The 2019–20 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 103rd season for the

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franchise that was established on November 22, 1917. The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing

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. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Maple Leafs advanced to the qualifying round of the playoffs, but lost to the

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in five games.

Regular season

The season was generally considered disappointing for the Leafs. In the offseason they were predicted to have a strong season and be a major playoff contender. However, they never really lived up to that promise. At the start of the season, John Tavares was named the 25th captain in the history of the Maple Leafs, filling a position that had been vacant since Dion Phaneuf was traded to the

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in February 2016.

Auston Matthews Auston Taylour Matthews (born September 17, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey center and alternate captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Born in San Ramon, California, Matthews and his family moved ...

, Mitch Marner, and

Morgan Rielly Morgan Frederick Rielly (born March 9, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Maple Leafs in the first round, fift ...

were named alternate captains. The Maple Leafs won their season opener 5–3 against the

on October 3. Matthews scored two goals, becoming the fourth player in NHL history to score in each of his first four-season openers.

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also had a goal and an assist in his NHL debut during the season opener. However, the Leafs would go on to post a disappointing 6-5-3 record for October. On November 20, following a six-game skid and only two regulation wins in their past 16 games, the Maple Leafs fired head coach

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, and replaced him with their AHL affiliation

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head coach

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. After the coaching change, the team saw some improvement. On February 22, 2020 the Leafs lost a game to the Carolina Hurricanes while David Ayres, a zamboni driver who worked within the Leafs organization, played goal for the Hurricanes after both Hurricane goalies were injured in said game. It was the first time in NHL history that an emergency backup goaltender recorded a win.

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's Youtube video titled "THEY LOST TO A ZAMBONI DRIVER" went viral after the game and has since brought in over 900,000 views on his video, and over 450,000 views on his "Dang-Its" series on Sportsnets' channel. After the NHL was paused in March and resumed in August, the Leafs played the Columbus Blue Jackets in the qualifying round (which was unique to the 2020 NHL Playoffs), and lost the best of 5 series in 5 games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Eastern Conference

Record vs opponents

;Notes : Game decided in overtime : Game decided in a shootout : Game cancelled due to

Schedule and results

Preseason

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Regular season

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, , 18,544 , , 31–20–8 , , 70 , , , - style="background:#fcc;" , 60 , , February 16 , , @

, , 2–5 , , , , Andersen (24–11–6) , ,

, , 19,070 , , 31–21–8 , , 70 , , , - style="background:#fcc;" , 61 , , February 18 , , @

, , 2–5 , , , , Andersen (24–12–6) , ,

, , 18,466 , , 31–22–8 , , 70 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 62 , , February 20 , , Pittsburgh Penguins , , 4–0 , , , , Andersen (25–12–6) , , Scotiabank Arena , , 19,386 , , 32–22–8 , , 72 , , , - style="background:#fcc;" , 63 , , February 22 , ,

, , 3–6 , , , , Andersen (25–13–6) , , Scotiabank Arena , , 19,414 , , 32–23–8 , , 72 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 64 , , February 25 , , @

, , 4–3 , , , , Andersen (26–13–6) , ,

Amalie Arena Amalie Arena (officially stylized as AMALIE Arena) is a multipurpose arena in Tampa, Florida, that has been used for ice hockey, basketball, arena football, concerts, and other events. It is mainly used as the home for the Tampa Bay Lightning ...

, , 19,092 , , 33–23–8 , , 74 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 65 , , February 27 , , @ Florida Panthers , , 5–3 , , , , Andersen (27–13–6) , , BB&T Center , , 16,322 , , 34–23–8 , , 76 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 66 , , February 29 , ,

, , 4–2 , , , , Andersen (28–13–6) , , Scotiabank Arena , , 19,371 , , 35–23–8 , , 78 , , , - , - style="background:#fcc;" , 67 , , March 3 , , @

, , 2–5 , , , , Campbell (3–1–1) , ,

SAP Center The SAP Center at San Jose (originally known as San Jose Arena and the HP Pavilion at San Jose) is an indoor arena located in San Jose, California. Its primary tenant is the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League, for which the arena has ...

