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Bowen Byram or Bryan Rust

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Bowen Byram

Bowen Byram

D • Colorado Avalanche COL
Bryan Rust

Bryan Rust

RW • Pittsburgh Penguins PIT
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Bowen Byram
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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 Bryan Rust
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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
10110103
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Bowen Byram
OWN
63%
+8.76 compared to last week
START
30%
+23.95 compared to last week
OWN/START Bryan Rust
OWN
67%
+2.78 compared to last week
START
56%
+13.24 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Bowen Byram
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Bryan Rust
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Bowen Byram

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 208th with 25.0 total points (1.19 avg).
  • He is currently 235.5 points behind the leader: Rasmus Dahlin
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 21 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.0952
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.1429
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +0.4762
Breakdown Bryan Rust

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 24th with 135.0 total points (2.87 avg).
  • He is currently 209.7 points behind the leader: David Pastrnak
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 50 in goals with 2 and is currently ranked 40th among RW.
  • Top 20 in assists with 5 and is currently ranked 20th among RW.
  • Top 3 in +/- with 7 and is currently ranked 2nd among RW.
  • Top 25 in shots on goal with 26 and is currently ranked 21st among RW.
  • Top 15 in time on ice with 17:56:43.6363 and is currently ranked 14th among RW.
  • Top 50 in total penalty minutes with 4 and is currently ranked 45th among RW.
  • Top 75 in blocked shots with 3, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 56th among RW.
  • Top 25 in powerplay assists with 1, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 23rd among RW.
  • Top 28 in hits with 14 and is currently ranked 27th among RW.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 47 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.2128
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.4043
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +2.4894
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Bowen Byram

No Injury Reported

Injury Bryan Rust

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Bowen Byram
DateOpponentResult
Feb 07@PIT
Feb 09@TB
Feb 11@FLA
Week Today Home Away
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Bryan Rust
DateOpponentResult
Feb 07VS COL
Feb 10@ANA
Feb 11@LA
Week Today Home Away
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
1017202
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Bowen Byram
0.20
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Bryan Rust
9.76
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Bowen Byram
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
21-22 COL 84 5 13 18 6 12 55 7 57 0 27
22-23 COL 21 2 3 5 2 4 10 8 15 0 10
ON PACE 35 3 5 8 2 6 17 8 25 0 17
3-YEAR AVG 61 3 8 11 9 18 40 46 0 21
Totals 163 8 28 36 26 49 134 9 152 0 67
Career Bryan Rust
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
14-15 PIT 14 1 1 2 -3 4 34 12 21 0 3
15-16 PIT 41 4 7 11 1 12 68 12 62 1 23
16-17 PIT 56 14 13 27 3 8 107 13 100 2 29
17-18 PIT 68 12 24 36 10 26 117 16 97 8 40
18-19 PIT 73 18 17 35 10 24 143 15 120 8 59
19-20 PIT 57 27 28 55 12 30 155 19 71 2 37
21-22 PIT 52 22 19 41 10 18 150 19 61 3 28
21-22 PIT 68 25 37 62 11 14 192 17 43 1 25
22-23 PIT 47 10 19 29 -6 15 117 17 56 4 21
ON PACE 78 16 31 48 -6 25 195 17 93 6 35
3-YEAR AVG 63 25 29 54 29 22 173 62 2 31
Totals 494 137 173 310 45 159 1130 16 656 29 274
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