The 2023–24 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the franchise's 107th season (106th season of play) in the National Hockey League (NHL). Since the Pittsburgh Penguins missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006 along with the Washington Capitals and the Nashville Predators also missing the playoffs for the first time since 2014, both they and their rival, the Boston Bruins, are tied for the longest active playoff streak with both making the playoffs every year since 2017 (Toronto took possession of the record the next season when Boston finished second-last in the conference). The Maple Leafs played two games in Stockholm at the Avicii Arena on November 17 and 19 as part of the NHL Global Series.
Brad Treliving was named general manager on May 31, 2023, after the team parted ways with Kyle Dubas at the end of the 2022–23 season.
During the off season, the Leafs were predicted to win the Atlantic Division; however, they never lived up to that promise. The team got off to a slow start, with a record of 5-3-1 in October. Throughout the season goaltending and the defense were persistent issues, with the team allowing 263 goals against, the most since the 2011–12 season. This was especially the case on December 21, 2023 when the Leafs lost 9-3 to the Buffalo Sabres - the most goals the team had allowed in a game since November 18, 2014. The Leafs had three separate four-game losing streaks: the first in October and November, the second was in January witch put the team in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time since the 2015–16 season. and the third was in April. One bright spot was Auston Matthews, who scored 69 goals to tie Mario Lemieux for the most goals since 1993. On February 10, 2024, during a game against the Ottawa Senators, defenceman Morgan Reilly cross checked Ridly Greig in the face after Greig took a slapshot into an empty net. The Leafs finished with 102 points, 8 points behind the division winner, and eventual Stanley cup champion, Florida Panthers who recorded 110 points.
On April 5, 2024, the Maple Leafs clinched a playoff spot for the eighth consecutive season, after losses by the Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals. In the playoffs, the Leafs lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games.
Standings Divisional standings
Conference standings
Schedule and results Preseason 2023 preseason game log: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–0–2; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Recap 1 September 24 Toronto 2–3 Ottawa Petruzzelli (0–1–0) Canadian Tire Centre 15,013 0–1–0 2 September 25 Ottawa 4–3 Toronto OT Jones (0–0–1) Scotiabank Arena 14,296 0–1–1 3 September 27 Buffalo 2–5 Toronto Jones (1–0–1) Joe Thornton Community Centre 3,000 1–1–1 4 September 29 Toronto 2–1 Montreal Samsonov (1–0–0) Bell Centre 20,571 2–1–1 5 September 30 Toronto 3–1 Montreal Jones (2–0–1) Bell Centre 20,729 3–1–1 6 October 2 Montreal 5–4 Toronto OT Samsonov (1–0–1) Scotiabank Arena 18,631 3–1–2 7 October 5 Detroit 3–4 Toronto OT Samsonov (2–0–1) Scotiabank Arena 18,011 4–1–2 8 October 7 Toronto 3–4 Detroit Woll (0–1–0) Little Caesars Arena 18,595 4–2–2
