Who to start · 2025-26
Artemi Panarin vs Dylan Strome
Blending 2025-26 with 2026-27 so far, Artemi Panarin projects to 2.00 fantasy points per game under ESPN default scoring to Dylan Strome's 1.72.
Panarin had 84 points in 78 games; Strome had 58 in 80 games.
This week Panarin has 1 game left; Strome has 1 left. We project Panarin for 2.0 ESPN points to Strome's 1.8.
Artemi Panarin has the better number in 21 of the 34 stats both are ranked on.
Panarin's biggest edges: Net penalties drawn /60 +0.26, Hardest shot 89.5, Corsi 54.3%.
Strome's biggest edges: Faceoffs won 777, Blocked shots 53, Forecheck xG /60 0.36.
- • 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 2 SOG.
- • 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 2 A, 1 PPP, 2 SOG.
Fantasy value: your scoring
Artemi Panarin
2.00
fantasy points per game
Dylan Strome
1.72
fantasy points per game
Under ESPN default points, Artemi Panarin has the edge.
| Points per game from | Panarin | Strome |
|---|---|---|
| Goals (+2) | 0.80 | 0.45 |
| Assists (+1) | 0.67 | 0.58 |
| Power-play points (+0.5) | 0.14 | 0.15 |
| Shorthanded points (+0.5) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Shots on goal (+0.1) | 0.28 | 0.18 |
| Hits (+0.1) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Blocks (+0.5) | 0.10 | 0.34 |
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 Strome
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 12G 15A, 72 SOG · Strome 5G 13A, 42 SOG
Panarin blocked 0 of Strome's shots; Strome blocked 3 of Panarin's.
On the ice against each other (Panarin's side)
19:54 at 5-on-5 over 3 games, 2025-26, from Panarin's side
- Shot attempts
- 24–26
- 48.0%
- Expected goals
- 1.1–1.0
- 53.9%
- Goals
- 0–2
Games against each other
| Date | Score | Panarin | Strome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | NYR 3–6 WSH | 0G 2A 3S | 0G 0A 0S |
| 2025-12-23 | NYR 7–3 WSH | 1G 1A 4S | 1G 0A 2S |
| 2025-10-12 | NYR 0–1 WSH | 0G 0A 1S | 0G 0A 1S |
| 2025-03-05 | NYR 2–3 WSH | 1G 0A 3S | 0G 1A 1S |
| 2025-01-04 | NYR 4–7 WSH | 0G 0A 4S | 1G 2A 4S |
| 2024-10-29 | NYR 3–5 WSH | 0G 0A 2S | 0G 2A 1S |
| 2024-04-28 · PO | NYR 4–2 WSH | 1G 1A 4S | 0G 1A 2S |
| 2024-04-26 · PO | NYR 3–1 WSH | 0G 0A 0S | 0G 0A 6S |
| 2024-04-23 · PO | NYR 4–3 WSH | 0G 0A 0S | 1G 0A 1S |
| 2024-04-21 · PO | NYR 4–1 WSH | 1G 0A 7S | 0G 0A 1S |
| 2024-01-14 | NYR 2–1 WSH | 1G 0A 4S | 0G 1A 0S |
| 2024-01-13 | NYR 2–3 WSH | 0G 0A 3S | 0G 1A 2S |
Latest 12 of 24 meetings.
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Season values; bars are percentiles at each player's position (longer is better). Click a stat for its explainer.
Fantasy box score
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
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)
Dylan Strome
2games (1 left)
1.8proj. ESPN pts
- Fri, Oct 2 @ CAROpp allows 13th-fewest FP to CLikely vs Brandon Bussi (.895)
- Sat, Oct 3 @ TBLB2B1.8 ptsOpp allows 11th-most FP to CSchedule edge −13.3 win%vs Andrei Vasilevskiy (.912)
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FAQ
- Should I start Artemi Panarin or Dylan Strome in fantasy hockey?
- Blending 2025-26 with 2026-27 so far, Artemi Panarin projects to 2.00 fantasy points per game under ESPN default scoring to Dylan Strome's 1.72. Panarin had 84 points in 78 games; Strome had 58 in 80 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 Dylan Strome?
- On 2025-26 numbers, Artemi Panarin leads in 21 of 34 stats where both qualify, from scoring and power-play production to on-ice shot share and NHL EDGE tracking.
- How have Panarin and Strome done against each other?
- In 24 games against each other in our data, Panarin's team went 14–10. Panarin had 27 points (12 goals) and Strome 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 →