2015–16 Toronto Maple Leafs season

2015–16 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	8th Atlantic
Conference	16th Eastern
2015–16 record	29–42–11
Home record	14–18–9
Road record	15–24–2
Goals for	198
Goals against	246
Team information
General manager	Lou Lamoriello
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Dion Phaneuf (Oct–Feb) Vacant (Feb–Apr)
Alternate captains	Tyler Bozak Matt Hunwick Leo Komarov (Feb–Apr)
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Minor league affiliate(s)	Toronto Marlies (AHL) Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	P. A. Parenteau (20)
Assists	Nazem Kadri (28)
Points	Nazem Kadri (45)
Penalty minutes	Nazem Kadri (73)
Plus/minus	Roman Polak (+8)
Wins	Jonathan Bernier (12)
Goals against average	Jonathan Bernier (2.88)

The 2015–16 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 99th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 22, 1917. The season officially began its regular games on October 7, 2015, with a 3–1 loss against the Montreal Canadiens.

Despite stretches of strong play, with the Maple Leafs at one point being within a few points of a playoff spot, they broke the franchise record for most losses in a season with 53 (the previous record was 52 in 1984–85). However, it is important to note the previous record was set when there were only 80 games per season (two have since been added, bringing the total games played yearly to 82 per team). Due to the point awarded for overtime and shootout losses, the Leafs finished the season with 69 points, one more than the previous season. Despite the improved record, the Maple Leafs finished last overall in the NHL standings for the first time since the 1984-85 season. On April 30, 2016, it was announced that the Leafs had won the draft lottery, and would receive the first overall pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Auston Matthews was subsequently selected first overall.

On July 1, 2015, the Maple Leafs were part of a blockbuster, multi-player deal that centred on Phil Kessel moving to the Pittsburgh Penguins, with one of the key pieces for Toronto being prospect Kasperi Kapanen. Kessel would be a central piece in the Penguins' Stanley Cup win later that season. Months later, another significant trade occurred when captain Dion Phaneuf plus four other players were traded to Ottawa Senators in exchange for four players plus a second round draft pick in 2017. A trade like this was seen as substantial due to the divisional Battle of Ontario rivalry and the NHL salary cap, which typically prevents more than a few players from moving at once.

Off-season

The Maple Leafs made numerous personnel changes prior to the start of the season. Mike Babcock and Lou Lamoriello were hired as head coach and general manager, respectively, replacing Dave Nonis and interim head coach Peter Horachek. Additionally, in an effort to bring in new personnel, coaches Steve Spott, Chris Dennis, Rick St. Croix; Director of Player Development Jim Hughes; and Director of Pro Scouting Steve Kasper, as well as Rob Cowie, strength and conditioning coach Anthony Belza, and 18 other scouts were fired. The team would find replacements for these members throughout the off season.

The 2015 NHL Entry Draft was held between July 26 and 27, and the Maple Leafs made a total of 9 selections, while also acquiring defenceman Martin Marincin.

Following the draft, the Leafs made a number of moves during the free agency period, signing players such as P. A. Parenteau, Mark Arcobello, and Shawn Matthias to short term contracts. The most noteworthy move came in a blockbuster deal that sent winger Phil Kessel to the Pittsburgh Penguins, along with Tim Erixon, Tyler Biggs and a conditional second-round draft pick, in exchange for Kasperi Kapanen, Nick Spaling, Scott Harrington, and a conditional set of draft picks.

As the off-season went on, the team would sign Devin Setoguchi, Curtis Glencross, Brad Boyes, and Mark Fraser to professional try out contracts. Out of these four, Boyes was the only one to sign a contract, inking a one-year deal, while the others were released.

For a complete list of on-ice off-season moves, please see Transactions.

Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Florida Panthers	82	47	26	9	40	239	203	+36	103
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	31	5	43	227	201	+26	97
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	41	30	11	39	211	224	−13	93
4	Boston Bruins	82	42	31	9	38	240	230	+10	93
5	Ottawa Senators	82	38	35	9	32	236	247	−11	85
6	Montreal Canadiens	82	38	38	6	33	221	236	−15	82
7	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	36	11	33	201	222	−21	81
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	29	42	11	23	198	246	−48	69

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – New York Islanders	82	45	27	10	40	232	216	+16	100
2	ME	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	27	14	38	214	218	−4	96
3	AT	Boston Bruins	82	42	31	9	38	240	230	+10	93
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	31	16	33	198	226	−28	86
5	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	38	35	9	32	236	247	−11	85
6	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	38	36	8	36	184	208	−24	84
7	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	38	38	6	33	221	236	−15	82
8	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	36	11	33	201	222	−21	81
9	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	40	8	28	219	252	−33	76
10	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	29	42	11	23	198	246	−48	69

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Record vs opponents

Eastern Conference												Western Conference
Atlantic Division							Metropolitan Division					Central Division			Pacific Division
Team	Home			Away			Team	Home		Away		Team	Home	Away	Team	Home	Away
Boston	3–4*	1–3		0–2	2–3	4–3*	Carolina	0–1*	3–1	2–1*		Chicago	1–4	2–7	Anaheim	6–5*	4–0
Buffalo	3–4*	4–1		1–2*	1–4		Columbus	1–3	1–5	6–3		Colorado	5–1	7–4	Arizona	3–4	2–3
Detroit	1–2*	2–3		0–4	1–0		New Jersey	3–2*	3–2*	1–5		Dallas	4–1	3–2	Calgary	5–2	3–4
Florida	1–4	3–4		1–5	5–2		N.Y. Islanders	3–6	4–3*	3–1		Minnesota	1–2	0–1	Edmonton	3–0	2–5
Montreal	1–3	2–3*		3–5	1–4		N.Y. Rangers	2–4		1–3	3–4	Nashville	2–3	2–1*	Los Angeles	5–0	1–2
Ottawa	4–5*	2–3		1–6	0–4		Philadelphia	4–5*		3–2	4–3*	St. Louis	4–1	4–1	San Jose	4–5*	0–7
Tampa Bay	4–5*	1–2	4–1	0–1	0–3		Pittsburgh	0–4		1–2	3–2*	Winnipeg	2–4	1–6	Vancouver	4–2	5–2
							Washington	2–4		2–3*	2–3
Records	2–7–6			3–11–1				4–6–2		6–5–1			3–4–0	4–3–0		5–1–1	2–5–0
Division	5–18–7							10–11–3					7–7–0			7–6–1
Conference	15–29–10 (Home: 6–13–8; Away: 9–16–2)												14–13–1 (Home: 8–5–1; Away: 6–8–0)
Overall	29–42–11 (Home: 14–18–9; Away: 15–24–2)

* game decided in overtime or shoot-out

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–5–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1[A]	September 21	Ottawa	1–4	Toronto		Bernier	16,734	1–0–0	Recap
2[A]	September 21	Toronto	4–3	Ottawa	OT	Sparks	15,542	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 22	Toronto	2–1	Montreal	OT	Sparks	21,287	3–0–0	Recap
4	September 25	Buffalo	6–4	Toronto		Bernier	17,403	3–1–0	Recap
5	September 26	Montreal	1–0	Toronto		Reimer	17,992	3–2–0	Recap
6	September 29	Toronto	0–4	Buffalo		Bernier	17,357	3–3–0	Recap
7	October 2	Toronto	2–4	Detroit		Reimer	19,149	3–4–0	Recap
8	October 3	Detroit	2–1	Toronto		Bernier	17,879	3–5–0	Recap
A – indicates split-squad game.