Regular season 2023–24 Game Log: 46–26–10, 102 points (home: 22–15–4; road: 24–11–6) October: 5–3–1, 11 points (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 11 Montreal 5–6 Toronto SO Samsonov (1–0–0) 18,948 1–0–0 2 2 October 14 Minnesota 4–7 Toronto Samsonov (2–0–0) 18,903 2–0–0 4 3 October 16 Chicago 4–1 Toronto Woll (0–1–0) 19,101 2–1–0 4 4 October 19 Toronto 1–3 Florida Samsonov (2–1–0) 19,288 2–2–0 4 5 October 21 Toronto 4–3 Tampa Bay OT Woll (1–1–0) 19,092 3–2–0 6 6 October 24 Toronto 4–1 Washington Woll (2–1–0) 16,641 4–2–0 8 7 October 26 Toronto 4–1 Dallas Woll (3–1–0) 18,532 5–2–0 10 8 October 28 Toronto 2–3 Nashville OT Samsonov (2–1–1) 17,537 5–2–1 11 9 October 31 Los Angeles 4–1 Toronto Woll (3–2–0) 18,531 5–3–1 11 November: 7–3–2, 16 points (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 2–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 2 Toronto 2–3 Boston SO Samsonov (2–1–2) 17,850 5–3–2 12 11 November 4 Buffalo 6–4 Toronto Woll (3–3–0) 18,902 5–4–2 12 12 November 6 Tampa Bay 5–6 Toronto OT Woll (4–3–0) 18,445 6–4–2 14 13 November 8 Ottawa 6–3 Toronto Woll (4–4–0) 18,372 6–5–2 14 14 November 10 Calgary 4–5 Toronto SO Woll (5–4–0) 18,939 7–5–2 16 15 November 11 Vancouver 2–5 Toronto Samsonov (3–1–2) 19,107 8–5–2 18 16 November 17 Toronto 3–2 Detroit Samsonov (4–1–2) 13,510 9–5–2 20 17 November 19 Toronto 4–3 Minnesota OT Woll (6–4–0) 13,356 10–5–2 22 18 November 24 Toronto 3–4 Chicago OT Samsonov (4–1–3) 20,238 10–5–3 23 19 November 25 Toronto 2–3 Pittsburgh Woll (6–5–0) 18,229 10–6–3 23 20 November 28 Florida 1–2 Toronto SO Woll (7–5–0) 18,508 11–6–3 25 21 November 30 Seattle 3–4 Toronto SO Woll (8–5–0) 18,366 12–6–3 27 December: 5–4–4, 14 points (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 3–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 December 2 Boston 4–3 Toronto OT Woll (8–5–1) 18,959 12–6–4 28 23 December 7 Toronto 4–3 Ottawa Jones (1–0–0) 19,309 13–6–4 30 24 December 9 Nashville 0–4 Toronto Samsonov (5–1–3) 18,611 14–6–4 32 25 December 11 Toronto 3–4 NY Islanders OT Samsonov (5–1–4) 17,255 14–6–5 33 26 December 12 Toronto 7–3 NY Rangers Jones (2–0–0) 18,006 15–6–5 35 27 December 14 Columbus 6–5 Toronto OT Samsonov (5–1–5) 18,338 15–6–6 36 28 December 16 Pittsburgh 0–7 Toronto Jones (3–0–0) 18,921 16–6–6 38 29 December 19 NY Rangers 5–2 Toronto Jones (3–1–0) 19,264 16–7–6 38 30 December 21 Toronto 3–9 Buffalo Samsonov (5–2–5) 19,070 16–8–6 38 31 December 23 Toronto 4–1 Columbus Jones (4–1–0) 17,806 17–8–6 40 32 December 27 Ottawa 4–2 Toronto Jones (4–2–0) 19,261 17–9–6 40 33 December 29 Toronto 5–6 Columbus OT Samsonov (5–2–6) 18,516 17–9–7 41 34 December 30 Carolina 3–2 Toronto Jones (4–3–0) 18,974 17–10–7 41 