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2020–21 Toronto Maple Leafs
North Division Champions
Division 1st North
2020–21 record 35–14–7
Home record 18–7–3
Road record 17–7–4
Goals for 187
Goals against 148
General Manager Kyle Dubas
Coach Sheldon Keefe
Captain John Tavares
Alternate captains Mitch Marner
Auston Matthews
Morgan Rielly
Arena Scotiabank Arena
Minor League Affiliate(s)
Team leaders
Goals Auston Matthews (41)
Assists Mitch Marner (47)
Points Mitch Marner (67)
Penalties in minutes Zach Bogosian (49)
Wins Jack Campbell (17)
Goals against average Jack Campbell (2.15)

The 2020–21 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 104th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 22, 1917.[1]

Due to the Canada–U.S. border restrictions brought in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maple Leafs were re-aligned with the other six Canadian franchises into the newly-formed North Division. The league's 56 game season wass played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Toronto and the other Canadian teams played an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

On April 28, the Maple Leafs clinched a playoff berth after a 4–1 win against the Montreal Canadiens.[2] Then on May 8, again versus Montreal, they clinched the North Division with a 3–2 win, which was their first division championship since 2000.[3]. After going up 3-1 in the series, The Montreal Canadiens Managed to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in 7 games

Standings[]

Divisional standings[]

North Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Toronto Maple Leafs 56 35 14 7 29 187 148 +39 77
2 x – Edmonton Oilers 56 35 19 2 31 182 150 +32 72
3 x – Winnipeg Jets 56 30 23 3 24 170 154 +16 63
4 x – Montreal Canadiens 56 24 21 11 20 159 168 −9 59
5 e – Calgary Flames 56 26 27 3 21 156 161 −5 55
6 e – Ottawa Senators 56 23 28 5 18 157 190 −33 51
7 e – Vancouver Canucks 56 23 29 4 16 147 187 −40 50
Updated to game(s) played on May 19, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Record vs opponents[]

North Division
Team Home Road
Calgary 0–3 2–1 OT 3–4 2–0 2–3 OT 3–2 4–3 4–2 5–3
Edmonton 1–3 4–2 4–3 OT 2–3 OT 4–3 3–4 OT 4–0 3–0 6–1
Montreal 5–4 OT 1–2 3–2 5–2 3–2 4–2 5–3 2–4 4–1 2–3 OT
Ottawa 5–6 OT 2–1 7–3 6–5 3–5 3–2 3–4 3–2 OT 3–4 OT
Vancouver 7–3 5–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 1–3 2–4 2–3 OT 3–6
Winnipeg 3–1 3–4 4–3 OT 2–5 2–5 3–1 2–1 SO 5–3 4–1 2–4
Records 18–7–3 17–7–4
Overall 35–14–7
Notes
[[#ref_1{{{3}}}|^]]  Game decided in overtime
[[#ref_2{{{3}}}|^]]  Game decided in a shootout

Schedule and results[]

Regular season[]

2020–21 game log: 35–14–7, 77 points (Home: 18–7–3; Road: 17–7–4)
2020–21 schedule

      Win (2 Points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Overtime statistics[]

Games Won Lost Game-winning goal scorers
Overtime 12 5 7 Matthews (2), Holl (1), Nylander (1), Rielly (1)
Shootout 1 1 0 Spezza (1)
Total 13 6 7

Playoffs[]

2021 Stanley Cup playoffs

      Win       Loss

Player statistics[]

Updated to game played May 29, 2021

Skaters[]

Regular season[6]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Marner, MitchMitch Marner 55 20 47 67 21 20
Matthews, AustonAuston Matthews 52 41 25 66 21 10
Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares 56 19 31 50 12 14
Nylander, WilliamWilliam Nylander 51 17 25 42 10 16
Rielly, MorganMorgan Rielly 55 5 30 35 11 14
Hyman, ZachZach Hyman 43 15 18 33 19 28
Spezza, JasonJason Spezza 54 10 20 30 3 6
Muzzin, JakeJake Muzzin 53 4 23 27 21 29
Kerfoot, AlexanderAlexander Kerfoot 56 8 15 23 2 12
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton 44 5 15 20 6 14
Holl, JustinJustin Holl 55 2 18 20 16 25
Mikheyev, IlyaIlya Mikheyev 54 7 10 17 5 6
Brodie, T.J.T.J. Brodie 56 1 13 14 23 12
Engvall, PierrePierre Engvall 42 7 5 12 2 16
Galchenyuk, AlexAlex Galchenyuk

(p)|| 26 || 4 || 8 || 12 || −2 || 14

Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds 38 7 2 9 −3 45
Boyd, TravisTravis Boyd

