Who to start · 2025-26
Artemi Panarin vs Charlie McAvoy
Blending 2025-26 with 2026-27 so far, Charlie McAvoy projects to 2.41 fantasy points per game under ESPN default scoring to Artemi Panarin's 2.00.
Panarin had 84 points in 78 games; McAvoy had 61 in 69 games.
This week Panarin has 1 game left; McAvoy has 1 left with 1 tough matchup. We project Panarin for 2.0 ESPN points to McAvoy's 1.7.
Artemi Panarin has the better number in 18 of the 33 stats both are ranked on.
Panarin's biggest edges: Offensive-zone start % 70.9%, Offensive-zone time 46.0%, Corsi 54.3%.
McAvoy's biggest edges: Faceoffs won 0, Blocked shots 129, Hits 79.
- • 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 2 SOG.
Fantasy value: your scoring
Artemi Panarin
1.99
fantasy points per game
Charlie McAvoy
2.41
fantasy points per game
Under ESPN default points, Charlie McAvoy has the edge.
| Points per game from | Panarin | McAvoy |
|---|---|---|
| Goals (+2) | 0.72 | 0.32 |
| Assists (+1) | 0.72 | 0.72 |
| Power-play points (+0.5) | 0.15 | 0.16 |
| Shorthanded points (+0.5) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Shots on goal (+0.1) | 0.29 | 0.16 |
| Hits (+0.1) | 0.01 | 0.11 |
| Blocks (+0.5) | 0.10 | 0.93 |
Per-game rates from the selected sample; blended mixes last season with this season, weighting this season more as games are played. Categories are scored as z-scores against qualified players at the same position. Your custom weights are saved in this browser only.
Head-to-head: Panarin vs McAvoy
Every event between them in NHL play-by-play, 2017-18 to 2025-26: games against each other, faceoffs, shots on goal, hits and penalties. Regular season and playoffs.
Panarin 9G 16A, 68 SOG · McAvoy 5G 13A, 42 SOG
Panarin blocked 0 of McAvoy's shots; McAvoy blocked 11 of Panarin's.
On the ice against each other (Panarin's side)
17:32 at 5-on-5 over 3 games, 2025-26, from Panarin's side
- Shot attempts
- 21–13
- 61.8%
- Expected goals
- 0.5–0.7
- 42.9%
- Goals
- 1–2
Games against each other
| Date | Score | Panarin | McAvoy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | LAK 1–2 BOS | 0G 0A 2S | 1G 0A 3S |
| 2026-01-26 | NYR 4–3 BOS | 0G 1A 2S | 0G 1A 2S |
| 2026-01-10 | NYR 2–10 BOS | 0G 1A 2S | 1G 1A 1S |
| 2025-02-05 | NYR 3–2 BOS | 1G 0A 4S | 0G 1A 1S |
| 2025-02-01 | NYR 3–6 BOS | 0G 1A 2S | 1G 0A 2S |
| 2025-01-02 | NYR 2–1 BOS | 0G 0A 0S | 0G 1A 3S |
| 2024-03-21 | NYR 5–2 BOS | 3G 0A 6S | 0G 0A 1S |
| 2023-11-25 | NYR 7–4 BOS | 1G 2A 4S | 0G 0A 0S |
| 2023-03-04 | NYR 2–4 BOS | 0G 0A 0S | 0G 1A 2S |
| 2023-01-19 | NYR 1–3 BOS | 0G 0A 5S | 0G 0A 4S |
| 2022-02-15 | NYR 2–1 BOS | 0G 0A 2S | 0G 0A 0S |
| 2022-04-23 | NYR 1–3 BOS | 0G 0A 2S | 0G 1A 1S |
Latest 12 of 29 meetings.
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Season values; bars are percentiles at each player's position (longer is better). Click a stat for its explainer.
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Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
Usage
Special teams & discipline
This week's schedule
Sep 28 to Oct 4. More games usually wins a weekly start/sit. Chips show how many fantasy points the opponent allows to the player's position (soft or tough), the Schedule Edge from rest and travel, and the likely opposing goalie with his save percentage. Projections use ESPN default points for the games left.
Artemi Panarin
2games (1 left)
2.0proj. ESPN pts
- Wed, Sep 30 @ COLOpp allows 7th-most FP to LWLikely vs Mackenzie Blackwood (.903)
- Sat, Oct 3 @ SJS2.0 ptsOpp allows 15th-fewest FP to LWSchedule edge −3.2 win%Likely vs Yaroslav Askarov (.884)
Charlie McAvoy
3games (1 left)
1.7proj. ESPN pts
- Tue, Sep 29 vs NYROpp allows 9th-fewest FP to DLikely vs Igor Shesterkin (.912)
- Fri, Oct 2 @ WPGOpp allows 8th-most FP to DLikely vs Stuart Skinner (.888)
- Sat, Oct 3 @ MINB2B1.7 ptsOpp allows 6th-fewest FP to DSchedule edge −12.7 win%vs Jesper Wallstedt (.916)
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FAQ
- Should I start Artemi Panarin or Charlie McAvoy in fantasy hockey?
- Blending 2025-26 with 2026-27 so far, Charlie McAvoy projects to 2.41 fantasy points per game under ESPN default scoring to Artemi Panarin's 2.00. Panarin had 84 points in 78 games; McAvoy had 61 in 69 games. Check this week's games and your league's scoring in the fantasy panel above, since more games usually decide a weekly start.
- Who is better, Artemi Panarin or Charlie McAvoy?
- On 2025-26 numbers, Artemi Panarin leads in 18 of 33 stats where both qualify, from scoring and power-play production to on-ice shot share and NHL EDGE tracking.
- How have Panarin and McAvoy done against each other?
- In 29 games against each other in our data, Panarin's team went 12–17. Panarin had 25 points (9 goals) and McAvoy had 18 (5 goals).
2025-26 regular season from NHL play-by-play, shift charts and NHL EDGE, processed by Edgehalla. Head-to-head covers every loaded season (play-by-play from 2019-20; on-ice matchups from 2025-26).Compare other players →