Post-Game Talk: Leafs win 5-3 against the Stars

[All Mod Cons]

Top 5 forwards for 5v5 xGF% from the game:

1. Reaves
2. Matthews
3. Knies
4. Marner
5. Nylander

Top Leafs line (by a mile):

Marner-Matthews-Nylander

I love it when the fancy stats dont match what most people saw lol.

Look fine with me. Seeing Reavo at the top makes sense. That's why i love fancy stats and put a lot of stock into them.

 

[leafs in five]

HFLeafs reconciliation will be achieved by this group of detestable babies playing Randy Carlyle hockey to a first place finish and deep playoff run

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

In any one game that would be true, however they haven’t been playing well lately and have been bailed out by goaltending all season. Goaltenders are a part of the team so there’s no shame in that, but if you look at the Bruins the two season prior to this, relying on them is not the ideal recipe.

They're doing a lot better than I thought they would.

Which is also a lot better than they were doing last year at this point. They're clearly gonna make the playoffs again. Who they face, and what happens when they get there, is all that's left to he answered now.

I don't care where they end up in the standings if they can't win anything in the playoffs.

 

[DarkKnight]

Top 5 forwards for 5v5 xGF% from the game:

1. Reaves
2. Matthews
3. Knies
4. Marner
5. Nylander

Top Leafs line (by a mile):

Marner-Matthews-Nylander

I love it when the fancy stats dont match what most people saw lol.

Interesting that nobody on third line there, literally ever one represented but the best. Weird.

 

[Smif]

Interesting.

Leafs are down .7 GPG this season.

Matthews is down .6 GPG this season.

What's his shooting percentage this year compared to his career?

 

[weems]

What's his shooting percentage this year compared to his career?

 

[Jojalu]

What's his shooting percentage this year compared to his career?

10% this year. I6 for career. Seems like it should be just a matter of time

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Top 5 forwards for 5v5 xGF% from the game:

1. Reaves
2. Matthews
3. Knies
4. Marner
5. Nylander

Top Leafs line (by a mile):

Marner-Matthews-Nylander

I love it when the fancy stats dont match what most people saw lol.

This is hilarious. Reaves on top of an offensive stat? Either the stat is useless, the eyetest is useless, it's an aberration, or Reaves is a star and we all don't know it. If this is true, I vote the stat is useless.

 

[Budz]

I thought Matthews played well

Tell us why?
I saw something slightly different.

 

[GoonieFace]

This is hilarious. Reaves on top of an offensive stat? Either the stat is useless, the eyetest is useless, it's an aberration, or Reaves is a star and we all don't know it. If this is true, I vote the stat is useless.

Advanced stats for hockey are sketchy at best. This is just clear proof of that.

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

This is hilarious. Reaves on top of an offensive stat? Either the stat is useless, the eyetest is useless, it's an aberration, or Reaves is a star and we all don't know it. If this is true, I vote the stat is useless.

Considering his two linemates were at the very bottom of the list I'd say there was something weird going on with how these stats were being calculated.

 

[Fogelhund]

This is hilarious. Reaves on top of an offensive stat? Either the stat is useless, the eyetest is useless, it's an aberration, or Reaves is a star and we all don't know it. If this is true, I vote the stat is useless.

Or it's one game, and we don't read too much into it.

Reaves was on ice for 9 shots attempts for, and 7 shot attempts against. If you are on ice, for more net shot attempts for, than anyone else, you kind of would expect your xGoals % to be higher than anyone else... that's just reality... what xGoals% doesn't take into consideration, is the quality of the player taking those shots. (5v5)

This doesn't make him a star, or even a good hockey player... it just means, last night, while he was on the ice, we directed more pucks on the opposition goalie, than were directed at ours... and the expectation, is we are more likely to score more goals than the opposition, when we do so.

This doesn't mean that stats are useless, it just means people don't understand them, or use them in the proper context.

Considering his two linemates were at the very bottom of the list I'd say there was something weird going on with how these stats were being calculated.

No... it means you made assumptions that aren't based on anything at all. Look at the actual stats, it makes sense. Noting... he didn't play exclusively with Lorentz and Kampf.

 

[Stephen]

McCabe has been awesome this season and our best defencemen.

McCabe used to have a bit of a reputation for making some low IQ brain fart plays in Buffalo but he’s just been dialled in as a Leaf. So good and brings that alpha control tower aspect to the blueline. The ice mic picked up McCabe behind the net telling Domi or someone to “stay there” on the half wall before confidently skating up himself. Beast.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

I was just on NHL.com, and when Dallas scored it was Dallas crew, and when Leafs scored it was the Leafs crew.
Or do you mean YouTube will have those highlights, from home crew?

Yep YouTube will have them on the main NHL channel.

Here's last night with the Stars crew. It's always either the local home team broadcast or national (ESPN, Prime)