DRAFT ADVICE AND POSITION RANK

Draft Matt Duchene as a weekly fantasy starter in 2019-2020. His 206 projected fantasy points puts him at #25 behind Ryan O'Reilly and ahead of Sean Monahan. He has averaged 2.44 fantasy points in his past 73 games, which is slightly less than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 2.61 fantasy points. He is slightly overrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 92%, he is the #24 most highly owned center. Matt Duchene is expected to slightly improve on last season's #26 fantasy position rank.

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WEEK 1 AND 2 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Matt Duchene is projected for 5.58 fantasy points in 2 games the rest of the week which is good enough to be the #18 ranked center and a must start for most owners. This is projected to be a better than average week with more fantasy points per game than he is projected to average per game the rest of the season. He is ranked above Ryan Nugent-Hopkins but behind Evgeni Malkin the rest of the week. Week 2 is projected to be slightly better based on projected rank (#17). He is projected for 7.72 fantasy points.

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Below the projection are actual stats from last season.