Toronto Maple Leafs 2023-24 Report Card: William Nylander - The Hockey Writers Toronto Maple Leafs Latest News, Analysis & More

Entering the season an expiring unrestricted free agent (UFA), Toronto Maple Leafs star forward William Nylander came into 2023-24 looking to build upon a career year in which he scored 40 goals and surpassed the point-per-game marker for the first time. For the second season in a row, Nylander played in all 82 regular season games, now having only missed one game since the start of 2021-22. In his previous three seasons, Nylander had posted consistent expected goal shares (xGF%) of between 55.85% and 57%, meaning that when he was on the ice, the Maple Leafs controlled well over half of the expected goals. This season, though the Maple Leafs still controlled the slight majority of expected goals with Nylander on the ice, they did so with drastically less success, commanding an xGF% of 51.45%.