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Auston Matthews or Tage Thompson

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Auston Matthews

Auston Matthews

C • Toronto Maple Leafs TOR
Tage Thompson

Tage Thompson

RW • Buffalo Sabres BUF
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Auston Matthews
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
1019004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
41524127
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Tage Thompson
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
25710544
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
371023248
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Auston Matthews
OWN
99%
-1.15 compared to last week
START
22%
-78.16 compared to last week
OWN/START Tage Thompson
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
84%
No change since last week.
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Auston Matthews
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Tage Thompson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Auston Matthews

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 4th with 272.2 total points (5.56 avg).
  • He is currently 86.8 points behind the leader: Connor McDavid

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 6 in goals with 8 and is currently ranked 6th among C.
  • Top 50 in assists with 5 and is currently ranked 50th among C.
  • Ranked 38th in +/- with 4.
  • Top 25 in shots on goal with 40 and is currently ranked 22nd among C.
  • Ranked 120th in time on ice with 14:34:44.0000.
  • Top 75 in total penalty minutes with 6, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 75th among C.
  • Top 3 in blocked shots with 25 and is currently ranked 1st among C.
  • Ranked 21st in powerplay goals with 2.
  • Top 25 in powerplay assists with 3, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 24th among C.
  • Ranked 50th in faceoffs won with 91.
  • Ranked 141st in hits with 9.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 49 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.4694
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.551
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +3.8571
Breakdown Tage Thompson

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 2nd with 296.7 total points (6.31 avg).
  • He is currently 44 points behind the leader: David Pastrnak
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.4 PPG.

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 10 in goals with 8 and is currently ranked 7th among RW.
  • Top 10 in assists with 10 and is currently ranked 7th among RW.
  • Top 15 in +/- with 4 and is currently ranked 12th among RW.
  • Top 10 in shots on goal with 51 and is currently ranked 7th among RW.
  • Top 10 in time on ice with 19:18:41.2500 and is currently ranked 7th among RW.
  • Top 50 in total penalty minutes with 4 and is currently ranked 44th among RW.
  • Top 35 in blocked shots with 6 and is currently ranked 26th among RW.
  • Top 7 in powerplay goals with 2 and is currently ranked 7th among RW.
  • Top 22 in powerplay assists with 1 and is currently ranked 22nd among RW.
  • Top 4 in faceoffs won with 72 and is currently ranked 2nd among RW.
  • Ranked 56th in hits with 8.

    • 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: +0.7021
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.7021
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +4.0638
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Auston Matthews

KNEE - IR. Expected to be out until at least Feb 18

IR. Expected to be out until at least Feb 18
Injury Tage Thompson

UPPER BODY - Day-to-Day

Day-to-Day
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Auston Matthews
DateOpponentResult
Feb 01VS BOS
Week Today Home Away
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
3038202
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Tage Thompson
DateOpponentResult
Feb 01VS CAR
Week Today Home Away
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0003-101
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Auston Matthews
12.48
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Tage Thompson
13.46
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Auston Matthews
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
16-17 TOR 83 40 29 69 2 14 281 17 21 539 62
17-18 TOR 62 34 29 63 25 12 187 18 16 375 61
18-19 TOR 68 37 36 73 -9 12 251 18 28 475 60
19-20 TOR 71 47 33 80 17 8 296 21 41 514 63
21-22 TOR 51 38 24 62 21 10 201 19 51 415 43
21-22 TOR 86 61 47 108 17 18 351 17 67 691 62
22-23 TOR 49 23 27 50 17 16 189 18 59 338 58
3-YEAR AVG 74 50 36 86 56 13 301 64 584 61
Totals 492 288 235 523 92 92 1841 18 348 3548 430
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
22-23 BUF 47 33 33 66 15 20 191 19 24 229 16
3-YEAR AVG 69 18 14 32 -48 25 156 54 142 15
Totals 297 90 83 173 -45 106 715 14 227 657 69
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