2020–21 Toronto Maple Leafs season

2020–21 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	North
2020–21 record	8–2–1
Home record	4–1–0
Road record	4–1–1
Goals for	40
Goals against	32
Team information
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)	Toronto Marlies (AHL) Newfoundland Growlers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Auston Matthews (8)
Assists	Mitch Marner (11)
Points	Mitch Marner (17)
Penalty minutes	Wayne Simmonds (22)
Plus/minus	Justin Holl Jake Muzzin (+5)
Wins	Frederik Andersen (6)
Goals against average	Jack Campbell (2.00)

The 2020–21 Toronto Maple Leafs season is the 104th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 22, 1917. The team will look to make the playoffs for a fifth straight year as they lost in the Qualifying Round of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

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 is to be played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Toronto and the other Canadian teams will play an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

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	183	154	+29	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	22	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	17	151	188	−37	50

Source: National Hockey League
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	Feb 22	Feb 24	Mar 19	Mar 20	Apr 13	3–2	4–3	Apr 4	Apr 5
Edmonton	1–3	4–2	Mar 27	Mar 29		4–3	3–4 OT	Feb 27	Mar 1	Mar 3
Montreal	5–4 OT	Feb 13	Apr 7	May 7	May 8	Feb 10	Feb 20	Apr 12	Apr 28	May 3
Ottawa	Feb 15	Feb 17	Feb 18	Apr 10		3–5	3–2	Mar 14	Mar 25	May 5
Vancouver	7–3	Feb 6	Feb 8	Apr 30	May 1	Mar 4	Mar 6	Apr 17	Apr 19
Winnipeg	3–1	Mar 9	Mar 11	Mar 13	Apr 15	Mar 31	Apr 2	Apr 21	Apr 23	Apr 24
Records	4–1–0					4–1–1
Overall	8–2–1

Notes

^OT Game decided in overtime

^SO Game decided in a shootout

Schedule and results

Regular season

2020–21 game log: 8–2–1, 17 points (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 4–1–1)
January: 7–2–1, 15 points (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 4–1–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 January 13 Montreal Canadiens 5–4 OT Andersen (1–0–0) Scotiabank Arena 0 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 January 15 @ Ottawa Senators 3–5 Andersen (1–1–0) Canadian Tire Centre 0 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 January 16 @ Ottawa Senators 3–2 Campbell (1–0–0) Canadian Tire Centre 0 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 January 18 Winnipeg Jets 3–1 Andersen (2–1–0) Scotiabank Arena 0 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 January 20 Edmonton Oilers 1–3 Andersen (2–2–0) Scotiabank Arena 0 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 January 22 Edmonton Oilers 4–2 Andersen (3–2–0) Scotiabank Arena 0 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 January 24 @ Calgary Flames 3–2 Campbell (2–0–0) Scotiabank Saddledome 0 5–2–0 10 Recap 8 January 26 @ Calgary Flames 4–3 Andersen (4–2–0) Scotiabank Saddledome 0 6–2–0 12 Recap 9 January 28 @ Edmonton Oilers 4–3 Andersen (5–2–0) Rogers Place 0 7–2–0 14 Recap 10 January 30 @ Edmonton Oilers 3–4 OT Andersen (5–2–1) Rogers Place 0 7–2–1 15 Recap
February: 1–0–0, 2 points (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 11 February 4 Vancouver Canucks 7–3 Andersen (6–2–1) Scotiabank Arena 0 8–2–1 17 Recap 12 February 6 Vancouver Canucks – Scotiabank Arena 13 February 8 Vancouver Canucks – Scotiabank Arena 14 February 10 @ Montreal Canadiens – Bell Centre 15 February 13 Montreal Canadiens – Scotiabank Arena 16 February 15 Ottawa Senators – Scotiabank Arena 17 February 17 Ottawa Senators – Scotiabank Arena 18 February 18 Ottawa Senators – Scotiabank Arena 19 February 20 @ Montreal Canadiens – Bell Centre 20 February 22 Calgary Flames – Scotiabank Arena 21 February 24 Calgary Flames – Scotiabank Arena 22 February 27 @ Edmonton Oilers – Rogers Place
March: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 23 March 1 @ Edmonton Oilers – Rogers Place 24 March 3 @ Edmonton Oilers – Rogers Place 25 March 4 @ Vancouver Canucks – Rogers Arena 26 March 6 @ Vancouver Canucks – Rogers Arena 27 March 9 Winnipeg Jets – Scotiabank Arena 28 March 11 Winnipeg Jets – Scotiabank Arena 29 March 13 Winnipeg Jets – Scotiabank Arena 30 March 14 @ Ottawa Senators – Canadian Tire Centre 31 March 19 Calgary Flames – Scotiabank Arena 32 March 20 Calgary Flames – Scotiabank Arena 33 March 25 @ Ottawa Senators – Canadian Tire Centre 34 March 27 Edmonton Oilers – Scotiabank Arena 35 March 29 Edmonton Oilers – Scotiabank Arena 36 March 31 @ Winnipeg Jets – Bell MTS Place
April: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 37 April 2 @ Winnipeg Jets – Bell MTS Place 38 April 4 @ Calgary Flames – Scotiabank Saddledome 39 April 5 @ Calgary Flames – Scotiabank Saddledome 40 April 7 Montreal Canadiens – Scotiabank Arena 41 April 10 Ottawa Senators – Scotiabank Arena 42 April 12 @ Montreal Canadiens – Bell Centre 43 April 13 Calgary Flames – Scotiabank Arena 44 April 15 Winnipeg Jets – Scotiabank Arena 45 April 17 @ Vancouver Canucks – Rogers Arena 46 April 19 @ Vancouver Canucks – Rogers Arena 47 April 21 @ Winnipeg Jets – Bell MTS Place 48 April 23 @ Winnipeg Jets – Bell MTS Place 49 April 24 @ Winnipeg Jets – Bell MTS Place 50 April 28 @ Montreal Canadiens – Bell Centre 51 April 30 Vancouver Canucks – Scotiabank Arena
May: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 52 May 1 Vancouver Canucks – Scotiabank Arena 53 May 3 @ Montreal Canadiens – Bell Centre 54 May 5 @ Ottawa Senators – Canadian Tire Centre 55 May 7 Montreal Canadiens – Scotiabank Arena 56 May 8 Montreal Canadiens – Scotiabank Arena
2020–21 schedule   Win (2 Points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Overtime statistics

