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Who Should I Start? - Week 37 • Start New
Kaapo Kakko

Kaapo Kakko

RW • Seattle Kraken SEA
Mikael Backlund

Mikael Backlund

C • Calgary Flames CGY
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Owners starting Kakko over Backlund

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Kaapo Kakko
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Performance Mikael Backlund
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kaapo Kakko
OWN
15%
-5.44 compared to last week
START
 
9%
+3.21 compared to last week
OWN/START Mikael Backlund
OWN
30%
+3.83 compared to last week
START
 
9%
+6.15 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kaapo Kakko
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Mikael Backlund
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Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kaapo Kakko

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 50th with 177.2 total points (2.24 avg).
  • He is currently 309 points behind the leader: Nikita Kucherov
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.2 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: +0.1772
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.3797
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +1.4937
Breakdown Mikael Backlund

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 83rd with 199.0 total points (2.62 avg).
  • He is currently 363 points behind the leader: Leon Draisaitl
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.6 PPG.

    • Trending Offensive Breakdown

    Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 76 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.1974
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.2237
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +2.2895
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Kaapo Kakko

No Injury Reported

Injury Mikael Backlund

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kaapo Kakko
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Matchups Mikael Backlund
DateOpponentResult
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Kaapo Kakko
1.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Mikael Backlund
2.54
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Kaapo Kakko
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
19-20 NYR 68 10 13 23 -29 16 111 14 20 2 11
21-22 NYR 51 8 8 16 4 10 79 12 13 3 16
21-22 NYR 52 8 13 21 16 10 68 13 9 1 15
22-23 NYR 86 19 23 42 13 6 128 15 29 1 26
23-24 NYR 65 14 6 20 7 24 99 13 30 15 18
24-25 NYR 80 14 30 44 -2 38 118 15 68 50 28
3-YEAR AVG 81 16 20 36 13 23 119 48 23 25
Totals 439 77 98 175 7 106 647 14 195 76 122
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
23-24 CGY 82 15 24 39 -3 24 210 19 58 778 33
24-25 CGY 82 15 17 32 4 32 174 17 40 703 51
3-YEAR AVG 81 16 26 42 25 30 210 65 722 38
Totals 1083 223 349 572 77 495 2601 17 725 7392 447
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Matchups

Week 1
ARI @NO
ATL vs TB
BAL @BUF
CAR @JAC
CHI vs MIN
CIN @CLE
DAL @PHI
DEN vs TEN
DET @GB
HOU @LAR
IND vs MIA
KC @LAC
LV @NE
NYG @WAS
NYJ vs PIT
SEA vs SF
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @COL 09:10 EDT EST
ATH vs CLE 10:05 EDT EST
ATL @MIA 04:10 EDT EST
BAL @NYY 01:05 EDT EST
BOS @SF 04:05 EDT EST
CHC vs SEA 02:20 EDT EST
CHW @TOR 03:07 EDT EST
CIN @STL 02:15 EDT EST
DET @TB 12:10 EDT EST
HOU @LAA 09:38 EDT EST
KC @SD 07:15 EDT EST
LAD vs WAS 10:10 EDT EST
MIL @MIN 02:10 EDT EST
NYM @PHI 07:15 EDT EST
PIT vs TEX 04:05 EDT EST
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