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Adrian Kempe or Nicklas Backstrom

Who Should I Start? - Week 29 • Start New
Adrian Kempe

Adrian Kempe

RWLos Angeles Kings LA
Nicklas Backstrom

Nicklas Backstrom

CWashington Capitals WAS
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kempe over Backstrom

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Adrian Kempe
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Backstrom over Kempe

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nicklas Backstrom
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Performance Adrian Kempe
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
31412302
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
43717205
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nicklas Backstrom
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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
0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Adrian Kempe
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
82%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Nicklas Backstrom
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Adrian Kempe
6th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nicklas Backstrom
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Adrian Kempe

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 6th among RW's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 5th with 365.9 total points (4.36 avg).
  • He is currently 180.1 points behind the leader: Nikita Kucherov
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.6 PPG.
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 3 in goals with 9 and is currently ranked 1st among RW.
  • Top 10 in assists with 7 and is currently ranked 10th among RW.
  • Ranked 33rd in +/- with 1.
  • Top 6 in shots on goal with 42 and is currently ranked 4th among RW.
  • Top 10 in time on ice with 19:52:55.3846 and is currently ranked 9th among RW.
  • Top 50 in total penalty minutes with 4 and is currently ranked 45th among RW.
  • Top 75 in blocked shots with 4, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 53rd among RW.
  • Top 4 in powerplay goals with 3 and is currently ranked 4th among RW.
  • Top 4 in powerplay assists with 5 and is currently ranked 2nd among RW.
  • Top 7 in shorthanded goals with 1 and is currently ranked 7th among RW.
  • Ranked 56th in faceoffs won with 1.
  • Top 28 in hits with 17 and is currently ranked 27th among RW.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 84 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.369
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.5714
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +3.0714
Breakdown Nicklas Backstrom

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 253rd with 7.5 total points (0.94 avg).
  • He is currently 633 points behind the leader: Nathan MacKinnon
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 8 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: EVEN
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.125
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +1.5
Next Up Health Check
Injury Adrian Kempe

No Injury Reported

Injury Nicklas Backstrom

HIP - Since Nov 1, 2023

Backstorm is dealing with lingering issues from a hip injury and has been placed on the long-term injured reserve list. He will miss the remainder of the 2023-2024 season.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Adrian Kempe
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@EDML 7-4
Apr 24@EDMW 5-4
Apr 26VS EDM
Apr 28VS EDM
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
43731306
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nicklas Backstrom
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@NYRL 4-3
Apr 26VS NYR
Apr 28VS NYR
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Adrian Kempe
17.17
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nicklas Backstrom
0.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Adrian Kempe
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
17-18 LA 81 16 20 36 10 47 118 13 93 263 17
18-19 LA 81 12 16 28 -10 50 118 14 86 315 21
19-20 LA 70 11 22 33 -10 29 150 16 71 92 17
21-22 LA 49 14 14 28 -15 18 116 16 43 25 18
21-22 LA 85 35 21 56 -8 48 249 17 111 28 30
22-23 LA 86 45 26 71 18 57 274 18 134 17 36
23-24 LA 84 31 48 79 16 72 258 17 105 3 32
ON PACE 82 30 46 77 16 70 251 17 102 2 31
3-YEAR AVG 79 32 22 54 -12 44 228 102 25 29
Totals 579 169 176 345 -8 339 1361 16 683 822 182
Career Nicklas Backstrom
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
09-10 WAS 82 32 67 99 33 50 214 19 0 0 0
10-11 WAS 76 18 46 64 26 40 197 20 0 0 0
11-12 WAS 42 14 31 45 -4 24 95 19 0 0 0
13-14 WAS 48 8 36 44 7 20 81 19 27 422 34
13-14 WAS 82 18 61 79 -18 54 195 19 89 712 54
14-15 WAS 82 17 59 76 3 40 153 20 91 866 52
15-16 WAS 75 20 51 71 16 36 125 19 51 652 50
16-17 WAS 82 22 64 86 17 38 162 18 45 688 33
17-18 WAS 82 22 49 71 7 46 167 19 38 710 51
18-19 WAS 80 22 52 74 3 30 169 19 54 700 30
19-20 WAS 62 13 43 56 2 14 135 18 31 522 45
21-22 WAS 51 14 37 51 0 14 84 18 21 327 23
21-22 WAS 55 6 24 30 -8 12 68 14 16 301 16
23-24 WAS 40 7 14 21 -25 14 59 16 24 259 23
23-24 WAS 8 0 1 1 -3 2 12 14 2 44 5
ON PACE 7 0 0 0 -3 1 11 14 1 42 4
3-YEAR AVG 60 11 35 47 -8 13 101 27 405 30
Totals 965 236 641 877 55 438 1948 19 508 6293 426
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NYM vs STL 07:10 EDT EST
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