Who to start · 2025-26
Filip Hronek vs Josh Morrissey
Blending 2025-26 with 2026-27 so far, Filip Hronek projects to 2.03 fantasy points per game under ESPN default scoring to Josh Morrissey's 1.96.
Hronek had 49 points in 82 games; Morrissey had 55 in 77 games.
This week Hronek has 2 games left with 1 soft matchup; Morrissey has 1 left. We project Hronek for 3.5 ESPN points to Morrissey's 2.0.
Josh Morrissey has the better number in 21 of the 34 stats both are ranked on.
Hronek's biggest edges: Transition attempts /60 0.80, Hits 133, Turnover Ledger /60 −0.069.
Morrissey's biggest edges: Plus/minus +6, On-ice PDO 1026, Sequence xG 51.2%.
- • 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 4 A, 1 PPP, 3 SOG.
- • 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 4 SOG.
Fantasy value: your scoring
Filip Hronek
2.03
fantasy points per game
Josh Morrissey
1.96
fantasy points per game
Under ESPN default points, Filip Hronek has the edge.
| Points per game from | Hronek | Morrissey |
|---|---|---|
| Goals (+2) | 0.17 | 0.34 |
| Assists (+1) | 0.68 | 0.50 |
| Power-play points (+0.5) | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| Shorthanded points (+0.5) | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Shots on goal (+0.1) | 0.17 | 0.20 |
| Hits (+0.1) | 0.14 | 0.04 |
| Blocks (+0.5) | 0.71 | 0.78 |
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: Hronek vs Morrissey
Every event between them in NHL play-by-play, 2018-19 to 2025-26: games against each other, faceoffs, shots on goal, hits and penalties. Regular season and playoffs.
Hronek 1G 3A, 20 SOG · Morrissey 2G 4A, 31 SOG
Hronek blocked 2 of Morrissey's shots; Morrissey blocked 2 of Hronek's.
On the ice against each other (Hronek's side)
16:54 at 5-on-5 over 2 games, 2025-26, from Hronek's side
- Shot attempts
- 10–21
- 32.3%
- Expected goals
- 0.4–1.4
- 20.5%
- Goals
- 0–2
Games against each other
| Date | Score | Hronek | Morrissey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-07 | VAN 2–3 WPG | 0G 0A 2S | 1G 1A 5S |
| 2025-11-11 | VAN 3–5 WPG | 0G 0A 0S | 1G 2A 1S |
| 2025-03-30 | VAN 1–3 WPG | 0G 0A 2S | 0G 0A 2S |
| 2025-03-18 | VAN 6–2 WPG | 0G 0A 1S | 0G 0A 1S |
| 2025-01-14 | VAN 1–6 WPG | 0G 0A 0S | 0G 0A 2S |
| 2024-03-09 | VAN 5–0 WPG | 0G 0A 1S | 0G 0A 2S |
| 2024-02-17 | VAN 2–4 WPG | 0G 0A 4S | 0G 0A 3S |
| 2023-01-10 | DET 7–5 WPG | 0G 0A 0S | 0G 0A 4S |
| 2022-04-06 | DET 3–1 WPG | 0G 0A 0S | 0G 0A 4S |
| 2022-01-13 | DET 0–3 WPG | 0G 0A 6S | 0G 0A 3S |
| 2019-12-12 | DET 5–2 WPG | 1G 2A 3S | 0G 0A 1S |
| 2019-12-10 | DET 1–5 WPG | 0G 0A 0S | 0G 1A 2S |
Latest 12 of 13 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.
Filip Hronek
4games (2 left)
3.5proj. ESPN pts
- Tue, Sep 29 @ EDMOpp allows 13th-most FP to DLikely vs Tristan Jarry (.882)
- Thu, Oct 1 vs EDMOpp allows 13th-most FP to DLikely vs Devon Levi (.682)
- Sat, Oct 3 vs CGY2.1 ptsOpp allows the most FP to DSchedule edge −3.4 win%Likely vs Dustin Wolf (.899)
- Sun, Oct 4 vs VGKB2B1.4 ptsOpp allows 12th-fewest FP to DSchedule edge −9.3 win%Likely vs Carter Hart (.891)
Josh Morrissey
2games (1 left)
2.0proj. ESPN pts
- Fri, Oct 2 vs BOSOpp allows 8th-fewest FP to DLikely vs Jeremy Swayman (.908)
- Sun, Oct 4 @ DET2.0 ptsOpp allows 15th-most FP to DLikely vs John Gibson (.901)
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FAQ
- Should I start Filip Hronek or Josh Morrissey in fantasy hockey?
- Blending 2025-26 with 2026-27 so far, Filip Hronek projects to 2.03 fantasy points per game under ESPN default scoring to Josh Morrissey's 1.96. Hronek had 49 points in 82 games; Morrissey had 55 in 77 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, Filip Hronek or Josh Morrissey?
- On 2025-26 numbers, Josh Morrissey 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 Hronek and Morrissey done against each other?
- In 13 games against each other in our data, Hronek's team went 5–8. Hronek had 4 points (1 goals) and Morrissey had 6 (2 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 →