REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Expect Ryan Ellis to be a reliable fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 129 projected fantasy points puts him at #19 behind Jake Muzzin and ahead of Cale Makar. He has averaged 2.28 fantasy points in his past 90 games, which is more than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 1.82 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#20) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is underrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 95%, he is the #24 most highly owned defenseman. Ryan Ellis is expected to slightly improve on last season's #21 fantasy position rank.

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RYAN ELLIS PROJECTED TO FINISH AHEAD OF KEITH YANDLE IN WEEK 4

Ryan Ellis is projected for 5.68 fantasy points in 3 games the rest of the week which is good enough to be the #12 ranked defenseman 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 Keith Yandle but behind Torey Krug the rest of the week. Week 5 is projected to be slightly better based on projected rank (#11). He is projected for 5.75 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. Also included are actual stats from the current and last season.