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Mikael Backlund or Quinn Hughes

Who Should I Start? - Week 34 • Start New
Mikael Backlund

Mikael Backlund

C • Calgary Flames CGY
Quinn Hughes

Quinn Hughes

D • Vancouver Canucks VAN
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Mikael Backlund
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Performance Quinn Hughes
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Mikael Backlund
OWN
57%
-5.38 compared to last week
START
28%
+9.21 compared to last week
OWN/START Quinn Hughes
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
96%
No change since last week.
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Mikael Backlund
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Quinn Hughes
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Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Mikael Backlund

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 33rd with 302.0 total points (3.78 avg).
  • He is currently 394.7 points behind the leader: Connor McDavid
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.8 PPG.

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 80 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.2375
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.4625
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +3.0875
Breakdown Quinn Hughes

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 18th with 304.0 total points (3.85 avg).
  • He is currently 111.5 points behind the leader: Brandon Montour
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.9 PPG.

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 79 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.0886
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.8734
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +1.9494
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Mikael Backlund

No Injury Reported

Injury Quinn Hughes

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Mikael Backlund
DateOpponentResult
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Matchups Quinn Hughes
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Mikael Backlund
4.47
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Quinn Hughes
5.57
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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
22-23 CGY 80 19 37 56 24 34 247 18 97 685 31
3-YEAR AVG 79 16 30 46 40 36 219 74 613 28
Totals 919 193 308 501 76 439 2217 16 627 5911 363
Career Quinn Hughes
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
19-20 VAN 70 8 47 55 -10 22 129 21 7 0 46
21-22 VAN 45 3 32 35 -23 20 82 23 15 0 31
21-22 VAN 84 9 62 71 10 30 154 23 19 0 57
22-23 VAN 79 7 69 76 15 34 154 25 29 1 71
3-YEAR AVG 73 6 56 63 2 29 135 22 0 57
Totals 294 27 219 246 -8 110 541 23 74 1 218
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