	Games	Won	Lost	Game-winning goal scorers
Overtime	2	1	1	Rielly (1)
Shootout	0	0	0
Total	2	1	1

Player statistics

Updated to game played February 4, 2021

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mitch Marner	11	6	11	17	3	8
Auston Matthews	10	8	4	12	1	0
William Nylander	11	4	8	12	1	6
John Tavares	11	5	6	11	3	6
Morgan Rielly	11	1	8	9	−2	4
Jason Spezza	10	4	4	8	1	6
Jake Muzzin	11	1	5	6	5	6
Zach Hyman	11	2	3	5	4	10
Justin Holl	11	0	5	5	5	4
Travis Boyd	3	1	3	4	4	0
Alexander Kerfoot	11	1	3	4	−1	10
T.J. Brodie	11	0	4	4	0	0
Wayne Simmonds	11	3	0	3	−5	22
Jimmy Vesey	11	2	1	3	0	2
Joe Thornton	5	1	1	2	−1	2
Ilya Mikheyev	11	0	2	2	−1	2
Adam Brooks	1	1	0	1	−1	0
Nic Petan	1	0	1	1	1	2
Pierre Engvall	4	0	1	1	0	4
Mikko Lehtonen	4	0	1	1	−1	2
Zach Bogosian	11	0	1	1	1	4
Travis Dermott	9	0	0	0	2	4
Alexander Barabanov	6	0	0	0	−1	0
Joey Anderson	1	0	0	0	1	2
Nicholas Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Frederik Andersen	9	9	538:07	6	2	1	27	3.01	242	.888	0	0	1	0
Jack Campbell	2	2	119:48	2	0	0	4	2.00	52	.923	0	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 before being acquired by Toronto
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated July 4, 2024

