Maple Leafs Midseason Awards: Matthews Shines, Andersen Declines

3 years ago  /  The Hockey Writers  /  Read Time: 5 minutes 2 seconds

• With 29 games played, the Toronto Maple Leafs are just past the midway mark of this year’s 56-game season.
• His 21 goals in 26 games leads the NHL and his 35 points are just three back of Mitch Marner for the team lead.
• Through just 26 games, we’ve already seen a handful of fantastic feats from the Leafs’ MVP: 18 goals through his first 18 games played, a 16-game streak where he tallied 28 points, six multi-goal games, and a league-leading seven game-winning goals.
• Related: Matthews Could Cement Himself as Maple Leafs Great This Season.
• While Matthews is setting new career-highs for goal and point paces (he’d score 66 goals and 111 points over 82 games at his current rate), he’s also putting himself in the conversation among Maple Leafs (and NHL) greats.
• In 533 minutes at 5-on-5, Brodie leads the Leafs in goals-for percentage (GF%) with a sterling mark of 66.67, outscoring opponents 28-14 when he’s on the ice.
• Related: Maple Leafs’ T.J.
• Over 21 appearances this season, the Leafs’ starter has put up a career-worst .899 SV%, good for 34th out of 48 netminders with at least 10 games played.
• His GSAE is just below replacement level at minus-1.3, but I don’t think that tells the full story of just how many backbreaking goals he’s allowed.
• The Toronto native has 5 goals and 16 points in 28 games while playing just over 10 minutes a night on the Leafs’ fourth line
• In fact, he’s been one of the Leafs’ most efficient 5-on-5 scorers since joining the team last season
• Who are your big winners (and losers) for the Maple Leafs this season

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