Maxime Lajoie

#48Defenseman

2023-24 regular season

SOG

0.0% SH

12:43

TOI/GP

D · TOR · NHL id 8479320

Maxime Lajoie has played 7 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2023-24, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 1 shots while averaging 12:43 a night (12:03 at even strength, 0:24 on the power play and 0:14 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Maple Leafs have controlled 44% of shot attempts with Lajoie on the ice (2-2 in goals, 70% offensive-zone starts). In the Maple Leafs' most recent game against ARI he was on D3 with Marshall Rifai and off the power play; moved up to D2 (from D3) in the last game.

Right now

From the Feb 21 game vs ARI, detected from shift data

Pair

Marshall Rifai

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Moved up to D2 (from D3) in the last gameAdded to PP2 in the last gameLast 5: D3 · D3 · D2/PP2 · D3/PP2 · D2/PP2

Deployment timeline

2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

3 games shown, 16:58 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 7 GP in 2023-24: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.

Top speed3rd419.6 mph

Bursts 20+ mph1st00

Hardest shot4th574.1 mph

Offensive-zone time40th4041.0%

Distance skated12th1313.2 mi

High-danger SOG1st00

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2023-24 · 8 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2018-19 regular season · 56 of 56 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.058
Season net: −0.81xG

Offensive TK/600.07 (1)

Offensive GV/600.14 (2)

Neutral TK/600.29 (4)

Neutral GV/600.36 (5)

Defensive TK/600.43 (6)

Defensive GV/602.44 (34)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.79
Attempts: 11
: 0.022

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: −1.13G
Per 60: −0.064
Drawn / taken: 3 / 10minors

Method Leaders

: 43.5%
: 41.5%
: 43.2%
Transition CF/60: 5.2
Turnovers won/60: 18.0
Turnovers lost/60: 20.3

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

79 shots on goal, 7 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
L Point	30%	7%	1
Low Slot	14%	24%	3
R Circle	4%	11%	0
R Point	1%	7%	0
Outside R	0%	4%	0
High Slot	5%	9%	2
Center Point	11%	8%	0

Linemates

2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Lajoie

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

7 games in 2023-24, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Feb 21	@ ARI	W 6-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	—	16:42	15:22	1:20	—
Feb 19	@ STL	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	5	1	—	13:44	13:13	0:31	—
Feb 17	vs ANA	W 9-2	1	1	+1	1	3	0	—	20:29	19:34	0:55	—
Dec 12	@ NYR	W 7-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	—	7:47	7:32	—	—
Dec 9	vs NSH	W 4-0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	—	14:57	13:16	—	1:41
Dec 7	@ OTT	W 4-3	0	0	0	0	0	4	—	10:28	10:28	—	—
Nov 4	vs BUF	L 4-6	0	0	-1	0	1	0	—	4:54	4:54	—	—

Season splits by strength

2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	7	89:01	12:43	65	80	44.8%	42.4%	29	37	4	2	67%	2.8	3.2	72%
Even strength	7	84:19	12:03	61	78	43.9%	41.5%	26	37	2	2	50%	2.4	3.1	74%
5v5	7	81:14	11:36	58	75	43.6%	42.2%	25	36	2	2	50%	2.4	2.9	70%
Power play	3	2:46	0:55	3	0	100.0%	100.0%	2	0	1	0	100%	0.2	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	1	1:41	1:41	0	2	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.1	0%
4v4	2	3:05	1:33	3	3	50.0%	25.0%	1	1	0	0	—	0.0	0.2	100%
5v4	3	2:46	0:55	3	0	100.0%	100.0%	2	0	1	0	100%	0.2	0.0	100%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2023-24	TOR	7	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0%	12	7	12:43
2022-23	CAR	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0%	2	0	7:51
2021-22	CAR	5	0	0	0	+2	0	6	0.0%	3	5	12:32
2020-21Playoffs	CAR	2	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0.0%	2	1	17:28
2019-20	OTT	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0%	2	3	7:49
2018-19	OTT	56	7	8	15	-25	20	79	8.9%	34	82	18:54

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season