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Defence · #48

Maxime Lajoie

Ottawa Senators Carolina Hurricanes Toronto Maple Leafs(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
87 kg
Born
Quebec City, CAN
Draft
2016, round 5, #133 (OTT)

Career · 5 seasons

Games
77
Goals
7
Points
16
TOI per game
16:38
xGF% (5v5)
43.9%
Goals above expected
+1.4
ShowAll teamsOttawa SenatorsCarolina HurricanesToronto Maple Leafs

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2018–19OTT567815−2518:54798.9%85.142.5%
2019–20OTT600007:4930.0%00.159.6%
After a break: 2021–22CAR5000+212:3260.0%00.446.0%
2022–23CAR300007:5120.0%00.050.9%
2023–24TOR7011+112:4310.0%10.050.7%
Total3 teams777916−2216:38917.7%95.643.9%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.810203040506070
10m15m20m10203040506070Game

Player card

Model-based

How 5 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

27th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.3386th pct
  • Assists /600.4216th pct
  • ixG /600.2679th pct
  • Shots /604.2658th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)43.9%12th pct
  • CF% (5v5)43.9%5th pct
  • Relative xGF%−6.32nd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5746th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game16:3841st pct
  • PP time share27.7%77th pct
  • PK time share31.9%56th pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%49th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Brendan Guhle0.81
  2. Justin Barron0.71
  3. Trevor DaleyDET0.67
  4. Jake Bean0.67
  5. Robin SaloNYI0.66
  6. Henry Thrun0.61

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

+1.4 goals above expected

0246810203040506070Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−20−100+10+20+30

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed31.6 km/h4th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot119.3 km/h5th pct
  • Distance skated21 km13th pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.0%40th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

31.6 km/h0th pct

▲ +0.0 km/h since 2022–23

303234363821–2222–2323–242021–22: 31.9 km/h, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 31.6 km/h, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 31.6 km/h, 0th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.00th pct

■ 0.0 since 2022–23

012321–2222–2323–242021–22: 0.0, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 0.0, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 0.0, 0th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.3 km90th pct

▼ −0.2 km since 2022–23

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–242021–22: 14.7 km, 99th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 14.5 km, 97th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 14.3 km, 90th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

119.3 km/h0th pct

▼ −1.5 km/h since 2022–23

10012014016018021–2222–2323–242021–22: 137.6 km/h, 3rd percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 120.8 km/h, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 119.3 km/h, 0th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

41.0%40th pct

▼ −11.1 points since 2022–23

35%40%45%50%55%21–2222–2323–242021–22: 44.6%, 88th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 52.1%, 100th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 41.0%, 40th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)