2020–21 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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
Team information
General Manager	Kyle Dubas
Coach	Sheldon Keefe
Captain	John Tavares
Alternate captains	Mitch Marner Auston Matthews Morgan Rielly
Arena	Scotiabank Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Auston Matthews (41)
Assists	Mitch Marner (47)
Points	Mitch Marner (67)
Penalties in minutes	Zach Bogosian (49)
Plus/minus	T. J. Brodie (+23)
Wins	Jack Campbell (17)
Goals against average	Jack Campbell (2.15)
<2019–20 2021–22>

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

Record vs opponents

North Division
Team	Home					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					17–7–4
Overall	35–14–7

Notes

^OT Game decided in overtime

^SO 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)
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: 9–2–1, 19 points (Home: 6–2–1; Road: 3–0–0) 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 5–1 Andersen (7–2–1) Scotiabank Arena 0 9–2–1 19 Recap 13 February 8 Vancouver Canucks 3–1 Andersen (8–2–1) Scotiabank Arena 0 10–2–1 21 Recap 14 February 10 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 Andersen (9–2–1) Bell Centre 0 11–2–1 23 Recap 15 February 13 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Andersen (9–3–1) Scotiabank Arena 0 11–3–1 23 Recap 16 February 15 Ottawa Senators 5–6 OT Andersen (9–3–2) Scotiabank Arena 0 11–3–2 24 Recap 17 February 17 Ottawa Senators 2–1 Andersen (10–3–2) Scotiabank Arena 0 12–3–2 26 Recap 18 February 18 Ottawa Senators 7–3 Hutchinson (1–0–0) Scotiabank Arena 0 13–3–2 28 Recap 19 February 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–3 Andersen (11–3–2) Bell Centre 0 14–3–2 30 Recap 20 February 22 Calgary Flames 0–3 Hutchinson (1–1–0) Scotiabank Arena 0 14–4–2 30 Recap 21 February 24 Calgary Flames 2–1 OT Hutchinson (2–1–0) Scotiabank Arena 0 15–4–2 32 Recap 22 February 27 @ Edmonton Oilers 4–0 Campbell (3–0–0) Rogers Place 0 16–4–2 34 Recap
March: 7–6–1, 15 points (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 4–3–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 23 March 1 @ Edmonton Oilers 3–0 Hutchinson (3–1–0) Rogers Place 0 17–4–2 36 Recap 24 March 3 @ Edmonton Oilers 6–1 Andersen (12–3–2) Rogers Place 0 18–4–2 38 Recap 25 March 4 @ Vancouver Canucks 1–3 Hutchinson (3–2–0) Rogers Arena 0 18–5–2 38 Recap 26 March 6 @ Vancouver Canucks 2–4 Andersen (12–4–2) Rogers Arena 0 18–6–2 38 Recap 27 March 9 Winnipeg Jets 3–4 Andersen (12–5–2) Scotiabank Arena 0 18–7–2 38 Recap 28 March 11 Winnipeg Jets 4–3 OT Andersen (13–5–2) Scotiabank Arena 0 19–7–2 40 Recap 29 March 13 Winnipeg Jets 2–5 Andersen (13–6–2) Scotiabank Arena 0 19–8–2 40 Recap 30 March 14 @ Ottawa Senators 3–4 Andersen (13–7–2) Canadian Tire Centre 0 19–9–2 40 Recap 31 March 19 Calgary Flames 3–4 Andersen (13–8–2) Scotiabank Arena 0 19–10–2 40 Recap 32 March 20 Calgary Flames 2–0 Campbell (4–0–0) Scotiabank Arena 0 20–10–2 42 Recap 33 March 25 @ Ottawa Senators 3–2 OT Campbell (5–0–0) Canadian Tire Centre 0 21–10–2 44 Recap 34 March 27 Edmonton Oilers 4–3 OT Campbell (6–0–0) Scotiabank Arena 0 22–10–2 46 Recap 35 March 29 Edmonton Oilers 2–3 OT Hutchinson (3–2–1) Scotiabank Arena 0 22–10–3 47 Recap 36 March 31 @ Winnipeg Jets 3–1 Campbell (7–0–0) Bell MTS Place 0 23–10–3 49 Recap
April: 9–3–2, 20 points (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 6–2–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 37 April 2 @ Winnipeg Jets 2–1 SO Campbell (8–0–0) Bell MTS Place 0 24–10–3 51 Recap 38 April 4 @ Calgary Flames 4–2 Hutchinson (4–2–1) Scotiabank Saddledome 0 25–10–3 53 Recap 39 April 5 @ Calgary Flames 5–3 Campbell (9–0–0) Scotiabank Saddledome 0 26–10–3 55 Recap 40 April 7 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 Campbell (10–0–0) Scotiabank Arena 0 27–10–3 57 Recap 41 April 10 Ottawa Senators 6–5 Campbell (11–0–0) Scotiabank Arena 0 28–10–3 59 Recap 42 April 12 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–4 Campbell (11–1–0) Bell Centre 0 28–11–3 59 Recap 43 April 13 Calgary Flames 2–3 OT Rittich (0–0–1) Scotiabank Arena 0 28–11–4 60 Recap 44 April 15 Winnipeg Jets 2–5 Campbell (11–2–0) Scotiabank Arena 0 28–12–4 60 Recap — April 17 @ Vancouver Canucks – Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 18. 45 April 18 @ Vancouver Canucks 2–3 OT Campbell (11–2–1) Rogers Arena 0 28–12–5 61 Recap 46 April 20 @ Vancouver Canucks 3–6 Rittich (0–1–1) Rogers Arena 0 28–13–5 61 Recap 47 April 22 @ Winnipeg Jets 5–3 Campbell (12–2–1) Bell MTS Place 0 29–13–5 63 Recap 48 April 24 @ Winnipeg Jets 4–1 Campbell (13–2–1) Bell MTS Place 0 30–13–5 65 Recap 49 April 28 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 Campbell (14–2–1) Bell Centre 0 31–13–5 67 Recap 50 April 29 Vancouver Canucks 4–1 Rittich (1–1–1) Scotiabank Arena 0 32–13–5 69 Recap
May: 3–1–2, 8 points (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 0–1–2) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 51 May 1 Vancouver Canucks 5–1 Campbell (15–2–1) Scotiabank Arena 0 33–13–5 71 Recap 52 May 3 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–3 OT Campbell (15–2–2) Bell Centre 0 33–13–6 72 Recap 53 May 6 Montreal Canadiens 5–2 Campbell (16–2–2) Scotiabank Arena 0 34–13–6 74 Recap 54 May 8 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 Campbell (17–2–2) Scotiabank Arena 0 35–13–6 76 Recap 55 May 12 @ Ottawa Senators 3–4 OT Andersen (13–8–3) Canadian Tire Centre 0 35–13–7 77 Recap 56 May 14 @ Winnipeg Jets 2–4 Campbell (17–3–2) Bell MTS Place 0 35–14–7 77 Recap
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