(X) || 20 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 1 || 2

Vesey, JimmyJimmy Vesey

(X) || 30 || 5 || 2 || 7 || −4 || 4

Dermott, TravisTravis Dermott 51 2 4 6 −1 19
Brooks, AdamAdam Brooks 11 4 1 5 4 0
Bogosian, ZachZach Bogosian 45 0 4 4 7 49
Sandin, RasmusRasmus Sandin 9 0 4 4 6 0
Foligno, NickNick Foligno

(p) || 7 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 5 || 4

Lehtonen, MikkoMikko Lehtonen

(X) || 9 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 4

Robertson, NicholasNicholas Robertson 6 0 1 1 1 0
Barabanov, AlexanderAlexander Barabanov

(X) || 13 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 4

Petan, NicNic Petan

(M) || 7 || 0 || 1 || 1 || −2 || 4

Sabourin, ScottScott Sabourin 1 0 0 0 0 5
Agostino, KennyKenny Agostino

(M) || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

Liljegren, TimothyTimothy Liljegren 2 0 0 0 1 2
Hutton, BenBen Hutton

(p) || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

Noesen, StefanStefan Noesen

(p) || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

Anderson, JoeyJoey Anderson

(M) || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2

Playoffs[7]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Nylander, WilliamWilliam Nylander 6 4 3 7 3 4
Kerfoot, AlexanderAlexander Kerfoot 6 1 5 6 3 4
Spezza, JasonJason Spezza 6 3 1 4 3 4
Matthews, AustonAuston Matthews 6 1 3 4 2 0
Galchenyuk, AlexAlex Galchenyuk

(p)|| 5 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 4

Marner, MitchMitch Marner 6 0 4 4 2 4
Muzzin, JakeJake Muzzin 6 2 1 3 2 0
Rielly, MorganMorgan Rielly 6 1 2 3 4 0
Brodie, T.J.T.J. Brodie 6 1 1 2 5 4
Hyman, ZachZach Hyman 6 1 0 1 3 4
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton 6 1 0 1 −3 2
Sandin, RasmusRasmus Sandin 4 1 0 1 −3 0
Bogosian, ZachZach Bogosian 6 0 1 1 −2 0
Holl, JustinJustin Holl 6 0 1 1 5 4
Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds 6 0 1 1 0 2
Engvall, PierrePierre Engvall 5 0 1 1 −1 10
Foligno, NickNick Foligno

(p) || 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 5

Mikheyev, IlyaIlya Mikheyev 6 0 0 0 0 0
Dermott, TravisTravis Dermott 2 0 0 0 −1 0
Brooks, AdamAdam Brooks 2 0 0 0 −1 2
Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nash, RileyRiley Nash

(p) || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

Goaltenders[]

Regular season[8]
Player GP GS TOI W L OTL GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Campbell, JackJack Campbell 22 22 1,284:24 17 3 2 46 2.15 585 .921 2 0 0 0
Andersen, FrederikFrederik Andersen 24 23 1,420:07 13 8 3 70 2.96 668 .895 0 0 1 0
Hutchinson, MichaelMichael Hutchinson 8 8 421:52 4 2 1 17 2.42 211 .919 1 0 0 0
Rittich, DavidDavid Rittich

(p)|| 4 || 3 || 220:41 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 10 || 2.72 || 89 || .888 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

Playoffs[9]
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Campbell, JackJack Campbell 6 6 373:25 3 3 11 1.77 175 .937 1 0 0 0

(M) Player currently playing for the minor league affiliate Toronto Marlies of the AHL
(X) Player is no longer with the Maple Leafs organization
(p) Player previously played with another team in the current season before being acquired by Toronto
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster[]

Updated July 16, 2024

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
2 Flag of Canada Benoit, SimonSimon Benoit

D L 26 2023 Laval, Quebec
24 Flag of Canada Dewar, ConnorConnor Dewar

C L 25 2024 The Pas, Manitoba
Flag of Sweden Ekman-Larsson, OliverOliver Ekman-Larsson

D L 33 2020 Karlskrona, Sweden
11 Flag of Canada Domi, MaxMax Domi

LW L 30 2023 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Flag of Finland Hakanpaa, JaniJani Hakanpaa

D R 32 2024 Kirkkonummi, Finland
18 Flag of Canada Gregor, NoahNoah Gregor

C L 26 2023 Beaumont, Alberta
41 Flag of Sweden Hildeby, DennisDennis Hildeby

G L 23 2024 Järfälla, Sweden
19 Flag of Sweden Jarnkrok, CalleCalle Jarnkrok

RW R 33 2022 Gävle, Sweden
Flag of Canada Myers, PhillippePhillippe Myers

D R 28 2024 Moncton, New Brunswick
64 Flag of the Czech Republic Kampf, DavidDavid Kampf

C L 30 2021 Jirkov, Czech Republic
Flag of the United States Stolarz, AnthonyAnthony Stolarz

