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Pavel Mintyukov or Cole Caufield

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Pavel Mintyukov

Pavel Mintyukov

D • Anaheim Ducks ANA
Cole Caufield

Cole Caufield

RW • Montreal Canadiens MON
OR
EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Mintyukov over Caufield

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Mintyukov ... NAN%

BOTH ... NAN%

PROJECTION
FPTS: 7.9
G AST PTS PPP PPG PPA SHP SHG SHA SOG +/- PIM HIT BLK FOW FPTS
2.65 2.87 5.52 0.01 0.00 0.01 1.73 0.00 1.37 8.40 2.52 6.73 0.59 5.76 0.00 7.9
G AST PTS PPP PPG PPA SHP SHG SHA SOG +/- PIM HIT BLK FOW FPTS
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Outlook Pavel Mintyukov

Mintyukov carries surging offensive form into road tilt against Flames

FantasySP AI Analysis Updated 10 hrs ago
Latest News Pavel Mintyukov
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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Caufield over Mintyukov

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Caufield ... NAN%

BOTH ... NAN%

PROJECTION
FPTS: 6.7
G AST PTS PPP PPG PPA SHP SHG SHA SOG +/- PIM HIT BLK FOW FPTS
3.75 0.35 4.10 2.29 2.21 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 13.25 1.36 2.26 1.61 1.23 0.11 6.7
G AST PTS PPP PPG PPA SHP SHG SHA SOG +/- PIM HIT BLK FOW FPTS
0.75 0.35 1.1 0.29 0.21 0.07 0 0 0 3.25 0.36 0.26 0.61 0.23 0.11 5.2
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Outlook Cole Caufield

Caufield brings red-hot scoring touch into Scotiabank Arena matchup with Maple Leafs

Cole Caufield heads into tonight’s road matchup at Scotiabank Arena in scorching form, fresh off netting another overtime winner against Utah on Thursday. The dynamic winger has been dialed in offensively, racking up five goals and seven points across his past six outings while maintaining elite offensive deployment. Caufield remains locked onto Montreal’s top forward line alongside Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky, while also commanding prime trigger-man duties on the top power-play unit. The Canadiens (10–3–3) visit Toronto as slight favorites in what projects to be a higher-scoring environment, likely facing Sergei Bobrovsky (unconfirmed) in goal for the Maple Leafs.

Our projections point toward another productive evening for Caufield, anticipating ~1 point, ~2–3 shots on goal, and a good chance to score, translating to about 5.2 fantasy points with tangible power-play upside. Tonight wraps up Montreal's three-game weekly slate, providing fantasy managers a final opportunity to leverage his prolific week after already burying three goals across the first two contests. With his shooting volume remaining high and his top-line role completely secure, he remains an automatic play in all formats tonight. Today’s action: Strong Start.

FantasySP AI Analysis Updated 29 mins ago
Latest News Cole Caufield
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Performance Pavel Mintyukov
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
2246253
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
2246253
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Cole Caufield
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
30312-123
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
52718226
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Pavel Mintyukov
OWN
 
6%
+4.76 compared to last week
START
 
6%
+5.01 compared to last week
OWN/START Cole Caufield
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
89%
No change since last week.
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Pavel Mintyukov
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Cole Caufield
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Pavel Mintyukov

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 84th with 33.0 total points (2.75 avg).
  • He is currently 98 points behind the leader: Evan Bouchard
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 3.6 PPG. If you don't have the confidence he can keep it up, then trade him for a sure thing.
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 50 in goals with 2 and is currently ranked 48th among D.
  • Top 75 in assists with 4, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 69th among D.
  • Ranked 99th in +/- with 1.
  • Ranked 148th in shots on goal with 11.
  • Ranked 127th in time on ice with 17:11:23.0769.
  • Ranked 111th in total penalty minutes with 7.
  • Top 75 in blocked shots with 23, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 67th among D.
  • Top 3 in shorthanded assists with 2 and is currently ranked 2nd among D.
  • Ranked 224th in hits with 2.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 1 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.1667
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.1025
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +0.3782
Breakdown Cole Caufield

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 7th with 76.2 total points (4.76 avg).
  • He is currently 20.5 points behind the leader: David Pastrnak
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.6 PPG.
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 3 in goals with 11 and is currently ranked 1st among RW.
  • Top 50 in assists with 4 and is currently ranked 45th among RW.
  • Top 15 in +/- with 5 and is currently ranked 15th among RW.
  • Top 6 in shots on goal with 54 and is currently ranked 4th among RW.
  • Top 15 in time on ice with 18:39:26.2500 and is currently ranked 13th among RW.
  • Top 50 in total penalty minutes with 8 and is currently ranked 42nd among RW.
  • Top 100 in blocked shots with 3 and is currently ranked 87th among RW.
  • Ranked 24th in powerplay goals with 2.
  • Ranked 49th in powerplay assists with 1.
  • Ranked 39th in faceoffs won with 3.
  • Ranked 69th in hits with 11.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 2 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: -0.0268
  • AVG Assists per game: -0.1786
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +0.7321
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Pavel Mintyukov

No Injury Reported

Injury Cole Caufield

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Pavel Mintyukov
DateOpponentResult
Nov 03@VANW 5-4
Nov 05@EDMW 5-4
Nov 06@CGY
Nov 08VS PIT
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
23510175
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Cole Caufield
DateOpponentResult
Nov 03VS WPGL 4-5
Nov 05VS UTAW 5-4
Nov 07@TOR
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
32513144
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Pavel Mintyukov
4.59
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Cole Caufield
11.97
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Pavel Mintyukov
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
23-24 ANA 71 4 24 28 -20 24 88 16 76 0 65
24-25 ANA 82 5 14 19 -4 20 70 14 81 0 92
25-26 ANA 88 8 14 22 -6 19 85 16 47 0 120
26-27 ANA 13 2 4 6 1 7 11 17 2 0 23
ON PACE 66 10 20 30 1 35 56 17 10 0 117
3-YEAR AVG 80 6 17 23 -30 21 81 68 0 92
Totals 260 19 56 75 -30 72 264 16 208 0 311
Career Cole Caufield
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
21-22 MON 71 23 21 44 -25 10 191 15 18 6 7
22-23 MON 51 25 10 35 -9 2 156 15 18 0 12
23-24 MON 82 28 37 65 -5 16 313 19 47 7 22
24-25 MON 87 40 34 74 3 14 262 18 70 7 31
25-26 MON 88 52 40 92 24 14 270 18 62 6 22
26-27 MON 15 11 4 15 6 6 51 18 8 2 3
ON PACE 76 56 20 76 6 30 261 18 41 10 15
3-YEAR AVG 86 40 37 77 22 15 282 60 7 25
Totals 443 192 159 351 -21 66 1362 17 252 29 103
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