Main article: 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs

2021 Stanley Cup playoffs
North Division First Round vs. (N4) Montreal Canadiens: Montreal won 4–3 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
Win       Loss

Player statistics

Updated to game played May 29, 2021

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mitch Marner	55	20	47	67	21	20
Auston Matthews	52	41	25	66	21	10
John Tavares	56	19	31	50	12	14
William Nylander	51	17	25	42	10	16
Morgan Rielly	55	5	30	35	11	14
Zach Hyman	43	15	18	33	19	28
Jason Spezza	54	10	20	30	3	6
Jake Muzzin	53	4	23	27	21	29
Alexander Kerfoot	56	8	15	23	2	12
Joe Thornton	44	5	15	20	6	14
Justin Holl	55	2	18	20	16	25
Ilya Mikheyev	54	7	10	17	5	6
T.J. Brodie	56	1	13	14	23	12
Pierre Engvall	42	7	5	12	2	16
Alex Galchenyuk(p)	26	4	8	12	−2	14
Wayne Simmonds	38	7	2	9	−3	45
Travis Boyd(X)	20	3	5	8	1	2
Jimmy Vesey(X)	30	5	2	7	−4	4
Travis Dermott	51	2	4	6	−1	19
Adam Brooks	11	4	1	5	4	0
Zach Bogosian	45	0	4	4	7	49
Rasmus Sandin	9	0	4	4	6	0
Nick Foligno(p)	7	0	4	4	5	4
Mikko Lehtonen(X)	9	0	3	3	1	4
Nicholas Robertson	6	0	1	1	1	0
Alexander Barabanov(X)	13	0	1	1	1	4
Nic Petan(M)	7	0	1	1	−2	4
Scott Sabourin	1	0	0	0	0	5
Kenny Agostino(M)	1	0	0	0	0	0
Timothy Liljegren	2	0	0	0	1	2
Ben Hutton(p)	4	0	0	0	0	0
Stefan Noesen(p)	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joey Anderson(M)	1	0	0	0	1	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
William Nylander	6	4	3	7	3	4
Alexander Kerfoot	6	1	5	6	3	4
Jason Spezza	6	3	1	4	3	4
Auston Matthews	6	1	3	4	2	0
Alex Galchenyuk(p)	5	1	3	4	2	4
Mitch Marner	6	0	4	4	2	4
Jake Muzzin	6	2	1	3	2	0
Morgan Rielly	6	1	2	3	4	0
T.J. Brodie	6	1	1	2	5	4
Zach Hyman	6	1	0	1	3	4
Joe Thornton	6	1	0	1	−3	2
Rasmus Sandin	4	1	0	1	−3	0
Zach Bogosian	6	0	1	1	−2	0
Justin Holl	6	0	1	1	5	4
Wayne Simmonds	6	0	1	1	0	2
Pierre Engvall	5	0	1	1	−1	10
Nick Foligno(p)	3	0	1	1	2	5
Ilya Mikheyev	6	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Dermott	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Adam Brooks	2	0	0	0	−1	2
John Tavares	1	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Nash(p)	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OTL	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jack Campbell	22	22	1,284:24	17	3	2	46	2.15	585	.921	2	0	0	0
Frederik Andersen	24	23	1,420:07	13	8	3	70	2.96	668	.895	0	0	1	0
Michael Hutchinson	8	8	421:52	4	2	1	17	2.42	211	.919	1	0	0	0
David Rittich(p)	4	3	220:41	1	1	1	10	2.72	89	.888	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jack 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 October 6, 2021

