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Brent Burns or Nick Cousins

Who Should I Start? - Week 23 • Start New
Brent Burns

Brent Burns

DCarolina Hurricanes CAR
Nick Cousins

Nick Cousins

COttawa Senators OTT
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Burns over Cousins

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cousins over Burns

 
 
 
 
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Performance Brent Burns
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
1014103
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
10113307
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nick Cousins
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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 Brent Burns
OWN
48%
-3.11 compared to last week
START
42%
-2.59 compared to last week
OWN/START Nick Cousins
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brent Burns
47th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nick Cousins
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Brent Burns

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 47th among D's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 38th with 174.5 total points (2.68 avg).
  • He is currently 188.5 points behind the leader: Cale Makar
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Ranked 105th in goals with 1.
  • Ranked 102nd in assists with 3.
  • Top 25 in +/- with 7 and is currently ranked 22nd among D.
  • Top 20 in shots on goal with 32 and is currently ranked 20th among D.
  • Top 75 in time on ice with 21:27:08.0000, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 59th among D.
  • Top 50 in total penalty minutes with 10 and is currently ranked 49th among D.
  • Ranked 110th in blocked shots with 19.
  • Ranked 61st in powerplay assists with 1.
  • Ranked 235th in hits with 2.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 65 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.0769
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.2615
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +2.3077
Breakdown Nick Cousins

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 164th with 73.5 total points (1.56 avg).
  • He is currently 357.5 points behind the leader: Nathan MacKinnon
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.6 PPG.
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Ranked 124th in +/- with 0.
  • Ranked 254th in time on ice with 00:00:00.0000.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 47 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.1064
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.1702
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +1.3404
Next Up Health Check
Injury Brent Burns

No Injury Reported

Injury Nick Cousins

LOWER BODY - Since Jan 27, 2025

Cousins suffered a lower-body injury and has been placed on the long-term injured reserve list.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Brent Burns
DateOpponentResult
Mar 11VS TBW 4-1
Mar 14VS DET
Mar 15@PHI
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
03312346
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nick Cousins
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10VS DETW 2-1
Mar 11@PHIW 5-2
Mar 13VS BOS
Mar 15@TOR
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0116-268
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Brent Burns
7.86
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nick Cousins
1.09
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Brent Burns
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
09-10 MIN 47 3 17 20 -15 32 103 21 0 0 0
10-11 MIN 80 16 28 44 -14 98 170 24 0 0 0
11-12 SJ 77 10 26 36 6 30 193 22 0 0 0
13-14 SJ 30 9 10 19 1 20 81 16 54 4 13
13-14 SJ 69 21 23 44 24 34 236 16 142 60 24
14-15 SJ 83 17 44 61 -11 67 246 23 146 0 127
15-16 SJ 82 27 49 76 -2 53 351 25 103 1 145
16-17 SJ 82 29 44 73 19 40 314 24 70 0 140
17-18 SJ 82 12 55 67 -17 46 326 25 79 0 138
18-19 SJ 83 16 67 83 12 34 307 25 93 0 106
19-20 SJ 71 12 34 46 -24 34 230 25 73 0 115
21-22 SJ 51 7 21 28 -8 34 121 26 31 0 91
21-22 SJ 84 11 45 56 -14 42 211 26 58 0 154
22-23 CAR 87 18 49 67 16 50 282 23 47 1 94
23-24 CAR 87 11 34 45 21 20 194 21 35 0 96
24-25 CAR 65 5 17 22 5 22 150 21 10 0 89
ON PACE 82 6 21 27 5 27 189 21 12 0 112
3-YEAR AVG 89 14 43 57 30 42 239 52 0 121
Totals 1184 227 570 797 2 676 3582 23 967 66 1366
Career Nick Cousins
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
15-16 PHI 37 7 4 11 6 4 42 10 39 110 17
16-17 PHI 58 5 11 16 -5 27 94 11 58 86 23
17-18 ARI 71 12 7 19 -7 31 117 12 119 86 37
18-19 ARI 82 8 21 29 -6 35 145 13 118 248 52
19-20 MON 65 10 15 25 0 35 115 13 91 35 31
21-22 NAS 52 5 11 16 4 41 59 12 43 17 13
21-22 NAS 76 10 16 26 -5 33 105 11 66 24 29
22-23 FLA 87 9 21 30 -4 40 109 10 100 72 37
23-24 FLA 76 7 9 16 2 64 114 11 111 17 34
24-25 OTT 56 5 8 13 -1 39 63 9 80 1 24
ON PACE 71 6 10 16 -1 49 80 9 102 1 30
3-YEAR AVG 86 9 16 25 -11 50 115 109 40 39
Totals 720 82 126 208 -22 389 1007 11 914 732 337
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