xG matters because it is a skill to be producing xG (and to effectively suppress xG, as a defender). Goals are a lot about luck and opposing goalies. Over the course of the last 15 years public xG% has proven to be better at predicting the outcomes for any given team over the course of a season compared to box scores, head-to-head etc.

Here’s a fairly informative thread on the matter. As long as you have a rudimentary understanding of probabilities and regression it’s an easily digestible read. https://twitter.com/bruins_analyst/status/1695980805313401224?s=46&t=MCqecojlL7qtwEDbOWTSzg

Too bad I posted facts that killed your opinion before you even spewed it.



I'll have fun watching the #1 offense in the league this year while you busy yourself with delusions of grandeur.

I didn't realize you'll be watching the Leafs so regular

Get back to me when you've found 50 goals.

The best line in hockey this past year by xgoals%:
Hughes Haula Bratt at 70%, or the same as Tavares Matthews Marner on a small sample size of 32 minutes

then you can follow that up in this case with 5 30 goal scorers (if you include buch) and ONDREJ PALAT.

your 3rd line wouldn't even remotely compare to a 3rd line of Toffoli Mercer Palat

That's a ****ty stat

Mcmann-Kampf-Kerfoot and Kerfoot-Acciari-Aston-Reese had 75% does that mean they are better?

That's a ****ty stat

Mcmann-Kampf-Kerfoot and Kerfoot-Acciari-Aston-Reese had 75% does that mean they are better?