G L 31 2024 Edison, New Jersey
23 Flag of the United States Knies, MatthewMatthew Knies

LW L 22 2021 Phoenix, Arizona
Flag of Canada Tanev, ChrisChris Tanev

D R 35 2024 Toronto, Ontario
37 Flag of Sweden Liljegren, TimothyTimothy Liljegren

D R 25 2017 Kristianstad, Sweden
16 Flag of Canada Marner, MitchMitch Marner

 (A)

RW R 27 2015 Markham, Ontario
34 Flag of the United States Matthews, AustonAuston Matthews

 (A)

C L 27 2016 San Ramon, California
22 Flag of the United States McCabe, JakeJake McCabe

D L 31 2023 Eau Claire, Wisconsin
74 Flag of Canada McMann, BobbyBobby McMann

C L 28 2022 Wainwright, Alberta
30 Flag of Canada Murray, MattMatt Murray

 Injured Reserve

G L 30 2022 Thunder Bay, Ontario
88 Flag of Sweden Nylander, WilliamWilliam Nylander

RW R 28 2014 Calgary, Alberta
75 Flag of Canada Reaves, RyanRyan Reaves

 Injured Reserve

RW R 38 2023 Winnipeg, Manitoba
44 Flag of Canada Rielly, MorganMorgan Rielly

 (A)

D L 31 2012 West Vancouver, British Columbia
89 Flag of the United States Robertson, NicholasNicholas Robertson

LW L 23 2019 Arcadia, California
91 Flag of Canada Tavares, JohnJohn Tavares

 (C)

C L 34 2018 Mississauga, Ontario
25 Flag of Canada Timmins, ConorConor Timmins

D R 26 2022 St. Catharines, Ontario
60 Flag of the United States Woll, JosephJoseph Woll

 Injured Reserve

G L 26 2016 Dardenne Prairie, Missouri

Transactions[]

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Trades[]

Date Details Ref
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) To New Jersey Devils
Andreas Johnsson
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Joey Anderson
[10]
February 15, 2021 (2021-02-15) To Carolina Hurricanes
Egor Korshkov
David Warsofsky
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Alex Galchenyuk
[11]
March 12, 2021 (2021-03-12) To Columbus Blue Jackets
Mikko Lehtonen
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Veini Vehvilainen
[12]
April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09) To Columbus Blue Jackets
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2022
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Riley Nash
[13]
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11) To Columbus Blue Jackets
1st-round pick in 2021
4th-round pick in 2022
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Nick Foligno
[14]
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11) To San Jose Sharks
4th-round pick in 2021
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Stefan Noesen
[14]
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11) To Calgary Flames
3rd-round pick in 2022
To Toronto Maple Leafs
David Rittich
[15]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) To San Jose Sharks
Alexander Barabanov
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Antti Suomela
[16]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) To Anaheim Ducks
5th-round pick in 2022
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Ben Hutton
[17]

Free agents signed[]

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Wayne Simmonds Buffalo Sabres 1-year [18]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) T. J. Brodie Calgary Flames 4-year [19]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) Travis Boyd Washington Capitals 1-year [20]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) Zach Bogosian Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year [21]
October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11) Jimmy Vesey Buffalo Sabres 1-year [22]
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13) Aaron Dell San Jose Sharks 1-year [23]
October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16) Joe Thornton San Jose Sharks 1-year [24]
October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30) Michael Hutchinson Colorado Avalanche 2-year [25]
February 7, 2021 (2021-02-07) Scott Sabourin Toronto Marlies 1-year [26]
March 28, 2021 (2021-03-28) Alex Steeves Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3-year [27]

Free agents lost[]

Date Player Team Contract term Ref

Waivers[]

Date Player Team Ref
January 18, 2021 (2021-01-18) Aaron Dell to New Jersey Devils [28]
March 17, 2021 (2021-03-17) Jimmy Vesey to Vancouver Canucks [29]
March 23, 2021 (2021-03-23) Travis Boyd [30]

Contract terminations[]

Retirement[]

Signings[]

Date Player Contract term Ref
October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02) Denis Malgin 1-year [31]
October 5, 2020 (2020-10-05) Jason Spezza 1-year [32]
October 20, 2020 (2020-10-20) Ilya Mikheyev 2-year [33]
October 23, 2020 (2020-10-23) Travis Dermott 1-year [34]
October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30) Joey Anderson 3-year [35]
April 15, 2021 (2021-04-15) Rodion Amirov 3-year [36]

Draft picks[]

See also: List of Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks

Below are the Toronto Maple Leafs' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

