Auston Matthews wants to make history by scoring his 70th goal of the season

The Toronto Maple Leafs have played 79 games and believe it all starts on the road against the Florida Panthers in the first round.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have three games left – Detroit tonight, then Florida and Tampa next week to end the season.

Tampa can still overtake the Leafs, but one point Tampa loses or the Leafs gain will put an end to that. At this point, it's just a mathematical possibility.

The Leafs are in a similar position to contain Florida – they are at 106 points right now, and the most the Leafs have had is 107. A Leafs loss or a Panthers gain would end the Leafs home ice streak. dreams.

As for Detoit, they're still trying to make the playoffs — they're tied with Washington and the Flyers and one point behind Pittsburgh. The Leafs could end them tonight, which would be interesting since they destroyed New Jersey earlier in the week.

There's a reason to watch tonight's game, and it's a good one.

Auston Matthews – who should be the unanimous winner of the 2024 Hart Trophy – has 68 goals and needs two more to reach the magical 70.

If he does that tonight, he could be in the next two games, which is a perfect real-life situation, if not good for the playoffs in my hockey pool. The Leafs play their last six games in ten nights, so it would be nice to rest their best player.

Timothy Liljegren returns tonight and Joel Edmundson returns from injury. Injured Max Domi appears to be unhurt and will play.

Detroit James will start “hypocrite” Reimer, and the Leafs will go with Ilya Samsonov.

In other exciting Toronto Maple Leafs news, the team announced that Matt Murray is healthy and heading to the Marlies for conditioning duties, giving the Leafs four NHL goaltenders on their roster and even giving some credence to the 2016-17 Penguins comparisons. .

They also announced the signing of Kaden Weber, who was traded at the NHL Trade Deadline. It's the last hockey night of the year in Canada and it promises to be a good one, with Auston Matthews possibly scoring his 70th goal of the year, which is absolutely insane.