← 2017 standings & weekly recaps
Week 2, settled.
Final scores, weekly indignities, and the standings after the dust cleared.
This recap is rebuilt from the recovered ESPN team-level scoreboard. Scores, opponents, standings, awards, power, luck and all-play are on file; weekly player ownership, starts, optimal lineups and bench decisions begin in 2018 and are intentionally omitted here.
Awards
| Highest score | The Penguins | 152.6 |
| Lowest score | Taco MacArthur | 47.6 |
| Biggest blowout | The Penguins | +79.6 |
| Heartbreaking loss | Your Worst Nightmares | −4.7 |
Standings after week 2
| 1 | The Penguins | 2-0 | 295.7 |
| 2 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 2-0 | 200.1 |
| 3 | Austin Bubbs | 1-1 | 185.7 |
| 4 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 1-1 | 183.7 |
| 5 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 1-1 | 182.1 |
| 6 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 1-1 | 170.1 |
| 7 | Boston Double Rainbows | 1-1 | 140.8 |
| 8 | Taco MacArthur | 1-1 | 137.1 |
| 9 | Run and Hide | 0-2 | 155.9 |
| 10 | Your Worst Nightmares | 0-2 | 150.9 |
Power, luck & all-play after week 2
| # | Team | Power | Luck | All-play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Penguins | 0.9417 | 0.00 | 2.0-0.0 |
| 2 | Brightleaf Yuppies | 0.8030 | +0.22 | 1.8-0.2 |
| 3 | Austin Bubbs | 0.5690 | -0.11 | 1.1-0.9 |
| 4 | W. Durham Silly Nannies | 0.5420 | 0.00 | 1.0-1.0 |
| 5 | P RIVERS NAS NAS | 0.5236 | 0.00 | 1.0-1.0 |
| 6 | The Penthouse Panda Bear | 0.5170 | 0.00 | 1.0-1.0 |
| 7 | Taco MacArthur | 0.4641 | +0.22 | 0.8-1.2 |
| 8 | Boston Double Rainbows | 0.3484 | +0.67 | 0.3-1.7 |
| 9 | Run and Hide | 0.3443 | -0.56 | 0.6-1.4 |
| 10 | Your Worst Nightmares | 0.2753 | -0.44 | 0.4-1.6 |
These are reconstructed from team scores and opponents only. Power uses the same model as every other season; luck compares actual wins with schedule-neutral expected wins; all-play is scaled to the number of games actually played.
Old business
The week’s most-established manager matchup. Through this game, the series stood 13-9 from Ben Wildfire’s side across 22 meetings. In 2017, the teams were The Penthouse Panda Bear and P RIVERS NAS NAS.
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