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
26		Nick Abruzzese	C	L	25	2019	Slate Hill, New York
2		Simon Benoit	D	L	25	2023	Laval, Quebec
43		Kyle Clifford	LW	L	33	2021	Ayr, Ontario
53		Easton Cowan	RW	L	19	2023	Mount Brydges, Ontario
24		Connor Dewar (RFA)	C	L	25	2024	The Pas, Manitoba
11		Max Domi	LW	L	29	2023	Winnipeg, Manitoba
–		Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	L	32	2024	Karlskrona, Sweden
71		Nikita Grebenkin	RW	L	21	2022	Serov, Russia
–		Jani Hakanpaa	D	R	32	2024	Kirkkonummi, Finland
41		Dennis Hildeby	G	L	22	2024	Järfälla, Sweden
29		Pontus Holmberg	C	L	25	2018	Västerås, Sweden
19		Calle Jarnkrok	RW	R	32	2022	Gävle, Sweden
64		David Kampf	C	L	29	2021	Jirkov, Czech Republic
23		Matthew Knies	LW	L	21	2021	Phoenix, Arizona
84		Mikko Kokkonen	D	L	23	2019	Mikkeli, Finland
37		Timothy Liljegren	D	R	25	2017	Kristianstad, Sweden
16		Mitch Marner (A)	RW	R	27	2015	Markham, Ontario
34		Auston Matthews (A)	C	L	26	2016	San Ramon, California
22		Jake McCabe	D	L	30	2023	Eau Claire, Wisconsin
74		Bobby McMann	C	L	28	2022	Wainwright, Alberta
–		Dakota Mermis	D	L	30	2024	Alton, Illinois
39		Fraser Minten	C	L	20	2022	Vancouver, British Columbia
30		Matt Murray	G	L	30	2022	Thunder Bay, Ontario
–		Philippe Myers	D	R	27	2024	Moncton, New Brunswick
47		Topi Niemela	D	R	22	2020	Oulu, Finland
88		William Nylander	RW	R	28	2014	Calgary, Alberta
80		Keith Petruzzelli (UFA)	G	L	25	2022	Wilbraham, Massachusetts
75		Ryan Reaves	RW	R	37	2023	Winnipeg, Manitoba
44		Morgan Rielly (A)	D	L	30	2012	West Vancouver, British Columbia
83		Marshall Rifai	D	L	26	2023	Beaconsfield, Quebec
89		Nicholas Robertson (RFA)	LW	L	22	2019	Arcadia, California
46		Alex Steeves (RFA)	LW	L	24	2021	Bedford, New Hampshire
–		Anthony Stolarz	G	L	30	2024	Edison, New Jersey
–		Christopher Tanev	D	R	34	2024	East York, Ontario
91		John Tavares (C)	C	L	33	2018	Mississauga, Ontario
25		Conor Timmins	D	R	25	2022	St. Catharines, Ontario
76		William Villeneuve	D	R	22	2020	Sherbrooke, Quebec
52		Cade Webber	D	L	23	2024	Meadville, Pennsylvania
60		Joseph Woll	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

Free agents signed

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Wayne Simmonds	Buffalo Sabres	1-year
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	T. J. Brodie	Calgary Flames	4-year
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)	Travis Boyd	Washington Capitals	1-year
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)	Zach Bogosian	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year
October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)	Jimmy Vesey	Buffalo Sabres	1-year
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)	Aaron Dell	San Jose Sharks	1-year
October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16)	Joe Thornton	San Jose Sharks	1-year
October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30)	Michael Hutchinson	Colorado Avalanche	2-year

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

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)	Denis Malgin	1-year
October 5, 2020 (2020-10-05)	Jason Spezza	1-year
October 20, 2020 (2020-10-20)	Ilya Mikheyev	2-year
October 23, 2020 (2020-10-23)	Travis Dermott	1-year
October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30)	Joey Anderson	3-year

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 Center 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	Russia	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
2	59	Roni Hirvonen	C	Finland	Ässät (Liiga)
3	64	Topi Niemela	D	Finland	Oulun Karpat (Liiga)
4	106	Artur Akhtyamov	G	Russia	Irbis Kazan (MHL)
4	122	Willam Villeneuve	D	Canada	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
5	137	Dmitri Ovchinnikov	C	Russia	Novosibirsk 2 (MHL)
6	168	Veeti Miettinen	RW	Finland	K-Espoo U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
6	177	Axel Rindell	D	Finland	Jukurit (Liiga)
6	180	Joe Miller	C	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
7	189	John Fusco	D	United States	Harvard Crimson (ECAC)
7	195	Wyatt Schingoethe	C	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
7	213	Ryan Tverberg	C	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.