Who to start · 2025-26
Dylan Cozens vs Nico Hischier
Blending 2025-26 with 2026-27 so far, Nico Hischier projects to 1.93 fantasy points per game under ESPN default scoring to Dylan Cozens's 1.90.
Cozens had 59 points in 82 games; Hischier had 66 in 82 games.
This week Cozens has 1 game left with 1 tough matchup; Hischier has 1 left. We project Hischier for 1.9 ESPN points to Cozens's 1.4.
Dylan Cozens has the better number in 19 of the 35 stats both are ranked on.
Cozens's biggest edges: Goals above expected +2.0, Hits 215, Offensive-zone start % 60.9%.
Hischier's biggest edges: Blocked shots 62, Net penalties drawn /60 +0.28, Ice-time share 34.2%.
Head to head on the dot, Hischier leads Cozens 38–34.
- • 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 2 SOG.
Fantasy value: your scoring
Dylan Cozens
1.90
fantasy points per game
Nico Hischier
2.00
fantasy points per game
Under ESPN default points, Nico Hischier has the edge.
| Points per game from | Cozens | Hischier |
|---|---|---|
| Goals (+2) | 0.68 | 0.68 |
| Assists (+1) | 0.38 | 0.46 |
| Power-play points (+0.5) | 0.18 | 0.14 |
| Shorthanded points (+0.5) | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Shots on goal (+0.1) | 0.25 | 0.26 |
| Hits (+0.1) | 0.26 | 0.07 |
| Blocks (+0.5) | 0.15 | 0.38 |
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: Cozens vs Hischier
Every event between them in NHL play-by-play, 2020-21 to 2025-26: games against each other, faceoffs, shots on goal, hits and penalties. Regular season and playoffs.
Cozens 5G 5A, 34 SOG · Hischier 7G 7A, 48 SOG
Cozens's offensive zone 10–15 · neutral 15–12 · Cozens's defensive zone 9–11 (2020-21 to 2025-26)
Cozens blocked 1 of Hischier's shots; Hischier blocked 0 of Cozens's.
On the ice against each other (Cozens's side)
12:25 at 5-on-5 over 3 games, 2025-26, from Cozens's side
- Shot attempts
- 23–9
- 71.9%
- Expected goals
- 0.6–0.1
- 80.7%
- Goals
- 0–0
Games against each other
| Date | Score | Cozens | Hischier |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | OTT 3–4 NJD | 0G 0A 4S | 2G 1A 5S |
| 2026-01-31 | OTT 4–1 NJD | 1G 0A 2S | 0G 0A 3S |
| 2025-12-09 | OTT 3–4 NJD | 0G 2A 1S | 0G 0A 3S |
| 2025-03-22 | OTT 3–2 NJD | 0G 1A 0S | 1G 0A 5S |
| 2024-10-05 | BUF 1–3 NJD | 0G 0A 1S | 0G 0A 1S |
| 2024-10-04 | BUF 1–4 NJD | 0G 0A 7S | 1G 0A 4S |
| 2024-03-29 | BUF 5–2 NJD | 0G 1A 2S | 0G 1A 1S |
| 2023-11-25 | BUF 2–7 NJD | 0G 0A 0S | 1G 1A 2S |
| 2023-10-27 | BUF 4–5 NJD | 1G 0A 1S | 0G 0A 0S |
| 2023-04-11 | BUF 2–6 NJD | 0G 0A 3S | 0G 2A 2S |
| 2023-03-24 | BUF 5–4 NJD | 1G 1A 2S | 0G 1A 3S |
| 2022-11-25 | BUF 1–3 NJD | 0G 0A 1S | 0G 1A 2S |
Latest 12 of 17 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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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.
Dylan Cozens
1games
1.4proj. ESPN pts
- Sat, Oct 3 @ TOR1.4 ptsOpp allows 7th-fewest FP to CLikely vs Sergei Bobrovsky (.877)
Nico Hischier
2games (1 left)
1.9proj. ESPN pts
- Thu, Oct 1 vs PHIOpp allows 7th-most FP to CSchedule edge +9.3 win%Likely vs Joseph Woll (.899)
- Sat, Oct 3 @ NYI1.9 ptsOpp allows 15th-most FP to CSchedule edge −4.0 win%vs Ilya Sorokin (.906)
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FAQ
- Should I start Dylan Cozens or Nico Hischier in fantasy hockey?
- Blending 2025-26 with 2026-27 so far, Nico Hischier projects to 1.93 fantasy points per game under ESPN default scoring to Dylan Cozens's 1.90. Cozens had 59 points in 82 games; Hischier had 66 in 82 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, Dylan Cozens or Nico Hischier?
- On 2025-26 numbers, Dylan Cozens leads in 19 of 35 stats where both qualify, from scoring and power-play production to on-ice shot share and NHL EDGE tracking.
- How have Cozens and Hischier done against each other?
- In 17 games against each other in our data, Cozens's team went 7–10. Cozens had 10 points (5 goals) and Hischier had 14 (7 goals).
- Who wins more faceoffs, Cozens or Hischier?
- Against each other, Cozens has won 34 and Hischier 38 of their 72 head-to-head draws.
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 →