A few days ago, you’d have said the Boston Bruins would easily take advantage of an injury to one of the key wingers in the Leafs line-up. However, the way we’ve played lately, there’s no guarantee that we can beat a Mitch Marner-less Maple Leafs.
In 2 games this season against Boston, Mitch Marner has 2 assists (including one on an over-time winner in October). In last season’s play-offs he had 4 points in 7 games, to go with a regular season total of 5 points in 4 games.
Add the year previous to that, where he notched 9 points in 7 play-off games despite not having John Tavares as his center and also a further 9 points in 4 regular-season contests and it’s safe to say that Mitch Marner seems to thrive on playing the Boston Bruins.