, , 16,129 , , 35–24–8 , , 78 , , , - style="background:#ffc;" , 68 , , March 5 , , @

, , 0–1 , , SO , ,

(28–13–7) , ,

Staples Center Crypto.com Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. The arena opened on October 17, 1999; it ...

, , 17,495 , , 35–24–9 , , 79 , , , - style="background:#fcc;" , 69 , , March 6 , , @ Anaheim Ducks , , 1–2 , , , , Campbell (3–2–1) , ,

Honda Center The Honda Center (formerly known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) is an indoor arena located in Anaheim, California. The arena is home to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. Originally named the Anaheim Arena during construction, ...

, , 15,984 , , 35–25–9 , , 79 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 70 , , March 10 , ,

, , 2–1 , , , , Andersen (29–13–7) , ,

, , 19,124 , , 36–25–9 , , 81 , , , - , - , 71 , , March 12 , ,

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, - style="background:#;" , 72 , , March 14 , , @

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, - style="background:#;" , 73 , , March 17 , ,

, , Scotiabank Arena , - style="background:#;" , 74 , , March 19 , ,

, , Scotiabank Arena , - style="background:#;" , 75 , , March 21 , ,

, , Scotiabank Arena , - style="background:#;" , 76 , , March 23 , ,

, , Scotiabank Arena , - style="background:#;" , 77 , , March 25 , , @ Tampa Bay Lightning , ,

, - style="background:#;" , 78 , , March 26 , , @

, , PNC Arena , - style="background:#;" , 79 , , March 28 , , @

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, - style="background:#;" , 80 , , March 31 , , @

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, - style="background:#;" , 81 , , April 2 , ,

, , Scotiabank Arena , - style="background:#;" , 82 , , April 4 , ,

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2019–20 schedule

Overtime statistics

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs were defeated by the

in the qualifying round in five games. , - style="background:#fcc;" , 1 , , August 2 , , Columbus Blue Jackets , , 0–2 , , , ,

(0–1) , ,

, , 0–1 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2 , , August 4 , , Columbus Blue Jackets , , 3–0 , , , , Andersen (1–1) , , Scotiabank Arena , , 1–1 , , , - style="background:#fcc;" , 3 , , August 6 , , @ Columbus Blue Jackets , , 3–4 , , OT , , Andersen (1–2) , , Scotiabank Arena , , 1–2 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 4 , , August 7 , , @ Columbus Blue Jackets , , 4–3 , , OT , , Andersen (2–2) , , Scotiabank Arena , , 2–2 , , , - style="background:#fcc;" , 5 , , August 9 , , Columbus Blue Jackets , , 0–3 , , , , Andersen (2–3) , , Scotiabank Arena , , 2–3 , , , - , - ,

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

^(M) Player currently playing for the minor league affiliate

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.

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Free agents

Waivers

Contract terminations

Retirement

Signings

Draft picks

Below are the Toronto Maple Leafs' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at

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. The Leafs held on to four of their own seven picks (rounds 2, 3, 4, 5). In January 2019 they had traded away their first round pick along with Carl Grundström to

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for

Jake Muzzin Jacob Muzzin (born February 21, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2007 NHL Entry Draf ...

. During last year's draft they traded away this year's 6th round draft pick to Buffalo in exchange for the Sabres' 2018 6th round pick. Finally, before their 7th round pick was made they traded it to St. Louis in exchange for the Blues' 7th round pick in

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. They acquired an additional two picks this year through various trades. Notes: # The

' fourth-round pick went to the

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as the result of a trade on February 15, 2018, that sent

Nikita Soshnikov Nikita Dmitriyevich Soshnikov (russian: Никита Дмитриевич Сошников; born 14 October 1993) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward for Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Playing career Atla ...

to St. Louis in exchange for this pick. # The

' seventh-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on October 1, 2018, that sent Connor Carrick to Dallas in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).

References

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