What do the Toronto Maple Leafs need to make the playoffs?

Atlantic Division
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On the bubble Playoff Probability

The Toronto Maple Leafs are currently in the 40–50% band to make the 2026-27 NHL playoffs. Get the exact live probability, rooting guide, and push alerts when the race moves in the Clinch app.

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What do the Toronto Maple Leafs need to make the playoffs?

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 7-5-2 (16 pts) through 14 games this season. They sit 5th in the Atlantic Division, 3 points back of the leader. Most recently, they lost to the Calgary Flames 5-2 on the road on Oct 26. The Florida Panthers (7-4-2) and Ottawa Senators (8-5-0) are the closest Atlantic Division comparisons. Coming off a loss with a 5-3-2 last 10. Next three: at the Seattle Kraken Oct 28, at the Vancouver Canucks Oct 31, and home against the Utah Mammoth Nov 3. Sergei Bobrovsky leads the crease with 9 starts, the team owns a .900 save percentage, and their team goals-against average is 3.00. Clinch recalculates Maple Leafs' postseason path after every final and identifies which Atlantic Division and wider race results help. Their number has trended down this week.

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Toronto Maple Leafs race dossier

Recent results and the next puck drops

Next on the ice

These are the next scheduled matchups currently attached to the Maple Leafs race.

  • Oct 28visits Seattle Kraken
  • Oct 31visits Vancouver Canucks
  • Nov 3hosts Utah Mammoth
Live race snapshotMaple Leafs
Record7-5-2 (16 pts)
StreakL1
Last 105-3-2
Atlantic5th · 3 GB
Goal diff+6
Home · Away4-3-1 · 3-2-1
Playoff odds40–50%
Win division0–10%
Win Stanley Cup0–10%
7-day momentum NHL · Maple Leafs
Maple Leafs playoff odds — last 8 daily snapshots Trend line showing daily model-projected playoff probability. Exact numbers available in the Clinch app.
Sparkline of Maple Leafs daily playoff probability over the last 8 days.
Last 8 days+5 pts
7-day range40–70%

Maple Leafs playoff odds are trending up over the last week. Clinch Pro shows the full-season journey chart and pushes an alert when the race shifts.

Tonight's rooting board

Root for these results to help the Maple Leafs

2 games
  1. PHI at WSH
    PHI regulation win
    If it happens small bump
    WSH loss (reg) → +0.2%
  2. NJD at COL
    COL regulation win
    If it happens small bump
    NJD loss (reg) → +0.2%

The Clinch app pushes an alert the moment any of these games finishes so you don't have to check.

The model-implied playoff line

A concrete benchmark based on projected final totals across the conference.

Projected cut line95 pointsPosition 8
Maple Leafs projection94 points-1.0 vs line
Current total16 points70 games left
To reach projected line79 points56% of available points
What this means

Reaching roughly 95 points would put Maple Leafs around the model's current final qualifying position. The actual clinching requirement can move with rival results and tiebreakers.

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This is a projected race benchmark, not an official magic number. Clinching rules, head-to-head results, and the remaining schedule can move the final line.

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