Today is March 25th. The NHL season ends on April 6th. Between now and then the Toronto Maple Leafs will play seven games and only three are against teams that will make the NHL playoffs.
This week the Maple Leafs play against three teams out of the playoffs or hanging by a thread:
Tonight they host the Florida Panthers who are ten points out of a wild card playoff spot. They aren’t officially eliminated; if they go on a seven game win streak, those fourteen points could get them a playoff spot.