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Elvis Merzlikins or Josh Norris

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Elvis Merzlikins

Elvis Merzlikins

GColumbus Blue Jackets CBJ
Josh Norris

Josh Norris

COttawa Senators OTT
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merzlikins over Norris

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Elvis Merzlikins
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Norris over Merzlikins

 
 
 
 
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Performance Elvis Merzlikins
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WINS GAA SV% SO GP
12.000.93501
Season stats based on the past 7 days

WINS GAA SV% SO GP
33.500.87604
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Josh Norris
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
1129023
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
11213-446
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Elvis Merzlikins
OWN
31%
+1.78 compared to last week
START
17%
-1.89 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Norris
OWN
65%
-0.92 compared to last week
START
55%
+5.91 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Elvis Merzlikins
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Norris
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Elvis Merzlikins

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 26th with 99.8 total points (2.32 avg).
  • He is currently 98.6 points behind the leader: Connor Hellebuyck
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.2 PPG.
  • Trending Goalie Analysis

  • Ranked 74th in GAA with 2.31.
  • Ranked 47th in SV% with 0.891.
  • Top 6 in wins with 6 and is currently ranked 6th among goalies.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 43 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • Goals Against Average: +2.05
  • Save Percentage: +0.889
Breakdown Josh Norris

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 60th with 118.0 total points (2.81 avg).
  • He is currently 159.5 points behind the leader: Nathan MacKinnon
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 75 in goals with 3, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 75th among C.
  • Ranked 184th in assists with 1.
  • Ranked 219th in +/- with -6.
  • Top 100 in shots on goal with 21, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 79th among C.
  • Top 50 in time on ice with 18:20:00.0000 and is currently ranked 43rd among C.
  • Top 100 in total penalty minutes with 4 and is currently ranked 79th among C.
  • Top 100 in blocked shots with 7 and is currently ranked 82nd among C.
  • Ranked 21st in powerplay goals with 1.
  • Ranked 38th in powerplay assists with 1.
  • Top 3 in shorthanded goals with 1 and is currently ranked 3rd among C.
  • Top 35 in faceoffs won with 88 and is currently ranked 32nd among C.
  • Top 10 in hits with 34 and is currently ranked 9th among C.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 42 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.3571
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.2143
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +1.9762
Next Up Health Check
Injury Elvis Merzlikins

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Norris

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Elvis Merzlikins
DateOpponentResult
Jan 14VS PHI
Jan 16VS SJ
Jan 18@NYR
WINS GAA SV% SO GP
04.000.85203
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Josh Norris
DateOpponentResult
Jan 14@NYI
Jan 16VS WAS
Jan 18VS BOS
Jan 19@NJ
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
2026-164
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Elvis Merzlikins
3.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Norris
5.19
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Elvis Merzlikins
YEAR TEAM GP W GAA SV% SA
19-20 CLB 32 14 2.22 .923 848
21-22 CBJ 26 7 2.50 .914 690
21-22 CBJ 62 27 3.05 .905 1804
22-23 CBJ 29 7 3.76 .877 774
23-24 CBJ 40 13 3.20 .899 1137
24-25 CBJ 28 15 3.14 .889 704
3-YEAR AVG 44 16 3.25 .897 1238
Totals 220 84 2.99 .902 6035
Career Josh Norris
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
21-22 OTT 51 15 17 32 -11 13 85 16 63 336 29
21-22 OTT 75 38 22 60 -8 20 185 17 88 549 45
22-23 OTT 8 2 1 3 -1 6 15 17 7 33 6
23-24 OTT 54 16 14 30 -6 22 113 16 70 328 30
24-25 OTT 42 15 9 24 -10 28 83 18 112 311 36
3-YEAR AVG 46 19 12 31 -15 16 104 55 303 27
Totals 241 88 65 153 -34 89 505 16 355 1639 153
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