The Leafs held on to three of their own seven picks (rounds 4, 5, 6). In June 2019 they had traded way their first and seventh round picks along with Patrick Marleau to the Carolina Hurricanes mainly to clear cap space. On draft day they exchanged their second round pick for two lower picks from the Ottawa Senators. Their third round pick went to the Colorado Avalanche in July 2019 in the Nazem Kadri for Tyson Barrie and Alexander Kerfoot trade. They acquired an additional nine picks this year through various trades.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
11 15 Rodion Amirov C Flag of Russia Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
2 59 Roni Hirvonen C Flag of Finland Finland Ässät (Liiga)
3 64 Topi Niemela D Flag of Finland Finland Oulun Karpat (Liiga)
4 106 Artur Akhtyamov G Flag of Russia Russia Irbis Kazan (MHL)
4 122 Willam Villeneuve D Flag of Canada Canada Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
5 137 Dmitri Ovchinnikov C Flag of Russia Russia Novosibirsk 2 (MHL)
6 168 Veeti Miettinen RW Flag of Finland Finland K-Espoo U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
6 177 Axel Rindell D Flag of Finland Finland Jukurit (Liiga)
6 180 Joe Miller C Flag of the United States United States Chicago Steel (USHL)
7 189 John Fusco D Flag of the United States United States Harvard Crimson (ECAC)
7 195 Wyatt Schingoethe C Flag of the United States United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
7 213 Ryan Tverberg C Flag of Canada Canada Toronto Jr. Canadiens (OJHL)

Notes:

  1. The Pittsburgh Penguins' first-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on August 25, 2020 that sent Kasperi Kapanen, Pontus Aberg and Jesper Lindgren to Pittsburgh in exchange for Evan Rodrigues, Filip Hallander, David Warsofsky and this pick.[37]

Notes[]

  1. National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books, 123. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4. 
  2. Maple Leafs clinch playoff berth with win against Canadiens (April 28, 2021).
  3. Maple Leafs clinch North, deny Canadiens from earning berth (May 8, 2021).
  4. NHL Hockey Standings. National Hockey League.
  5. Maple Leafs Game 7 Notes: 550 fans ‘a great sign’ for Toronto (May 31, 2021).
  6. 2020–21 Regular season – Toronto Maple Leafs Stats – Skaters.
  7. 2020–21 Playoffs – Toronto Maple Leafs Stats – Skaters.
  8. 2020–21 Regular season – Toronto Maple Leafs Stats – Goalies.
  9. 2020–21 Playoffs – Toronto Maple Leafs Stats – Goalies.
  10. Maple Leafs Acquire Joey Anderson from New Jersey (October 10, 2020).
  11. Maple Leafs Acquire Alex Galchenyuk from Carolina (February 15, 2021).
  12. Maple Leafs Acquire Veini Vehviläinen From Columbus (March 12, 2021).
  13. Maple Leafs Acquire Riley Nash From Columbus (April 9, 2021).
  14. 14.0 14.1 Maple Leafs Acquire Nick Foligno and Stefan Noesen in Three-Team trade (April 11, 2021).
  15. Maple Leafs Acquire David Rittich From Calgary (April 11, 2021).
  16. Maple Leafs Acquire Antti Suomela From San Jose (April 12, 2021).
  17. Maple Leafs Acquire Ben Hutton From Anaheim (April 12, 2021).
  18. Maple Leafs Sign Forward Wayne Simmonds (October 9, 2020).
  19. Maple Leafs Sign TJ Brodie (October 9, 2020).
  20. Maple Leafs Sign Travis Boyd (October 10, 2020).
  21. Maple Leafs Sign Zach Bogosian (October 10, 2020).
  22. Maple Leafs Sign Jimmy Vesey (October 11, 2020).
  23. Maple Leafs Sign Goaltender Aaron Dell (October 13, 2020).
  24. Maple Leafs Sign Joe Thornton (October 16, 2020).
  25. Maple Leafs Sign Michael Hutchinson (October 30, 2020).
  26. Maple Leafs sign forward Scott Sabourin to one-year, $700K contract. Sportsnet (February 7, 2021).
  27. Maple Leafs Sign Alex Steeves (March 28, 2021).
  28. BLOG: Devils Claim Aaron Dell From Waivers.
  29. Canucks Claim Forward Jimmy Vesey Off Waivers.
  30. Canucks Claim Forward Travis Boyd Off Waivers. Vancouver Canucks (March 22, 2021). Retrieved on March 23, 2021.
  31. Maple Leafs Sign Malgin to Contract Extension (October 2, 2020).
  32. Maple Leafs Sign Spezza to Contract Extension (October 5, 2020).
  33. Maple Leafs Sign Ilya Mikheyev to Two-Year Contract Extension (October 20, 2020).
  34. Maple Leafs Sign Travis Dermott to One-Year Contract Extension (October 23, 2020).
  35. Maple Leafs Extend Joey Anderson (October 30, 2020).
  36. Maple Leafs Sign Rodion Amirov to Entry Level Contract (April 15, 2021).
  37. Maple Leafs Complete Trade With Pittsburgh Penguins (August 25, 2020).

References[]

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