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
18		Michael Amadio	C	R	28	2021	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
33		Alex Biega	D	R	36	2021	Montreal, Quebec
77		Adam Brooks	C	L	28	2016	Winnipeg, Manitoba
78		T. J. Brodie	D	L	34	2020	Chatham, Ontario
58		Michael Bunting	LW	L	29	2021	Scarborough, Ontario
36		Jack Campbell	G	L	32	2020	Port Huron, Michigan
48		Carl Dahlstrom	D	L	29	2021	Stockholm, Sweden
23		Travis Dermott	D	L	27	2015	Newmarket, Ontario
47		Pierre Engvall	LW	L	28	2014	Ljungby, Sweden
29		Kurtis Gabriel	RW	R	31	2021	Newmarket, Ontario
3		Justin Holl	D	R	32	2016	Tonka Bay, Minnesota
64		David Kampf	C	L	29	2021	Jirkov, Czech Republic
25		Ondrej Kase	RW	R	29	2021	Kadan, Czech Republic
15		Alexander Kerfoot	C	L	30	2019	Vancouver, British Columbia
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	27	2016	San Ramon, California
65		Ilya Mikheyev	RW	L	30	2019	Omsk, Russia
35		Petr Mrazek	G	L	32	2021	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
8		Jake Muzzin	D	L	35	2019	Woodstock, Ontario
88		William Nylander	RW	R	28	2014	Calgary, Alberta
44		Morgan Rielly (A)	D	L	30	2012	West Vancouver, British Columbia
20		Nick Ritchie	LW	L	28	2021	Orangeville, Ontario
38		Rasmus Sandin	D	L	24	2018	Uppsala, Sweden
43		Brett Seney	LW	L	28	2021	London, Ontario
24		Wayne Simmonds	RW	R	36	2020	Scarborough, Ontario
19		Jason Spezza	C	R	41	2019	Mississauga, Ontario
91		John Tavares (C)	C	L	34	2018	Mississauga, Ontario
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
February 15, 2021 (2021-02-15)	To Carolina Hurricanes Egor Korshkov David Warsofsky	To Toronto Maple Leafs Alex Galchenyuk
March 12, 2021 (2021-03-12)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Mikko Lehtonen	To Toronto Maple Leafs Veini Vehvilainen
April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Conditional 7th-round pick in 2022	To Toronto Maple Leafs Riley Nash
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
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11)	To San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2021	To Toronto Maple Leafs Stefan Noesen
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11)	To Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick in 2022	To Toronto Maple Leafs David Rittich
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12)	To San Jose Sharks Alexander Barabanov	To Toronto Maple Leafs Antti Suomela
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12)	To Anaheim Ducks 5th-round pick in 2022	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ben Hutton

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
February 7, 2021 (2021-02-07)	Scott Sabourin	Toronto Marlies	1-year
March 28, 2021 (2021-03-28)	Alex Steeves	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	3-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
March 17, 2021 (2021-03-17)	Jimmy Vesey	to Vancouver Canucks
March 23, 2021 (2021-03-23)	Travis Boyd

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
April 15, 2021 (2021-04-15)	Rodion Amirov	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.