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log
October: 1–7–2, 4 points (Home: 0–3–1 ; Road: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 7 Montreal 3–1 Toronto Bernier (0–1–0) 19,241 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 9 Toronto 0–4 Detroit Bernier (0–2–0) 20,027 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 10 Ottawa 5–4 Toronto SO Reimer (0–0–1) 19,187 0–2–1 1 Recap 4 October 16 Toronto 6–3 Columbus Reimer (1–0–1) 13,885 1–2–1 3 Recap 5 October 17 Toronto 1–2 Pittsburgh Bernier (0–3–0) 18,650 1–3–1 3 Recap 6 October 21 Toronto 1–2 Buffalo SO Bernier (0–3–1) 17,762 1–3–2 4 Recap 7 October 24 Toronto 3–5 Montreal Bernier (0–4–1) 21,288 1–4–2 4 Recap 8 October 26 Arizona 4–3 Toronto Reimer (1–1–1) 18,944 1–5–2 4 Recap 9 October 30 Toronto 1–3 NY Rangers Bernier (0–5–1) 18,006 1–6–2 4 Recap 10 October 31 Pittsburgh 4–0 Toronto Bernier (0–6–1) 19,197 1–7–2 4 Recap
November: 7–4–3, 17 points (Home: 4–2–2 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Dallas 1–4 Toronto Reimer (2–1–1) 19,087 2–7–2 6 Recap 12 November 4 Winnipeg 4–2 Toronto Reimer (2–2–1) 19,113 2–8–2 6 Recap 13 November 6 Detroit 2–1 Toronto OT Reimer (2–2–2) 19,680 2–8–3 7 Recap 14 November 7 Toronto 2–3 Washington SO Reimer (2–2–3) 18,506 2–8–4 8 Recap 15 November 10 Toronto 3–2 Dallas Reimer (3–2–3) 18,266 3–8–4 10 Recap 16 November 12 Toronto 2–1 Nashville SO Reimer (4–2–3) 17,231 4–8–4 12 Recap 17 November 14 Vancouver 2–4 Toronto Reimer (5–2–3) 19,798 5–8–4 14 Recap 18 November 15 Toronto 3–4 NY Rangers Bernier (0–7–1) 18,006 5–9–4 14 Recap 19 November 17 Colorado 1–5 Toronto Reimer (6–2–3) 19,238 6–9–4 16 Recap 20 November 20 Toronto 2–1 Carolina SO Reimer (7–2–3) 10,327 7–9–4 18 Recap 21 November 21 Toronto 0–2 Boston Reimer (7–3–3) 17,565 7–10–4 18 Recap 22 November 23 Boston 4–3 Toronto SO Reimer (7–3–4) 19,609 7–10–5 19 Recap 23 November 28 Washington 4–2 Toronto Bernier (0–8–1) 19,053 7–11–5 19 Recap 24 November 30 Edmonton 0–3 Toronto Sparks (1–0–0) 19,559 8–11–5 21 Recap
December: 6–4–2, 14 points (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 2 Toronto 1–6 Winnipeg Sparks (1–1–0) 15,294 8–12–5 21 Recap 26 December 3 Toronto 0–1 Minnesota Reimer (7–4–4) 18,880 8–13–5 21 Recap 27 December 5 Toronto 4–1 St. Louis Sparks (2–1–0) 18,698 9–13–5 23 Recap 28 December 8 New Jersey 2–3 Toronto SO Sparks (3–1–0) 19,043 10–13–5 25 Recap 29 December 15 Tampa Bay 5–4 Toronto OT Bernier (0–8–2) 18,989 10–13–6 26 Recap 30 December 17 San Jose 5–4 Toronto OT Bernier (0–8–3) 18,966 10–13–7 27 Recap 31 December 19 Los Angeles 0–5 Toronto Bernier (1–8–3) 19,362 11–13–7 29 Recap 32 December 21 Toronto 7–4 Colorado Bernier (2–8–3) 16,084 12–13–7 31 Recap 33 December 22 Toronto 2–3 Arizona Bernier (2–9–3) 12,234 12–14–7 31 Recap 34 December 27 Toronto 3–1 NY Islanders Bernier (3–9–3) 15,795 13–14–7 33 Recap 35 December 29 NY Islanders 6–3 Toronto Bernier (3–10–3) 19,899 13–15–7 33 Recap 36 December 30 Toronto 3–2 Pittsburgh SO Bernier (4–10–3) 18,662 14–15–7 35 Recap
