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Sam Steel or Nick Cousins

Who Should I Start? - Week 23 • Start New
Sam Steel

Sam Steel

CDallas Stars DAL
Nick Cousins

Nick Cousins

COttawa Senators OTT
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Steel over Cousins

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Sam Steel
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cousins over Steel

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nick Cousins
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Performance Sam Steel
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G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0000-103
Season stats based on the past 7 days

G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
1122106
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 Sam Steel
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since 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 Sam Steel
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nick Cousins
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Sam Steel

    Overview

  • Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 143rd with 90.5 total points (1.46 avg).
  • He is currently 340.5 points behind the leader: Nathan MacKinnon
  • Trending Offensive Breakdown

  • Ranked 135th in goals with 2.
  • Ranked 137th in assists with 2.
  • Ranked 86th in +/- with 1.
  • Ranked 142nd in shots on goal with 16.
  • Ranked 136th in time on ice with 13:15:20.0000.
  • Ranked 168th in total penalty minutes with 2.
  • Ranked 186th in blocked shots with 4.
  • Ranked 18th in shorthanded goals with 1.
  • Ranked 111th in faceoffs won with 48.
  • Ranked 222nd in hits with 3.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 62 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
  • AVG Goals per game: +0.0968
  • AVG Assists per game: +0.2097
  • AVG Shots on Goal per game: +1.2258
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 Sam Steel

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 Sam Steel
DateOpponentResult
Mar 14@WPG
Mar 16@COL
G AST PTS SOG +/- PIM GP
0111-324
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 Sam Steel
0.60
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nick Cousins
1.09
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Sam Steel
YEAR TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM SOG TOI/G HIT FOW BLK
18-19 ANA 22 6 5 11 2 8 33 14 9 108 6
19-20 ANA 65 6 16 22 -13 20 85 15 24 369 25
21-22 ANA 43 6 6 12 -6 8 40 13 39 226 16
21-22 ANA 83 6 14 20 -17 16 67 10 37 210 28
22-23 MIN 87 11 19 30 12 18 90 11 52 342 16
23-24 DAL 87 9 16 25 0 31 91 12 58 109 35
24-25 DAL 64 6 13 19 -1 22 76 14 47 167 18
ON PACE 82 7 16 24 -1 28 97 14 60 213 23
3-YEAR AVG 86 9 16 25 -5 22 83 49 220 26
Totals 472 51 92 143 -23 123 501 12 292 1582 151
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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