2017–18 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2017–18 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 101st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 22, 1917. The Maple Leafs set a new franchise record in wins when they earned their 46th win of the season on March 28, 2018, and as well set a new franchise record for wins at home. The following day, the Leafs officially clinched a playoff spot for a second consecutive season. The Leafs made it to the playoffs last season, and were bumped out in the first series. Their season ended in the first round of the playoffs, losing to the Boston Bruins in seven games.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Record vs opponents==
Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference
Atlantic Division 	Atlantic Division 	Atlantic Division 	Atlantic Division 	Atlantic Division 	Metropolitan Division	Metropolitan Division	Metropolitan Division	Metropolitan Division	Metropolitan Division	Central Division 	Central Division 	Central Division 	Pacific Division 	Pacific Division 	Pacific Division
Team 	Home 	Home 	Road 	Road 	Team 	Home 	Home 	Road 	Road 	Team 	Home 	Road 	Team 	Home 	Road
Boston 	3–2 	4–3 	4–1 	1–4 	Carolina 	3–6 	8–1 	5–4 	 	Chicago 	4–3 	3–2 	Anaheim 	7–4 	3–1
Buffalo 	2–3 	5–2 	3–5 	5–2 	Columbus 	2–3 	6–3 	2–4 	 	Colorado 	2–4 	3–4 	Arizona 	1–4 	7–4
Detroit 	6–3 	4–3 	1–3 	3–2 	New Jersey 	3–6 	1–0 	1–2 	 	Dallas 	6–5 	4–1 	Calgary 	2–1 	4–1
Florida 	1–0 	4–3 	1–2 	2–3 	N.Y. Islanders 	5–0 	4–3 	5–4 	 	Minnesota 	4–2 	0–2 	Edmonton 	1–0 	6–4
Montreal 	4–0 	4–2 	4–3 	6–0 	N.Y. Rangers 	8–5 	 	3–2 	4–0 	Nashville 	3–2 	5–2 	Los Angeles 	3–2 	3–5
Ottawa 	3–4 	6–3 	3–6 	4–3 	Philadelphia 	2–4 	 	2–4 	2–3 	St. Louis 	1–2 	4–6 	San Jose 	3–2 	2–3
Tampa Bay 	0–2 	4–3 	3–4 	3–4 	Pittsburgh 	5–2 	 	4–3 	3–5 	Winnipeg 	1–3 	7–2 	Vancouver 	3–2 	1–2
 	 	 	 	 	Washington 	2–4 	 	2–0 	2–5 	 	 	 	Vegas 	4–3 	3–6
Records 	11–3–0 	11–3–0 	6–5–3 	6–5–3 	 	7–4–1 	7–4–1 	6–5–1 	6–5–1 	 	4–2–1 	4–2–1 	 	7–1–0 	4–4–0
Division 	17–8–3 	17–8–3 	17–8–3 	17–8–3 	 	13–9–2 	13–9–2 	13–9–2 	13–9–2 	 	8–4–2 	8–4–2 	 	11–5–0 	11–5–0
Conference 	30–17–5 	30–17–5 	30–17–5 	30–17–5 	30–17–5 	30–17–5 	30–17–5 	30–17–5 	30–17–5 	 	19–9–2 	19–9–2 	19–9–2 	19–9–2 	19–9–2
Overall 	49–26–7 	49–26–7 	49–26–7 	49–26–7 	49–26–7 	49–26–7 	49–26–7 	49–26–7 	49–26–7 	49–26–7 	49–26–7 	49–26–7 	49–26–7 	49–26–7 	49–26–7
;Notes
: Game decided in overtime
: Game decided in a shootout
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
2017 preseason: 5–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 3–1–0)
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Game	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision 	Location 	Attendance	Record	Recap
1 	September 18	@ Ottawa Senators 	2–6 	 	McElhinney	Canadian Tire Centre	14,931 	0–1–0 	Recap
2 	September 19	Ottawa Senators 	2–5 	 	Kaskisuo 	Air Canada Centre 	18,847 	0–2–0 	Recap
3 	September 22	Buffalo Sabres 	3–0 	 	— 	Ricoh Coliseum 	— 	1–2–0 	Recap
4 	September 23	@ Buffalo Sabres 	3–1 	 	Kaskisuo 	KeyBank Center 	17,345 	2–2–0 	Recap
5 	September 25	Montreal Canadiens 	5–1 	 	Andersen 	Ricoh Coliseum 	— 	3–2–0 	Recap
6 	September 27	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–2 	 	McElhinney	Videotron Centre 	— 	4–2–0 	Recap
