Who to start · 2025-26
Filip Hronek vs MacKenzie Weegar
Blending 2025-26 with 2026-27 so far, Filip Hronek projects to 2.03 fantasy points per game under ESPN default scoring to MacKenzie Weegar's 1.93.
Hronek had 49 points in 82 games; Weegar had 28 in 79 games.
This week Hronek has 2 games left with 1 soft matchup; Weegar has 2 left with 2 tough matchups. We project Hronek for 3.5 ESPN points to Weegar's 3.0.
Filip Hronek has the better number in 20 of the 34 stats both are ranked on.
Hronek's biggest edges: Net penalties drawn /60 −0.09, Goals above expected +0.8, Luck Meter +3.
Weegar's biggest edges: Forecheck xG /60 0.35, Penalty minutes 88, Fenwick 51.6%.
- • 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, 2 SOG.
Fantasy value: your scoring
Filip Hronek
2.03
fantasy points per game
MacKenzie Weegar
1.93
fantasy points per game
Under ESPN default points, Filip Hronek has the edge.
| Points per game from | Hronek | Weegar |
|---|---|---|
| Goals (+2) | 0.17 | 0.09 |
| Assists (+1) | 0.68 | 0.28 |
| Power-play points (+0.5) | 0.14 | 0.04 |
| Shorthanded points (+0.5) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Shots on goal (+0.1) | 0.17 | 0.20 |
| Hits (+0.1) | 0.14 | 0.24 |
| Blocks (+0.5) | 0.71 | 1.07 |
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 Weegar
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 6A, 53 SOG · Weegar 4G 9A, 51 SOG
Hronek blocked 2 of Weegar's shots; Weegar blocked 3 of Hronek's.
On the ice against each other (Hronek's side)
11:32 at 5-on-5 over 2 games, 2025-26, from Hronek's side
- Shot attempts
- 10–5
- 66.7%
- Expected goals
- 0.5–0.3
- 66.8%
- Goals
- 0–0
Games against each other
| Date | Score | Hronek | Weegar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-23 | VAN 2–5 CGY | 1G 0A 3S | 0G 0A 0S |
| 2025-10-09 | VAN 5–1 CGY | 0G 0A 3S | 0G 0A 1S |
| 2025-03-12 | VAN 4–3 CGY | 0G 1A 1S | 0G 2A 0S |
| 2024-11-12 | VAN 3–1 CGY | 0G 0A 0S | 0G 0A 5S |
| 2024-10-09 | VAN 5–6 CGY | 0G 1A 2S | 1G 0A 5S |
| 2024-04-16 | VAN 4–1 CGY | 0G 0A 1S | 0G 0A 4S |
| 2024-03-23 | VAN 4–2 CGY | 0G 0A 1S | 0G 0A 1S |
| 2023-12-02 | VAN 4–3 CGY | 0G 2A 2S | 0G 1A 6S |
| 2023-11-16 | VAN 2–5 CGY | 0G 0A 2S | 1G 0A 4S |
| 2023-02-16 | DET 5–2 CGY | 0G 0A 0S | 0G 0A 0S |
| 2023-02-09 | DET 2–1 CGY | 0G 0A 0S | 0G 0A 3S |
| 2022-04-21 | DET 2–5 FLA | 0G 0A 2S | 1G 0A 2S |
Latest 12 of 27 meetings.
Every stat, side by side
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)
MacKenzie Weegar
3games (2 left)
3.0proj. ESPN pts
- Thu, Oct 1 vs CHIOpp allows 4th-most FP to DLikely vs Arvid Soderblom (.880)
- Sat, Oct 3 @ CBJ1.5 ptsOpp allows 10th-fewest FP to DSchedule edge −1.0 win%Likely vs Jet Greaves (.908)
- Sun, Oct 4 @ NYRB2B1.5 ptsOpp allows 9th-fewest FP to DSchedule edge −9.3 win%Likely vs Igor Shesterkin (.912)
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FAQ
- Should I start Filip Hronek or MacKenzie Weegar 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 MacKenzie Weegar's 1.93. Hronek had 49 points in 82 games; Weegar had 28 in 79 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 MacKenzie Weegar?
- On 2025-26 numbers, Filip Hronek leads in 20 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 Weegar done against each other?
- In 27 games against each other in our data, Hronek's team went 10–17. Hronek had 7 points (1 goals) and Weegar had 13 (4 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 →