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Leafs Notebook: How much do championship teams load up their top lines with ice time?

Since January 1, 2020, Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews rank second and third, respectively, among all forwards in the league in average time on ice per game. Only Leon Draisaitl is ahead of them, while Jack Eichel trails Matthews by one second per game.

Both have been productive, but neither is in the top 15 among forwards scoring in points per game. The team is 13-11-4 and their goal differential is minus-one.

Matthews and Marner are playing over 22 minutes per night, so I was curious to see if two teammates have ever done this in the playoffs over the past three seasons.