2020–21 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2020–21 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 104th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on November 22, 1917.
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. 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.. After going up 3-1 in the series, The Montreal Canadiens Managed to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in 7 games
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
==Record vs opponents==
North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division
Team 	Home 	Home 	Home 	Home 	Home 	Road 	Road 	Road 	Road 	Road
Calgary 	0–3 	2–1 	3–4 	2–0 	2–3 	3–2 	4–3 	4–2 	5–3 	
Edmonton 	1–3 	4–2 	4–3 	2–3 	 	4–3 	3–4 	4–0 	3–0 	6–1
Montreal 	5–4 	1–2 	3–2 	5–2 	3–2 	4–2 	5–3 	2–4 	4–1 	2–3
Ottawa 	5–6 	2–1 	7–3 	6–5 	 	3–5 	3–2 	3–4 	3–2 	3–4
Vancouver 	7–3 	5–1 	3–1 	4–1 	5–1 	1–3 	2–4 	2–3 	3–6 	
Winnipeg 	3–1 	3–4 	4–3 	2–5 	2–5 	3–1 	2–1 	5–3 	4–1 	2–4
Records 	18–7–3 	18–7–3 	18–7–3 	18–7–3 	18–7–3 	17–7–4 	17–7–4 	17–7–4 	17–7–4 	17–7–4
Overall 	35–14–7 	35–14–7 	35–14–7 	35–14–7 	35–14–7 	35–14–7 	35–14–7 	35–14–7 	35–14–7 	35–14–7
;Notes
: Game decided in overtime
: 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 game log: 35–14–7, 77 points (Home: 18–7–3; Road: 17–7–4)	2020–21 game log: 35–14–7, 77 points (Home: 18–7–3; Road: 17–7–4)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
January: 7–2–1, 15 points (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 4–1–1)
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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
===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	2021 Stanley Cup playoffs	2021 Stanley Cup playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
North Division First Round vs. (N4) Montreal Canadiens: Montreal won 4–3
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"	Game 	Date 	Opponent	Score	OT 	Decision 	Location	Attendance	Series	Recap
1 	May 20 	Montreal Canadiens 	1–2 	 	Campbell (0–1)	Scotiabank Arena	0 	0–1 	Recap 	
2 	May 22 	Montreal Canadiens 	5–1 	 	Campbell (1–1)	Scotiabank Arena	0 	1–1 	Recap 	
3 	May 24 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	2–1 	 	Campbell (2–1)	Bell Centre 	0 	2–1 	Recap 	
4 	May 25 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	4–0 	 	Campbell (3–1)	Bell Centre 	0 	3–1 	Recap 	
5 	May 27 	Montreal Canadiens 	3–4 	OT 	Campbell (3–2)	Scotiabank Arena	0 	3–2 	Recap 	
6 	May 29 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	2–3 	OT 	Campbell (3–3)	Bell Centre 	— 	3–3 	Recap 	
7 	May 31 	Montreal Canadiens 	1–3 	 	Campbell (3–4)	Scotiabank Arena	— 	3–4 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
Updated to game played May 29, 2021
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	55	20	47	67	21	20
 	52	41	25	66	21	10
 	56	19	31	50	12	14
 	51	17	25	42	10	16
 	55	5 	30	35	11	14
 	43	15	18	33	19	28
 	54	10	20	30	3 	6
 	53	4 	23	27	21	29
 	56	8 	15	23	2 	12
 	44	5 	15	20	6 	14
 	55	2 	18	20	16	25
 	54	7 	10	17	5 	6
 	56	1 	13	14	23	12
 	42	7 	5 	12	2 	16
(p) 	26	4 	8 	12	−2	14
 	38	7 	2 	9 	−3	45
(X) 	20	3 	5 	8 	1 	2
(X) 	30	5 	2 	7 	−4	4
 	51	2 	4 	6 	−1	19
 	11	4 	1 	5 	4 	0
 	45	0 	4 	4 	7 	49
 	9 	0 	4 	4 	6 	0
(p) 	7 	0 	4 	4 	5 	4
(X) 	9 	0 	3 	3 	1 	4