January: 3–7–2, 8 points (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 St. Louis 1–4 Toronto Bernier (5–10–3) 19,221 15–15–7 37 Recap 38 January 6 Toronto 4–0 Anaheim Bernier (6–10–3) 16,283 16–15–7 39 Recap 39 January 7 Toronto 1–2 Los Angeles Reimer (7–5–4) 18,230 16–16–7 39 Recap 40 January 9 Toronto 0–7 San Jose Bernier (6–11–3) 17,281 16–17–7 39 Recap 41 January 13 Columbus 3–1 Toronto Reimer (7–6–4) 18,903 16–18–7 39 Recap 42 January 15 Chicago 4–1 Toronto Reimer (7–7–4) 20,049 16–19–7 39 Recap 43 January 16 Toronto 2–3 Boston Bernier (6–12–3) 17,565 16–20–7 39 Recap 44 January 19 Toronto 3–2 Philadelphia Reimer (8–7–4) 19,319 17–20–7 41 Recap 45 January 21 Carolina 1–0 Toronto OT Reimer (8–7–5) 18,981 17–20–8 42 Recap 46 January 23 Montreal 3–2 Toronto SO Reimer (8–7–6) 19,807 17–20–9 43 Recap 47 January 26 Toronto 1–5 Florida Reimer (8–8–6) 14,585 17–21–9 43 Recap 48 January 27 Toronto 0–1 Tampa Bay Bernier (6–13–3) 19,092 17–22–9 43 Recap
February: 4–8–1, 9 points (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 2 Toronto 4–3 Boston OT Reimer (9–8–6) 17,565 18–22–9 45 Recap 50 February 4 New Jersey 2–3 Toronto SO Reimer (10–8–6) 18,947 19–22–9 47 Recap 51 February 6 Toronto 1–6 Ottawa Reimer (10–9–6) 19,379 19–23–9 47 Recap 52 February 9 Toronto 3–4 Calgary Reimer (10–10–6) 19,289 19–24–9 47 Recap 53 February 11 Toronto 2–5 Edmonton Bernier (6–14–3) 16,839 19–25–9 47 Recap 54 February 13 Toronto 5–2 Vancouver Reimer (11–10–6) 18,570 20–25–9 49 Recap 55 February 15 Toronto 2–7 Chicago Reimer (11–11–6) 21,767 20–26–9 49 Recap 56 February 18 NY Rangers 4–2 Toronto Bernier (6–15–3) 18,952 20–27–9 49 Recap 57 February 20 Philadelphia 5–4 Toronto OT Reimer (11–11–7) 19,060 20–27–10 50 Recap 58 February 23 Nashville 3–2 Toronto Reimer (11–12–7) 18,844 20–28–10 50 Recap 59 February 25 Carolina 1–3 Toronto Bernier (7–15–3) 18,862 21–28–10 52 Recap 60 February 27 Toronto 1–4 Montreal Bernier (7–16–3) 21,288 21–29–10 52 Recap 61 February 29 Tampa Bay 2–1 Toronto Sparks (3–2–0) 18,933 21–30–10 52 Recap
March: 7–8–1, 15 points (Home: 5–4–1 ; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Toronto 2–3 Washington Bernier (7–17–3) 18,506 21–31–10 52 Recap 63 March 3 Minnesota 2–1 Toronto Sparks (3–3–0) 18,915 21–32–10 52 Recap 64 March 5 Ottawa 3–2 Toronto Bernier (7–18–3) 19,339 21–33–10 52 Recap 65 March 7 Buffalo 4–3 Toronto SO Sparks (3–3–1) 18,950 21–33–11 53 Recap 66 March 9 NY Islanders 3–4 Toronto SO Sparks (4–3–1) 18,889 22–33–11 55 Recap 67 March 12 Toronto 0–4 Ottawa Sparks (4–4–1) 18,557 22–34–11 55 Recap 68 March 13 Toronto 1–0 Detroit Bernier (8–18–3) 20,027 23–34–11 57 Recap 69 March 15 Tampa Bay 1–4 Toronto Bernier (9–18–3) 18,874 24–34–11 59 Recap 70 March 17 Florida 4–1 Toronto Bernier (9–19–3) 18,922 24–35–11 59 Recap 71 March 19 Buffalo 1–4 Toronto Sparks (5–4–1) 18,829 25–35–11 61 Recap 72 March 21 Calgary 2–5 Toronto Bernier (10–19–3) 19,069 26–35–11 63 Recap 73 March 24 Anaheim 5–6 Toronto OT Sparks (6–4–1) 18,935 27–35–11 65 Recap 74 March 26 Boston 3–1 Toronto Bernier (10–20–3) 19,185 27–36–11 65 Recap 75 March 28 Toronto 0–3 Tampa Bay Sparks (6–5–1) 19,092 27–37–11 65 Recap 76 March 29 Toronto 5–2 Florida Bernier (11–20–3) 16,724 28–37–11 67 Recap 77 March 31 Toronto 1–4 Buffalo Sparks (6–6–1) 18,873 28–38–11 67 Recap
April: 1–4–0, 2 points (Home: 0–3–0 ; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Detroit 3–2 Toronto Sparks (6–7–1) 19,371 28–39–11 67 Recap 79 April 4 Florida 4–3 Toronto Bernier (11–21–3) 18,846 28–40–11 67 Recap 80 April 6 Columbus 5–1 Toronto Sparks (6–8–1) 18,837 28–41–11 67 Recap 81 April 7 Toronto 4–3 Philadelphia OT Bernier (12–21–3) 19,674 29–41–11 69 Recap 82 April 9 Toronto 1–5 New Jersey Sparks (6–9–1) 16,514 29–42–11 69 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Overtime statistics