January: 8–4–1, 17 points (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 6–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 35 January 2 Toronto 3–0 Los Angeles Jones (5–3–0) 18,145 18–10–7 43 36 January 3 Toronto 2–1 Anaheim OT Jones (6–3–0) 16,135 19–10–7 45 37 January 6 Toronto 4–1 San Jose Jones (7–3–0) 17,435 20–10–7 47 38 January 9 San Jose 1–7 Toronto Jones (8–3–0) 18,364 21–10–7 49 39 January 11 Toronto 3–4 NY Islanders OT Jones (8–3–1) 17,255 21–10–8 50 40 January 13 Colorado 5–3 Toronto Jones (8–4–1) 19,298 21–11–8 50 41 January 14 Detroit 4–2 Toronto Samsonov (5–3–6) 18,772 21–12–8 50 42 January 16 Toronto 2–4 Edmonton Jones (8–5–1) 18,347 21–13–8 50 43 January 18 Toronto 4–3 Calgary Jones (9–5–1) 18,714 22–13–8 52 44 January 20 Toronto 4–6 Vancouver Jones (9–6–1) 18,865 22–14–8 52 45 January 21 Toronto 3–1 Seattle Samsonov (6–3–6) 17,151 23–14–8 54 46 January 24 Winnipeg 0–1 Toronto OT Samsonov (7–3–6) 18,972 24–14–8 56 47 January 27 Toronto 4–2 Winnipeg Samsonov (8–3–6) 15,225 25–14–8 58 February: 9–3–0, 18 points (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 48 February 5 NY Islanders 3–2 Toronto Samsonov (8–4–6) 18,365 25–15–8 58 49 February 7 Dallas 4–5 Toronto Samsonov (9–4–6) 18,517 26–15–8 60 50 February 10 Toronto 3–5 Ottawa Jones (9–7–1) 19,679 26–16–8 60 51 February 13 St. Louis 1–4 Toronto Samsonov (10–4–6) 18,307 27–16–8 62 52 February 15 Philadelphia 3–4 Toronto OT Samsonov (11–4–6) 18,646 28–16–8 64 53 February 17 Anaheim 2–9 Toronto Jones (10–7–1) 19,247 29–16–8 66 54 February 19 Toronto 4–2 St. Louis Samsonov (12–4–6) 18,096 30–16–8 68 55 February 21 Toronto 6–3 Arizona Samsonov (13–4–6) 4,600 31–16–8 70 56 February 22 Toronto 7–3 Vegas Jones (11–7–1) 18,188 32–16–8 72 57 February 24 Toronto 4–3 Colorado Samsonov (14–4–6) 18,135 33–16–8 74 58 February 27 Vegas 6–2 Toronto Samsonov (14–5–6) 18,907 33–17–8 74 59 February 29 Arizona 2–4 Toronto Woll (9–5–1) 18,662 34–17–8 76 March: 8–5–1, 17 points (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 2 NY Rangers 3–4 Toronto SO Samsonov (15–5–6) 19,312 35–17–8 78 61 March 4 Boston 4–1 Toronto Woll (9–6–1) 18,911 35–18–8 78 62 March 6 Buffalo 1–2 Toronto OT Samsonov (16–5–6) 18,624 36–18–8 80 63 March 7 Toronto 1–4 Boston Woll (9–7–1) 17,850 36–19–8 80 64 March 9 Toronto 3–2 Montreal Samsonov (17–5–6) 21,105 37–19–8 82 65 March 14 Toronto 6–2 Philadelphia Samsonov (18–5–6) 19,158 38–19–8 84 66 March 16 Carolina 5–4 Toronto SO Samsonov (18–5–7) 19,103 38–19–9 85 67 March 19 Toronto 3–4 Philadelphia Samsonov (18–6–7) 18,623 38–20–9 85 68 March 20 Toronto 7–3 Washington Woll (10–7–1) 17,727 39–20–9 87 69 March 23 Edmonton 3–6 Toronto Samsonov (19–6–7) 19,342 40–20–9 89 70 March 24 Toronto 1–2 Carolina Woll (10–8–1) 18,723 40–21–9 89 71 March 26 New Jersey 6–3 Toronto Woll (10–9–1) 18,360 40–22–9 89 72 March 28 Washington 1–5 Toronto Woll (11–9–1) 18,577 41–22–9 91 73 March 30 Toronto 3–0 Buffalo Samsonov (20–6–7) 