 	6 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0
(X) 	13	0 	1 	1 	1 	4
(M) 	7 	0 	1 	1 	−2	4
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	5
(M) 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	2
(p) 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
(p) 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
(M) 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	2
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	4	3	7	3 	4
 	6	1	5	6	3 	4
 	6	3	1	4	3 	4
 	6	1	3	4	2 	0
(p) 	5	1	3	4	2 	4
 	6	0	4	4	2 	4
 	6	2	1	3	2 	0
 	6	1	2	3	4 	0
 	6	1	1	2	5 	4
 	6	1	0	1	3 	4
 	6	1	0	1	−3	2
 	4	1	0	1	−3	0
 	6	0	1	1	−2	0
 	6	0	1	1	5 	4
 	6	0	1	1	0 	2
 	5	0	1	1	−1	10
(p) 	3	0	1	1	2 	5
 	6	0	0	0	0 	0
 	2	0	0	0	−1	0
 	2	0	0	0	−1	2
 	1	0	0	0	0 	0
(p) 	2	0	0	0	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	22	22	1,284:24	17	3	2	46	2.15	585	.921	2	0	0	0
 	24	23	1,420:07	13	8	3	70	2.96	668	.895	0	0	1	0
 	8 	8 	421:52 	4 	2	1	17	2.42	211	.919	1	0	0	0
(p) 	4 	3 	220:41 	1 	1	1	10	2.72	89 	.888	0	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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==
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To New Jersey DevilsAndreas Johnsson 	To Toronto Maple LeafsJoey Anderson 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesEgor KorshkovDavid Warsofsky 	To Toronto Maple LeafsAlex Galchenyuk 	
 	To Columbus Blue JacketsMikko Lehtonen 	To Toronto Maple LeafsVeini Vehvilainen	
 	To Columbus Blue JacketsConditional 7th-round pick in 2022 	To Toronto Maple LeafsRiley Nash 	
 	To Columbus Blue Jackets1st-round pick in 20214th-round pick in 2022	To Toronto Maple LeafsNick Foligno 	
 	To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2021 	To Toronto Maple LeafsStefan Noesen 	
 	To Calgary Flames3rd-round pick in 2022 	To Toronto Maple LeafsDavid Rittich 	
 	To San Jose SharksAlexander Barabanov 	To Toronto Maple LeafsAntti Suomela 	
 	To Anaheim Ducks5th-round pick in 2022 	To Toronto Maple LeafsBen Hutton 	
===Free agents signed===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Wayne Simmonds 	Buffalo Sabres 	1-year 	
 	T. J. Brodie 	Calgary Flames 	4-year 	
 	Travis Boyd 	Washington Capitals 	1-year 	
 	Zach Bogosian 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	1-year 	
 	Jimmy Vesey 	Buffalo Sabres 	1-year 	
 	Aaron Dell 	San Jose Sharks 	1-year 	
 	Joe Thornton 	San Jose Sharks 	1-year 	
 	Michael Hutchinson	Colorado Avalanche 	2-year 	
 	Scott Sabourin 	Toronto Marlies 	1-year 	
 	Alex Steeves 	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	3-year 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
 	 	 	 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player 	Team 	Ref
 	Aaron Dell 	to New Jersey Devils	
 	Jimmy Vesey	to Vancouver Canucks	
 	Travis Boyd	to Vancouver Canucks	
===Contract terminations===
===Retirement===
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Denis Malgin 	1-year 	
 	Jason Spezza 	1-year 	
 	Ilya Mikheyev 	2-year 	
 	Travis Dermott	1-year 	
 	Joey Anderson 	3-year 	
 	Rodion Amirov 	3-year 	
==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 	 	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:
# 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.
==Notes==
==References==
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