Who to start · 2025-26
Jake Neighbours vs Mason Marchment
Blending 2025-26 with 2026-27 so far, Jake Neighbours projects to 1.53 fantasy points per game under ESPN default scoring to Mason Marchment's 1.39.
Neighbours had 36 points in 69 games; Marchment had 45 in 68 games.
This week Neighbours has 2 games left with 2 tough matchups; Marchment has 2 left with 1 tough matchup. In ESPN default points scoring we project Marchment for 2.8 to Neighbours's 2.6 over the games left.
Mason Marchment has the better number in 20 of the 34 stats both are ranked on.
Neighbours's biggest edges: Ascension score 44, Top skating speed 22.2, Hits 152.
Marchment's biggest edges: Plus/minus +17, Transition attempts /60 1.58, Hardest shot 87.2.
In standard categories (G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, HIT), the default in Who Should I Start, Jake Neighbours rates ahead, +1.9 to +0.4 in summed category z-scores.
Role trend over the last 5 games: Neighbours is rising, 5 P in last 5 (0.50/GP before); Marchment is cooling, PP1 in 1 of last 5 (was 15 of 20).
- • 2026-27 so far: 9 GP, 3 G, 2 A, 2 PPP, 14 SOG.
- • 2026-27 so far: 10 GP, 3 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 21 SOG.
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Fantasy value: your scoring
Jake Neighbours
+1.9
category z-score total
Mason Marchment
+0.4
category z-score total
Under Standard (6 categories), Jake Neighbours has the edge (Neighbours wins 4, Marchment wins 2 of 6 categories).
| Category | Neighbours | Marchment |
|---|---|---|
| Goals / game | 0.26 | 0.29 |
| Assists / game | 0.27 | 0.23 |
| Plus/minus / game | -0.02 | -0.05 |
| Power-play points / game | 0.15 | 0.06 |
| Shots on goal / game | 1.36 | 1.89 |
| Hits / game | 2.63 | 1.42 |
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 scoring choice is shared with Who Should I Start: saved on this device, and on your account when you are signed in.
Head-to-head: Neighbours vs Marchment
Every event between them in NHL play-by-play, 2022-23 to 2026-27: games against each other, faceoffs, shots on goal, hits and penalties. Regular season and playoffs.
Neighbours 1G 0A, 13 SOG · Marchment 2G 1A, 14 SOG
On the ice against each other (Neighbours's side)
1:24 at 5-on-5 over 1 games, 2026-27, from Neighbours's side
- Shot attempts
- 2–0
- 100.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.0–0.0
- 100.0%
- Goals
- 0–0
Games against each other
| Date | Score | Neighbours | Marchment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | STL 2–3 SJS | 0G 0A 2S | 0G 0A 3S |
| 2025-03-02 | STL 3–6 DAL | 0G 0A 2S | 1G 1A 3S |
| 2024-12-14 | STL 1–2 DAL | 0G 0A 4S | 0G 0A 2S |
| 2023-12-27 | STL 2–1 DAL | 1G 0A 1S | 0G 0A 1S |
| 2023-12-16 | STL 4–3 DAL | 0G 0A 2S | 1G 0A 5S |
| 2023-10-12 | STL 1–2 DAL | 0G 0A 0S | 0G 0A 0S |
| 2023-04-13 | STL 0–1 DAL | 0G 0A 1S | 0G 0A 0S |
| 2022-11-28 | STL 1–4 DAL | 0G 0A 1S | 0G 0A 0S |
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
Oct 19 to Oct 25. 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 cover the games left: Edgehalla's rest-of-season rates per game, adjusted for each opponent's scoring allowed, in ESPN default points.
Scored in ESPN default points (G 2, A 1, PPP 0.5, SHP 0.5, SOG 0.1, HIT 0.1, BLK 0.5). Use your league's scoring
Jake Neighbours
3games (2 left)
2.6proj. ESPN default pts
- Tue, Oct 20 vs WPGOpp allows 13th-fewest FP to LWLikely vs Stuart Skinner (.888)
- Thu, Oct 22 vs VGK1.3 ptsOpp allows 4th-fewest FP to LWLikely vs Carter Hart (.891)
- Sat, Oct 24 vs CAR1.3 ptsOpp allows 8th-fewest FP to LWLikely vs Pyotr Kochetkov (.899)
Mason Marchment
4games (2 left)
2.8proj. ESPN default pts
- Mon, Oct 19 @ TOROpp allows 9th-fewest FP to LWLikely vs Sergei Bobrovsky (.877)
- Tue, Oct 20 @ MTLB2B
- Thu, Oct 22 @ OTT1.5 pts
- Sat, Oct 24 @ BOS1.2 ptsOpp allows 7th-fewest FP to LWLikely vs Jeremy Swayman (.908)
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FAQ
- Should I start Jake Neighbours or Mason Marchment in fantasy hockey?
- Blending 2025-26 with 2026-27 so far, Jake Neighbours projects to 1.53 fantasy points per game under ESPN default scoring to Mason Marchment's 1.39. Neighbours had 36 points in 69 games; Marchment had 45 in 68 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, Jake Neighbours or Mason Marchment?
- On 2025-26 numbers, Mason Marchment 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 Neighbours and Marchment done against each other?
- In 8 games against each other in our data, Neighbours's team went 2–6. Neighbours had 1 points (1 goals) and Marchment had 3 (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 →