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Leevi Merilainen or Aleksander Barkov

Who Should I Start? - Week 23 • Start New
Leevi Merilainen

Leevi Merilainen

GOttawa Senators OTT
Aleksander Barkov

Aleksander Barkov

CFlorida Panthers FLA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merilainen over Barkov

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Leevi Merilainen
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Barkov over Merilainen

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Aleksander Barkov
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Performance Leevi Merilainen
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WINS GAA SV% SO GP
0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

WINS GAA SV% SO GP
0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Aleksander Barkov
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
1347203
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
33615106
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Leevi Merilainen
OWN
 
6%
-4.47 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-0.11 compared to last week
OWN/START Aleksander Barkov
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
87%
+5.78 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Leevi Merilainen
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Aleksander Barkov
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Leevi Merilainen

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 55th with 62.8 total points (5.23 avg).
  • He is currently 218.2 points behind the leader: Connor Hellebuyck
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.2.
  • Trending Goalie Analysis

  • Top 10 in shutouts with 1 and is currently ranked 9th among goalies.
  • Ranked 56th in wins with 1.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 12 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • Goals Against Average: +1.83
  • Save Percentage: +0.926
Breakdown Aleksander Barkov

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 11th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 26th with 238.6 total points (4.34 avg).
  • He is currently 192.4 points behind the leader: Nathan MacKinnon
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Top 35 in goals with 6 and is currently ranked 34th among C.
  • Top 6 in assists with 13 and is currently ranked 5th among C.
  • Ranked 26th in +/- with 5.
  • Top 50 in shots on goal with 32 and is currently ranked 49th among C.
  • Top 20 in time on ice with 20:13:34.2857 and is currently ranked 17th among C.
  • Top 100 in blocked shots with 9 and is currently ranked 80th among C.
  • Ranked 27th in powerplay goals with 2.
  • Top 4 in powerplay assists with 7 and is currently ranked 2nd among C.
  • Ranked 44th in faceoffs won with 108.
  • Ranked 77th in hits with 17.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 55 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.3091
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.7818
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +2.2
Next Up Health Check
Injury Leevi Merilainen

No Injury Reported

Injury Aleksander Barkov

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Leevi Merilainen
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10VS DETW 2-1
Mar 11@PHIW 5-2
Mar 13VS BOS
Mar 15@TOR
WINS GAA SV% SO GP
15.000.82101
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Aleksander Barkov
DateOpponentResult
Mar 11@BOSL 3-2
Mar 13@TOR
Mar 15@MON
Mar 16@NYI
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
16712208
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Leevi Merilainen
1.04
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Aleksander Barkov
11.01
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Leevi Merilainen
YEAR TEAM GP W GAA SV% SA
24-25 OTT 12 8 1.83 .926 274
ON PACE 15 10 1.83 926 351
3-YEAR AVG 1 0 3.00 .878 22
Totals 14 8 2.00 .919 317
Career Aleksander Barkov
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
13-14 FLA 55 8 16 24 -3 10 87 16 16 400 27
14-15 FLA 71 16 20 36 -4 16 124 17 37 461 33
15-16 FLA 67 29 30 59 16 10 176 19 44 575 39
16-17 FLA 59 19 31 50 10 10 132 19 38 458 29
17-18 FLA 79 27 48 75 7 14 253 22 30 910 67
18-19 FLA 82 36 61 97 -2 8 206 22 28 1034 62
19-20 FLA 68 20 42 62 2 18 175 19 21 670 37
21-22 FLA 53 25 29 54 12 14 166 18 29 527 37
21-22 FLA 80 40 52 92 41 18 217 17 50 730 42
22-23 FLA 87 24 60 84 11 10 224 18 68 787 49
23-24 FLA 87 24 60 84 36 26 206 17 97 669 56
24-25 FLA 65 17 43 60 3 12 121 17 66 498 48
ON PACE 82 21 54 75 3 15 152 17 83 628 60
3-YEAR AVG 93 31 61 92 96 22 240 88 816 56
Totals 907 299 526 825 126 186 2238 19 631 8287 570
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