7 	September 29	@ Detroit Red Wings 	4–2 	 	Andersen 	Little Caesars Arena	17,746 	5–2–0 	Recap
8 	September 30	Detroit Red Wings 	2–3 	SO	McElhinney	Ricoh Coliseum 	— 	5–2–1 	Recap
===Regular season===
2017–18 game log: 49–26–7, 105 points (Home: 29–10–2; Road: 20–16–5)	2017–18 game log: 49–26–7, 105 points (Home: 29–10–2; Road: 20–16–5)	2017–18 game log: 49–26–7, 105 points (Home: 29–10–2; Road: 20–16–5)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
October: 7–5–0, 14 points (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 3–2–0)
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Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision 	Location 	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1 	October 4 	@ Winnipeg Jets 	7–2 	 	Andersen (1–0–0) 	Bell MTS Place 	15,321 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 7 	New York Rangers 	8–5 	 	Andersen (2–0–0) 	Air Canada Centre 	19,621 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 9 	Chicago Blackhawks 	4–3 	OT	Andersen (3–0–0) 	Air Canada Centre 	19,456 	3–0–0 	6 	Recap
4 	October 11 	New Jersey Devils 	3–6 	 	Andersen (3–1–0) 	Air Canada Centre 	19,103 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap
5 	October 14 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	4–3 	OT	Andersen (4–1–0) 	Bell Centre 	21,302 	4–1–0 	8 	Recap
6 	October 17 	@ Washington Capitals 	2–0 	 	Andersen (5–1–0) 	Capital One Arena 	18,506 	5–1–0 	10 	Recap
7 	October 18 	Detroit Red Wings 	6–3 	 	McElhinney (1–0–0)	Air Canada Centre 	19,158 	6–1–0 	12 	Recap
8 	October 21 	@ Ottawa Senators 	3–6 	 	Andersen (5–2–0) 	Canadian Tire Centre	17,455 	6–2–0 	12 	Recap
9 	October 23 	Los Angeles Kings 	3–2 	 	Andersen (6–2–0) 	Air Canada Centre 	19,235 	7–2–0 	14 	Recap
10 	October 26 	Carolina Hurricanes 	3–6 	 	Andersen (6–3–0) 	Air Canada Centre 	19,070 	7–3–0 	14 	Recap
11 	October 28 	Philadelphia Flyers 	2–4 	 	Andersen (6–4–0) 	Air Canada Centre 	19,317 	7–4–0 	14 	Recap
12 	October 30 	@ San Jose Sharks 	2–3 	 	Andersen (6–5–0) 	SAP Center 	17,562 	7–5–0 	14 	Recap
===Overtime statistics===
 	Games	Won	Lost	Game-winning goal scorers
Overtime	10 	5 	5 	Matthews (2), Marleau, Nylander (2)
Shootout	9 	7 	2 	Marner, Nylander, Bozak (4), van Riemsdyk
Total 	19 	12 	7 	
===Playoffs===
2018 Stanley Cup playoffs	2018 Stanley Cup playoffs	2018 Stanley Cup playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Boston Bruins: Boston wins series 4–3
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Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision 	Location 	Attendance	Series	Recap
1 	April 12 	@ Boston Bruins 	1–5 	 	Andersen (0–1) 	TD Garden 	17,565 	0–1 	Recap
2 	April 14 	@ Boston Bruins 	3–7 	 	McElhinney (0–1)	TD Garden 	17,565 	0–2 	Recap
3 	April 16 	Boston Bruins 	4–2 	 	Andersen (1–1) 	Air Canada Centre	19,663 	1–2 	Recap
4 	April 19 	Boston Bruins 	1–3 	 	Andersen (1–2) 	Air Canada Centre	19,689 	1–3 	Recap
5 	April 21 	@ Boston Bruins 	4–3 	 	Andersen (2–2) 	TD Garden 	17,565 	2–3 	Recap
6 	April 23 	Boston Bruins 	3–1 	 	Andersen (3–2) 	Air Canada Centre	19,604 	3–3 	Recap
7 	April 25 	@ Boston Bruins 	4–7 	 	Andersen (3–3) 	TD Garden 	17,565 	3–4 	Recap
==Player statistics==
Updated to game played April 25, 2018.