19,070 42–22–9 93 April: 4–4–1, 9 points (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 Florida 4–6 Toronto Samsonov (21–6–7) 18,776 43–22–9 95 75 April 3 Tampa Bay 4–1 Toronto Woll (11–10–1) 18,648 43–23–9 95 76 April 6 Toronto 4–2 Montreal Samsonov (22–6–7) 21,105 44–23–9 97 77 April 8 Pittsburgh 2–3 Toronto OT Samsonov (23–6–7) 18,441 45–23–9 99 78 April 9 Toronto 5–2 New Jersey Woll (12–10–1) 16,018 46–23–9 101 79 April 11 New Jersey 6–5 Toronto Samsonov (23–7–7) 18,618 46–24–9 101 80 April 13 Detroit 5–4 Toronto OT Samsonov (23–7–8) 19,123 46–24–10 102 81 April 16 Toronto 2–5 Florida Woll (12–11–1) 18,317 46–25–10 102 82 April 17 Toronto 4–6 Tampa Bay Jones (11–8–1) 19,092 46–26–10 102 Legend:
Notes: Game was played at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
Playoffs
2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference first round vs (A2) Boston Bruins: Boston won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 20 Toronto 1–5 Boston Samsonov (0–1) 17,850 0–1 2 April 22 Toronto 3–2 Boston Samsonov (1–1) 17,850 1–1 3 April 24 Boston 4–2 Toronto Samsonov (1–2) 19,423 1–2 4 April 27 Boston 3–1 Toronto Samsonov (1–3) 19,256 1–3 5 April 30 Toronto 2–1 Boston OT Woll (1–0) 17,850 2–3 6 May 2 Boston 1–2 Toronto Woll (2–0) 19,471 3–3 7 May 4 Toronto 1–2 Boston OT Samsonov (1–4) 17,850 3–4 Legend:
Player statistics
Skaters
Regular season Player 81 69 38 107 +31 20 82 40 58 98 +1 24 69 26 59 85 +21 18 80 29 36 65 +2 30 72 7 51 58 +7 27 80 9 38 47 +10 118 80 21 22 43 +2 53 80 15 20 35 +9 45 73 8 20 28 +20 56 56 14 13 27 +4 4 78 1 25 26 +17 40 56 15 9 24 +13 52 55 3 20 23 +3 16 52 10 11 21 +16 18 78 8 11 19 −4 18 54 7 10 17 +11 18 63 6 6 12 −7 17 25 1 9 10 +9 18 46 3 6 9 +10 49 49 4 2 6 −13 49 64 1 4 5 +7 56 17 1 4 5 −2 8 14 0 5 5 −7 8 19 0 4 4 +2 6 (X) 30 0 4 4 +5 19 (M) 7 0 1 1 +1 0 (M) 2 0 0 0 +1 0 (J) 4 0 0 0 0 2 (M) 1 0 0 0 −1 0 9 0 0 0 +3 4
Playoffs Player 5 1 3 4 +2 2 7 1 3 4 +1 6 7 1 3 4 +2 6 4 3 0 3 +2 4 7 2 1 3 −1 2 7 1 2 3 +1 2 7 0 3 3 +4 2 7 0 3 3 +2 0 7 1 1 2 0 2 7 1 0 1 −2 0 7 1 0 1 0 4 6 0 1 1 −1 0 6 0 1 1 −1 2 7 0 1 1 −1 6 5 0 1 1 −1 2 6 0 0 0 −2 0 7 0 0 0 −3 4 7 0 0 0 −3 2 2 0 0 0 −1 0 7 0 0 0 −2 0 1 0 0 0 −2 0
Goaltenders Regular season Player 40 40 2,300:58 23 7 8 120 3.13 1,087 .890 3 0 1 0 25 23 1,471:39 12 11 1 72 2.84 772 .907 0 0 0 0 22 19 1,169:40 11 8 1 56 2.87 574 .902 2 0 0 0
Playoffs Player 3 2 139:49 2 0 2 0.86 56 .964 0 0 0 2 5 5 279:07 1 4 14 3.01 135 .896 0 0 0 0
(M) Player was playing for the minor league affiliate Toronto Marlies of the AHL at the end of the regular season (J) Player assigned to junior club during the regular season (X) Player was no longer with the Maple Leafs organization by the end of the regular season Player was on injured reserve list at season's end Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
Transactions The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.
Key
Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.