	Games	Won	Lost	Game Winning Goal Scorers
Overtime	8	3	5	Parenteau, Kadri, Gardiner
Shootout	12	6	6	Holland, Lupul, Kadri, Parenteau (2), Soshnikov
	20	9	11

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Nazem Kadri	76	17	28	45	−15	73
P. A. Parenteau	77	20	21	41	0	68
Leo Komarov	67	19	17	36	−12	40
Morgan Rielly	82	9	27	36	−17	28
Tyler Bozak	57	12	23	35	−9	18
Jake Gardiner	79	7	24	31	−15	32
James van Riemsdyk	40	14	15	29	3	6
Peter Holland	65	9	18	27	−16	28
Brad Boyes	60	8	16	24	−6	12
Dion Phaneuf‡	51	3	21	24	−4	67
Michael Grabner	80	9	9	18	−4	12
Shawn Matthias‡	51	6	11	17	−10	12
Colin Greening†	30	7	8	15	−2	13
Joffrey Lupul	46	11	3	14	−10	12
Daniel Winnik‡	56	4	10	14	−3	16
William Nylander	22	6	7	13	1	4
Roman Polak‡	55	1	12	13	8	56
Matt Hunwick	60	2	8	10	−17	32
Brooks Laich†	21	1	6	7	−6	2
Martin Marincin	65	1	6	7	−3	34
Nick Spaling‡	35	1	6	7	−7	18
Zach Hyman	16	4	2	6	0	18
Ben Smith†	16	2	4	6	3	0
Connor Brown	7	1	5	6	−2	0
Milan Michalek†	13	1	5	6	−1	6
Frank Corrado	39	1	5	6	−12	26
Josh Leivo	12	5	0	5	2	6
Nikita Soshnikov	11	2	3	5	−4	6
Byron Froese	56	2	3	5	−11	16
Mark Arcobello	20	3	1	4	0	0
Connor Carrick	16	2	2	4	−3	15
Rich Clune	19	0	4	4	1	22
Brendan Leipsic	6	1	2	3	−1	2
Viktor Loov	4	0	2	2	4	0
Tobias Lindberg	6	0	2	2	0	4
T. J. Brennan	7	1	0	1	−6	6
Andrew Campbell	6	0	1	1	0	2
Scott Harrington	15	0	1	1	0	4
Frederik Gauthier	7	0	1	1	−5	0
Sam Carrick	3	0	0	0	−2	4
Stuart Percy	3	0	0	0	−2	0
Rinat Valiev	10	0	0	0	0	0
Kasperi Kapanen	9	0	0	0	−3	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jonathan Bernier	38	36	2146:46	12	21	3	103	2.88	1114	.907	3	0	0	2
James Reimer‡	32	29	1809:01	11	12	7	75	2.49	845	.918	0	0	0	0
Garret Sparks	17	17	974:57	6	9	1	49	3.02	456	.892	1	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Maple Leafs. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Year end roster

Updated May 22, 2016. Sources: Toronto Maple Leafs, CBS Sports

This list only includes skaters who played a minimum of 20 games with the Maple Leafs, or goaltenders who player at least 15. For a complete list of players, see HERE. Additionally, players who were traded away before the season's end are not included in this table.

