18 CGY 82 14 31 45 -21 78 214 19 54 705 40
18-19 CGY 78 22 27 49 38 54 207 17 53 517 26
19-20 CGY 70 16 28 44 2 26 157 17 44 369 11
21-22 CGY 50 8 19 27 -8 26 126 16 40 336 20
21-22 CGY 87 13 27 40 16 34 227 16 64 646 28
3-YEAR AVG 72 13 26 39 11 31 179 51 473 20
Totals 839 174 271 445 52 405 1970 16 530 5226 332
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Week 1
ARI vs KC
ATL vs NO
BAL @NYJ
BUF @LAR
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CIN vs PIT
DAL vs TB
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LAC vs LV
MIA vs NE
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs SD 3:40 PM EST
ATL @PHI 7:05 PM EST
BAL @SEA 4:10 PM EST
BOS @TOR 7:07 PM EST
CHC vs CIN 8:05 PM EST
CHW @LAA 9:38 PM EST
CLE vs MIN 7:10 PM EST
COL vs LAD 8:40 PM EST
DET @SF 3:45 PM EST
HOU @NYM 1:10 PM EST
KC vs TEX 2:10 PM EST
MIA @STL 7:45 PM EST
MIL @TB 12:10 PM EST
NYY vs OAK 1:05 PM EST
PIT @WAS 1:05 PM EST
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