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Tomas Nosek or Mathew Barzal

Who Should I Start? - Week 17 • Start New
Tomas Nosek

Tomas Nosek

LW • Boston Bruins BOS
Mathew Barzal

Mathew Barzal

C • New York Islanders NYI
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Owners starting Barzal over Nosek

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Tomas Nosek
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0000004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0002-108
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Mathew Barzal
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
11212-144
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
11220-448
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Tomas Nosek
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
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0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Mathew Barzal
OWN
83%
-5.74 compared to last week
START
62%
-15.02 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Tomas Nosek
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Mathew Barzal
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Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Tomas Nosek

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 87th with 55.0 total points (1.15 avg).
  • He is currently 249.4 points behind the leader: Jason Robertson

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 100 in assists with 1, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 94th among LW.
  • Ranked 109th in +/- with -2.
  • Ranked 110th in shots on goal with 9.
  • Ranked 121st in time on ice with 06:54:42.8571.
  • Top 50 in blocked shots with 7 and is currently ranked 38th among LW.
  • Ranked 94th in hits with 9.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 48 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.0625
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.1042
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +0.875
Breakdown Mathew Barzal

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 28th with 185.7 total points (3.57 avg).
  • He is currently 173.3 points behind the leader: Connor McDavid
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.7 PPG.

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 75 in goals with 4, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 52nd among C.
  • Ranked 121st in assists with 3.
  • Ranked 199th in +/- with -4.
  • Top 50 in shots on goal with 34 and is currently ranked 39th among C.
  • Top 75 in time on ice with 17:29:48.0000, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 57th among C.
  • Top 100 in total penalty minutes with 4 and is currently ranked 96th among C.
  • Top 35 in blocked shots with 11 and is currently ranked 31st among C.
  • Ranked 57th in powerplay assists with 1.
  • Ranked 117th in faceoffs won with 34.
  • Ranked 218th in hits with 1.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 52 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.2308
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.5962
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +2.3846
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Tomas Nosek

FOOT - Expected to be out until at least Feb 11

Expected to be out until at least Feb 11
Injury Mathew Barzal

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Tomas Nosek
DateOpponentResult
Feb 01@TOR
Week Today Home Away
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0111002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Mathew Barzal
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
Week Today Home Away
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Tomas Nosek
1.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Mathew Barzal
5.45
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Tomas Nosek
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
15-16 DET 6 0 0 0 -2 2 2 10 6 4 0
17-18 DET 11 1 0 1 -1 2 19 10 10 37 5
17-18 VGK 68 7 8 15 6 14 92 11 54 35 24
18-19 VGK 69 8 9 17 -10 18 117 12 77 82 23
19-20 VGK 68 8 7 15 -3 20 93 11 93 220 39
21-22 VEG 22 5 3 8 5 6 30 10 20 84 8
21-22 BOS 79 3 14 17 -11 32 86 13 88 378 35
22-23 BOS 49 3 5 8 4 34 42 10 43 178 21
3-YEAR AVG 66 5 8 14 -13 21 75 71 242 28
Totals 407 35 49 84 -15 132 502 11 418 1087 166
Career Mathew Barzal
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
16-17 NYI 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 9 0 4 0
17-18 NYI 81 22 62 84 0 30 167 17 20 352 31
18-19 NYI 82 18 44 62 -4 46 179 17 25 241 56
19-20 NYI 71 19 46 65 6 50 179 19 24 233 43
21-22 NYI 51 15 26 41 16 46 128 18 21 143 13
21-22 NYI 85 17 48 65 -12 20 170 16 36 238 17
22-23 NYI 52 12 31 43 2 20 124 18 22 104 31
3-YEAR AVG 78 20 43 63 8 46 176 32 221 27
Totals 449 111 267 378 4 233 997 17 162 1364 200
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