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
33		Mark Arcobello	C	R	27	2015	Milford, Connecticut
45		Jonathan Bernier	G	L	27	2013	Laval, Quebec
28		Brad Boyes	RW	R	33	2015	Mississauga, Ontario
42		Tyler Bozak (A)	C	R	30	2009	Regina, Saskatchewan
20		Frank Corrado	D	R	23	2015	Toronto, Ontario
56		Byron Froese	C	R	25	2015	Winkler, Manitoba
51		Jake Gardiner	D	L	25	2011	Minneapolis, Minnesota
40		Michael Grabner (A)	RW	L	28	2015	Villach, Austria
38		Colin Greening	LW	L	30	2016	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
24		Peter Holland	C	L	25	2013	Toronto, Ontario
2		Matt Hunwick (A)	D	L	30	2015	Warren, Michigan
43		Nazem Kadri	C	L	25	2009	London, Ontario
47		Leo Komarov (A)	C	L	29	2012	Narva, Soviet Union
23		Brooks Laich	C	L	32	2016	Wawota, Saskatchewan
19		Joffrey Lupul	LW	R	32	2011	Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
52		Martin Marincin	D	L	24	2015	Košice, Czechoslovakia
18		Milan Michalek	LW	L	31	2016	Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia
39		William Nylander	C	R	19	2014	Calgary, Alberta
15		P. A. Parenteau (A)	RW	R	33	2015	Hull, Quebec
44		Morgan Rielly	D	L	22	2012	West Vancouver, British Columbia
26		Ben Smith	RW/C	R	27	2016	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
31		Garret Sparks	G	L	22	2011	Elmhurst, Illinois
21		James van Riemsdyk	LW	L	26	2012	Middletown Township, New Jersey

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Nazem Kadri	Making a throat slashing gesture towards Calgary Flames defenseman Mark Giordano during NHL Game No. 805 in Calgary on Tuesday, February 9, 2016.	—	$5,000	February 11, 2016
Leo Komarov	Elbowing New York Rangers defenceman Ryan McDonagh during NHL game No. 860 in Toronto on Thursday, February 18, 2016, at 18:58 of the first period.	3 games	$47,580.64	February 19, 2016
Nazem Kadri	For three diving/embellishment incidents between February 4 and March 21, 2016.	—	$5,000	April 1, 2016
Nazem Kadri	Cross-checking Detroit Red Wings forward Luke Glendening during NHL Game No. 1170 in Toronto on Saturday, April 2, at 7:23 of the second period.	4 games	$200,000	April 4, 2016

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Awarded
J. Reimer	NHL Third Star of the Week	November 16, 2015
T. Bozak	NHL Third Star of the Week	December 28, 2015
L. Komarov	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016

Milestones

A variety of milestones were set by players during the season. In terms of debuts, twelve players appeared in this first NHL game this season. They include Byron Froese, Garret Sparks, Brendan Leipsic, Viktor Loov, Zach Hyman, Kasperi Kapanen, William Nylander, Nikita Soshnikov, Rinat Valiev, Connor Brown, Frederik Gauthier and Tobias Lindberg.

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
B. Froese	1st Career NHL Game	October 24, 2015
S. Harrington	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 24, 2015
J. Bernier	10,000 Career NHL Minutes	October 30, 2015
B. Froese	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	November 2, 2015
J. Reimer	10,000 Career NHL Minutes	November 12, 2015
J. Lupul	200th Career NHL Goal	November 14, 2015
G. Sparks	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Win 1st Career NHL Shutout	November 30, 2015
M. Marincin	100th Career NHL Game	December 2, 2015
T. Bozak	400th Career NHL Game	December 3, 2015
N. Spaling	400th Career NHL Game	December 5, 2015
T. Bozak	100th Career NHL Goal	December 15, 2015
F. Corrado	1st Career NHL Assist	December 17, 2015
B. Froese	1st Career NHL Goal	December 19, 2015
J. Bernier	10th Career NHL Shutout	December 19, 2015
T. Bozak	2nd Career NHL Hat-Trick	December 21, 2015
D. Winnik	600th Career NHL Game	December 27, 2015
J. Gardiner	100th Career NHL Point	December 27, 2015
M. Grabner	100th Career NHL Goal	December 27, 2015
N. Kadri	100th Career NHL Assist	December 29, 2015
L. Komarov	Career High for Points in a Season	January 2, 2016
L. Komarov	1st NHL All-Star Appearance	January 6, 2015
M. Babcock	1000th Career NHL Game Coached	January 4, 2016
D. Phaneuf	300th Career NHL Assist	January 16, 2016
J. Reimer	200th Career NHL Game	February 2, 2016
R. Polak	100th Career NHL Point	February 2, 2016
J. Leivo	Career High for Goals in a Season	February 11, 2016
B. Leipsic	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	February 13, 2016
V. Loov	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	February 18, 2016
J. Bernier	200th Career NHL Game	February 18, 2016
B. Boyes	500th Career NHL Point	February 20, 2016
Z. Hyman	1st Career NHL Game	February 29, 2016
K. Kapanen	1st Career NHL Game	February 29, 2016
W. Nylander	1st Career NHL Game	February 29, 2016
N. Soshnikov	1st Career NHL Game	February 29, 2016
N. Soshnikov	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	March 2, 2016
W. Nylander	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	March 5, 2016
N. Soshnikov	1st Career NHL Assist	March 7, 2016
Z. Hyman	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	March 7, 2016
R. Valiev	1st Career NHL Game	March 12, 2016
C. Brown	1st Career NHL Game	March 17, 2016
F. Gauthier	1st Career NHL Game	March 19, 2016
C. Brown	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	March 21, 2016
C. Brown	1st Career NHL Goal	March 24, 2016
P. A. Parenteau	100th Career NHL Goal	March 29, 2016
N. Kadri	3rd Career NHL Hat-Trick	March 29, 2016
T. Lindberg	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	March 31, 2016

