In this monthly Maple Leafs Milestone Watch column, we’ll be recapping the milestones of the previous month and setting up which milestones are likely (or even farfetched) to occur in the upcoming month.
Last Month
Notable milestones hit last month:
- Mitch Marner – 400 NHL/Leafs GP
Tonight marks Mitch Marner's 400th career #NHL game. His 414 career points are the 2nd-most through a player's first 400 career games in #LeafsForever history, while his 290 assists are the most. pic.twitter.com/5aq1jOdxAS
— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) March 2, 2022
- Mitch Marner – 300 NHL/Leafs assists
Mitch Marner becomes the 15th player in Maple Leafs history to record 300 assists and is the fastest to accomplish the feat (411 games), surpassing the previous mark of 469 games set by Borje Salming. https://t.co/PuaTgoBwUn
— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) March 28, 2022
- Wayne Simmonds – 1000 NHL GP
Simmonds hit the 1000 NHL GP mark on Saturday, March 5th and was honoured a few nights later before a game against the Seattle Kraken.
From Scarborough, Ontario!
Number 24, Wayne Simmonds! #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/QN9tX9Y72q— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) March 9, 2022
- David Kampf – 300 NHL GP
Kampf skated in his 300th NHL game on March 27th vs. the Florida Panthers.
- TJ Brodie – 300 NHL points
Brodie accomplished this feat with an assist on this Auston Matthews goal at the Heritage Classic in Hamilton on March 13th:
AUSTON MATTHEWS SCORES! LEAFS RETAKE THE LEAD 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/mszD4yUHZK
— alberto (@twistedleafs) March 13, 2022
This Month
The Leafs have 15 games on the schedule in April, with three back-to-backs (including two Saturday-Sunday combos). At no point do they have more than two days off during the month. It’s going to be a busy April, which means plenty of opportunities to knock off some milestones:
Games Played
- Wayne Simmonds – 100 Leafs GP (1 game away)
- Auston Matthews – 400 NHL/Leafs GP (4 games away)
- Michael Bunting – 100 NHL GP (7 games away)
- Justin Holl – 200 NHL/Leafs GP (8 games away)
- Alexander Kerfoot – 200 Leafs GP (12 games away)
Goals
- Auston Matthews – 250 NHL/Leafs goals (1 goal away)
Assists
- William Nylander – 200 NHL/Leafs assists (3 assists away)
- John Tavares – 500 NHL assists (4 assists away)
- Morgan Rielly – 300 NHL/Leafs assists (7 assists away)
- Auston Matthews – 200 NHL/Leafs assists (11 assists away)
Points
- Alexander Kerfoot – 100 Leafs points (3 points away)
Wins
- Jack Campbell – 50 Leafs wins (6 wins away)
All-Time Leafs Leaderboard
*As of March 31st
*Top 50 for skaters, top 40 for goaltenders
- (Mazzei) The Leafs can probably beat anyone in the playoffs, but they first must overcome themselves