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	22	47	69	−1	26
 	62	34	29	63	25	12
 	82	20	41	61	20	10
 	80	32	23	55	2 	42
 	81	36	18	54	1 	30
 	76	6 	46	52	−4	14
 	82	5 	47	52	9 	32
 	82	27	20	47	1 	16
 	81	11	32	43	6 	28
 	82	15	25	40	22	37
 	82	14	14	28	0 	18
 	80	4 	19	23	12	20
 	74	7 	12	19	0 	31
 	60	5 	8 	13	8 	31
 	37	1 	12	13	16	8
 	50	6 	6 	12	3 	16
 	47	4 	8 	12	5 	27
 	50	3 	9 	12	0 	50
 	54	2 	10	12	5 	46
(a) 	48	3 	8 	11	4 	28
 	38	7 	2 	9 	−1	4
 	16	1 	3 	4 	0 	6
 	9 	2 	1 	3 	−2	0
(a) 	2 	2 	0 	2 	5 	0
 	17	0 	2 	2 	−2	6
(a) 	9 	1 	0 	1 	−4	0
(a) 	4 	0 	1 	1 	−3	4
(b) 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−1	2
(b) 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−2	0
(a) 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−2	2
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	7	2	7	9	2 	4
 	7	4	1	5	0 	4
 	7	0	5	5	−2	4
 	7	3	1	4	−4	4
 	7	2	2	4	1 	2
 	7	2	2	4	−1	6
 	7	1	3	4	−3	4
 	7	1	3	4	−3	0
 	7	1	2	3	0 	0
 	7	1	1	2	−4	0
 	6	1	1	2	2 	2
 	7	0	2	2	−6	2
 	7	0	2	2	−3	2
 	4	0	2	2	0 	19
 	7	1	0	1	−3	0
 	7	1	0	1	−2	2
 	7	0	1	1	0 	4
 	7	0	1	1	3 	4
 	2	0	0	0	−1	0
 	2	0	0	0	−1	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	66	66	3,889:00	38	21	5	182	2.81	2,211	.918	5	0	1	2
 	18	15	980:00 	11	5 	1	35 	2.15	528 	.934	3	0	1	0
(a) 	1 	1 	62:35 	0 	0 	1	4 	3.83	28 	.857	0	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	7	7	368:00	3	3	23	3.76	221	.896	0	0	0	0
 	1	0	48:00 	0	1	4 	5.11	23 	.826	0	0	0	0
(a) Player currently playing for the minor league affiliate Toronto Marlies of the AHL 
(b) Player is no longer with the Leafs organization
==Awards and honours==
===Awards===
Regular season
Player 	Award 	Awarded
Auston Matthews 	NHL Second Star of the Week 	October 16, 2017
Frederik Andersen	NHL Second Star of the Week 	November 20, 2017
Frederik Andersen	NHL Second Star of the Month	December 1, 2017
Curtis McElhinney	NHL Third Star of the Week 	March 19, 2018
==Transactions==
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Vegas Golden KnightsTobias Lindberg6th-round pick in 2018 	To Toronto Maple LeafsCalvin Pickard 	
 	To St. Louis BluesNikita Soshnikov 	To Toronto Maple Leafs4th-round pick in 2019 	
 	To San Jose SharksEric Fehr 	To Toronto Maple Leafs7th-round pick in 2020 	
 	To Montreal CanadiensKerby RychelRinat Valiev2nd-round pick in 2018	To Toronto Maple LeafsKyle BaunTomas Plekanec 	
 	To Edmonton OilersRights to Nolan Vesey 	To Toronto Maple Leafsconditional 7th-round pick in 2020	
Notes:
# Montreal to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Ron Hainsey 	Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year, $6 million 	
 	Dominic Moore 	Boston Bruins 	1-year, $1 million 	
 	Chris Mueller 	Arizona Coyotes 	2-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Vincent LoVerde	Los Angeles Kings 	2-year, $1.45 million 	
 	Patrick Marleau	San Jose Sharks 	3-year, $18.75 million 	
 	Mason Marchment	Toronto Marlies 	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract	
 	Par Lindholm 	Skellefteå AIK 	1-year, entry-level contract 	
 	Igor Ozhiganov 	CSKA Moscow 	1-year, entry-level contract 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Antoine Bibeau 	San Jose Sharks 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Brian Boyle 	New Jersey Devils 	2-year, $5.1 million 	