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)	To Philadelphia Flyers NSH's 1st-round pick in 2015	To Toronto Maple Leafs TBL's 1st-round pick in 2015 CHI's 2nd-round pick in 2015
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)	To Columbus Blue Jackets TBL's 1st-round pick in 2015	To Toronto Maple Leafs TOR's 2nd-round pick in 2015 PHI's 3rd-round pick in 2015
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Edmonton Oilers Brad Ross PIT's 4th-round pick in 2015	To Toronto Maple Leafs Martin Marincin
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel* Tim Erixon Tyler Biggs conditional PIT's 2nd-round pick in 2016 or      TOR's 2nd round pick in 2017	To Toronto Maple Leafs Nick Spaling Kasperi Kapanen Scott Harrington conditional 1st-round pick in 2016 or      1st-round pick in 2017 or      2nd-round pick in 2017 3rd-round pick in 2016
July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12)	To Nashville Predators Jamie Devane	To Toronto Maple Leafs Taylor Beck
September 16, 2015 (2015-09-16)	To New York Islanders Taylor Beck Carter Verhaeghe Matt Finn Tom Nilsson Christopher Gibson	To Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Grabner
January 3, 2016 (2016-01-03)	To Chicago Blackhawks Richard Panik	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jeremy Morin
February 9, 2016 (2016-02-09)	To Ottawa Senators Dion Phaneuf Matt Frattin Casey Bailey Ryan Rupert Cody Donaghey	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jared Cowen Milan Michalek Colin Greening Tobias Lindberg 2nd-round pick in 2017
February 21, 2016 (2016-02-21)	To Colorado Avalanche Shawn Matthias	To Toronto Maple Leafs Colin Smith 4th-round pick in 2016
February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)	To San Jose Sharks Roman Polak Nick Spaling	To Toronto Maple Leafs Raffi Torres 2nd-round pick in 2017 2nd-round pick in 2018
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27)	To San Jose Sharks James Reimer Jeremy Morin	To Toronto Maple Leafs Alex Stalock Ben Smith conditional 4th-round pick in 2018
February 28, 2016 (2016-02-28)	To Washington Capitals Daniel Winnik 5th-round pick in 2016	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brooks Laich Connor Carrick 2nd-round pick in 2016
June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20)	To Anaheim Ducks PIT's 1st-round pick in 2016 2nd-round pick in 2017	To Toronto Maple Leafs Frederik Andersen

Free agents acquired

Players signed to professional try out contracts are not included in this table. Please see off-season for try outs.

