With a six-goal outburst – all at even strength — the Toronto Maple Leafs have broken into the top five in goals for per game, currently scoring at a 3.13 GPG clip overall and a 3.9 GPG average on home ice. The Maple Leafs also improved to 6-2-0 at the Air Canada Centre with tonight’s victory.
Contributions from three different lines has been the key to the early offensive success and it gives reason to believe the Maple Leafs could sustainably reside among the top-10 offenses in the league this season. Auston Matthews hasn’t scored in ten games and William Nylander hadn’t scored in nine before scoring a garbage-time goal tonight, yet the Leafs are a competitive 6-4 in their last ten thanks to the presence of balanced scoring.