 	Andrew Campbell 	Arizona Coyotes 	2-year, $300,000 	
 	Seth Griffith 	Buffalo Sabres 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Matt Hunwick 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	3-year, $6.75 million 	
 	Sergey Kalinin 	SKA Saint Petersburg	3-year 	
 	Steven Oleksy 	Anaheim Ducks 	2-year, $300,000 	
 	Alexey Marchenko	CSKA Moscow 	3-year 	
 	Brooks Laich 	Los Angeles Kings 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Ben Smith 	Adler Mannheim 	3-year 	
 	Colin Greening 	Toronto Marlies 	1-year 	
===Claimed via waivers===
===Lost via waivers===
===Lost via expansion draft===
Player 	New team 	Date picked in expansion draft	Ref
Brendan Leipsic	Vegas Golden Knights	 	
===Lost via retirement===
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Adam Brooks 	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Curtis McElhinney	2-year, $1.7 million 	
 	Garret Sparks 	2-year, $1.35 million 	
 	Colin Greening 	1-year, $750,000 	
 	Justin Holl 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Zach Hyman 	4-year, $9 million 	
 	Timothy Liljegren	3-year, $3.975 million entry-level contract	
 	Connor Brown 	3-year, $6.3 million 	
 	Roman Polak 	1-year, $1.1 million 	
 	Josh Leivo 	1-year, $925,000 contract extension 	
 	Pierre Engvall 	2-year, entry-level contract 	
 	Jesper Lindgren 	3-year, entry-level contract 	
 	Kasimir Kaskisuo 	2-year, $1.35 million contract extension 	
 	Connor Carrick 	1-year, $1.3 million contract extension 	
 	Calvin Pickard 	1-year, $800,000 contract extension 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Toronto Maple Leafs' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23–24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The Leafs held on to five of their own seven picks, having traded away their second round pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Brian Boyle, and losing their third round pick as compensation for signing head coach Mike Babcock. They also acquired an additional two picks through various trades.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	17 	Timothy Liljegren	D 	Sweden 	Rögle BK (SHL)
2 	591 	Eemeli Rasanen 	D 	Finland 	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
4 	110 	Ian Scott 	G 	Canada 	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4 	1242	Vladislav Kara 	C 	Russia 	Irbis Kazan (MHL)
5 	141 	Fedor Gordeev 	D 	Canada 	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
6 	172 	Ryan McGregor 	C 	Canada 	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
7 	203 	Ryan O'Connell 	D 	Canada 	St. Andrew's College (CISAA)
Draft notes:
# The Ottawa Senators' second-round pick went the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on February 9, 2016, that sent Dion Phaneuf, Matt Frattin, Casey Bailey, Ryan Rupert and Cody Donaghey to Ottawa in exchange for Milan Michalek, Jared Cowen, Colin Greening, Tobias Lindberg and this pick.
# The Pittsburgh Penguins' fourth-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on March 1, 2017, that sent Frank Corrado to Pittsburgh in exchange for Eric Fehr, Steven Oleksy and this pick.
==References==
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