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Matt Hunwick	New York Rangers	2 years, $2.4 million
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	P. A. Parenteau	Montreal Canadiens	1 year, $1.5 million
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Mark Arcobello	Arizona Coyotes	1 year, $1.1 million
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Daniel Winnik	Pittsburgh Penguins	2 years, $4.5 million
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Byron Froese	Toronto Marlies (AHL)	2 years, entry-level contract
July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06)	Shawn Matthias	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $2.3 million
September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)	Brad Boyes	Florida Panthers	1 year, $700,000
September 29, 2015 (2015-09-29)	Andrew Campbell	Arizona Coyotes	2 years, $1.15 million
October 29, 2015 (2015-10-29)	Richard Clune	Toronto Marlies (AHL)	1 year, $575,000
March 28, 2016 (2016-03-28)	Kasimir Kaskisuo	University of Minnesota-Duluth (NCAA)	2 years, entry-level contract
May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)	Nikita Zaitsev	CSKA Moscow (KHL)	1 year, entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Trevor Smith	SC Bern (NLA)	2 years, value unknown
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Andrew MacWilliam	Winnipeg Jets	1 year, $600,000
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)	Zach Sill	Washington Capitals	1 year, $575,000
August 24, 2015 (2015-08-24)	Frazer McLaren	San Jose Sharks	1 year, $600,000

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
Frank Corrado	Vancouver Canucks	October 6, 2015

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Petter Granberg	Nashville Predators	November 22, 2015

Lost via retirement

Player	Ref
Troy Bodie

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Richard Panik	1 year, $975,000
July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05)	Nazem Kadri	1 year, $4.1 million
July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09)	Martin Marincin	1 year, $700,000
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)	Taylor Beck	1 year, $875,000
July 22, 2015 (2015-07-22)	Travis Dermott	3 years, entry-level contract
July 28, 2015 (2015-07-28)	Mitch Marner	3 years, entry-level contract
August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02)	Jonathan Bernier	2 years, $8.3 million
November 23, 2015 (2015-11-23)	Andrew Nielsen	3 years, entry-level contract
November 23, 2015 (2015-11-23)	Dmytro Timashov	3 years, entry-level contract
April 13, 2016 (2016-04-13)	Morgan Rielly	6 years, $30 million contract extension
April 13, 2016 (2016-04-13)	Nazem Kadri	6 years, $27 million contract extension
June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20)	Frederik Andersen	5 years, $25 million

Draft picks

Main article: 2015 NHL Entry Draft

See also: List of Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks

Below are the Toronto Maple Leafs' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	4	Mitch Marner	Center/Right Wing	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
2	34	Travis Dermott 1	Defence	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
2	61	Jeremy Bracco 2	Right Wing	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
3	65	Andrew Nielsen	Defence	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
3	68	Martins Dzierkals 3	Left Wing	Latvia	HK Rīga (MHL)
4	95	Jesper Lindgren	Defence	Sweden	Modo Hockey (SHL)
5	125	Dmytro Timashov	Left Wing	Sweden Ukraine [a]	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	155	Stephen Desrocher	Defence	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	185	Nikita Korostelev	Right Wing	Russia	Sarnia Sting (OHL)

• ^a While Timashov has represented Sweden internationally and identifies as Swedish, NHL.com lists Timashov as Ukrainian.

Pick Notes

1. The Toronto Maple Leafs' second-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Tampa Bay's first-round pick in 2015 (29th overall) to Columbus in exchange for Philadelphia's third-round pick in 2015 (68th overall) and this pick.

   Columbus previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Marian Gaborik to Los Angeles in exchange for Matt Frattin, a conditional third-round pick in 2014 and this pick.

   Los Angeles previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 23, 2013 that sent Jonathan Bernier to Toronto in exchange for Ben Scrivens, Matt Frattin and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Los Angeles will receive a second-round pick in 2014 or 2015 at Toronto's choice – was converted on January 18, 2014 when Toronto's second-round pick in 2014 was traded to the Anaheim Ducks.

2. The Chicago Blackhawks' second-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that Nashville's first-round pick in 2015 (24th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for Tampa Bay's first-round pick in 2015 (29th overall) and this pick.

   Philadelphia previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 27, 2015 that sent Kimmo Timonen to Chicago in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2016 and this pick.

3. The Philadelphia Flyers' third-round pick went the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Tampa Bay's first-round pick in 2015 (29th overall) to Columbus in exchange for Toronto's second-round pick in 2015 (34th overall) and this pick.

   Columbus previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on April 3, 2013 that sent Steve Mason to Philadelphia in exchange for Michael Leighton and this pick.

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